Living In Monastery Ruins After The Nepal Earthquake

KATHMANDU, KATHMANDU - APRIL 21: Pemba Chhiring Lama, 40, closes all that is left of the Karma Raja Maha Vihar monastery next to Swayambhunath on April 21, 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal. A tent, metal shelter and a room within a collapse building is all that is left for Karma Namgyal, a 14-year-old monk who takes care of the Karma Raja Maha Vihar monastery, a Buddha statue located atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. The monastery, located on monkey temple mountain, was severely damaged during Gorkha earthquake in April 2015 and while reconstruction hasn't began a year later, monks caretaking the monastery take shelter in temporary accommodations similar to other earthquake victims. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on April 25 last year with an estimated 9,000 people killed and countless towns and villages across central Nepal were destroyed. Based on reports, the government promised 2,000USD to affected households but has only paid out a fraction of the amount so far and an estimated 660,000 families are still living in sub-standards temporary shelters or unsafe accommodations one year later. (Photo by Tom Van Cakenberghe/Getty Images)