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04 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A family from rural Nepal warms themselves by an open fire in an IDP camp in the center of Kathmandu. The nighttime low in Kathmandu is about 8C (45F) at this time of year, and the family lives in an unheated tent. The camp opened days after the April 2015 earthquake devastated Nepal, killing almost 9,000 people. At its peak, about 1,800 families lived in the camp. The camp is still open nearly two years after the earthquake, about 400 families currently live in the camp. Camp residents say the Kathmandu municipal government is trying to close the camp and is encouraging residents to find new housing. They said the government is cutting off services to the camp and last week stopped the free distribution of water, although water can be purchased for delivery. Most of the people in the camp came to Kathmandu from rural villages in the mountains in the weeks after the earthquake. Many of the residents of the camp, technically homeless, have found work in Kathmandu's bustling construction industry, rebuilding homes destroyed in the earthquake. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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04 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A family from rural Nepal warms themselves by an open fire in an IDP camp in the center of Kathmandu. The nighttime low in Kathmandu is about 8C (45F) at this time of year, and the family lives in an unheated tent. The camp opened days after the April 2015 earthquake devastated Nepal, killing almost 9,000 people. At its peak, about 1,800 families lived in the camp. The camp is still open nearly two years after the earthquake, about 400 families currently live in the camp. Camp residents say the Kathmandu municipal government is trying to close the camp and is encouraging residents to find new housing. They said the government is cutting off services to the camp and last week stopped the free distribution of water, although water can be purchased for delivery. Most of the people in the camp came to Kathmandu from rural villages in the mountains in the weeks after the earthquake. Many of the residents of the camp, technically homeless, have found work in Kathmandu's bustling construction industry, rebuilding homes destroyed in the earthquake. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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