Our family has been searching online all weekend, checking Facebook, sending emails, and trying to get in contact with our friends in Nepal. One by one they have responded with messages that "we're OK... all are safe... the students are alive and well..." What a relief for me, but I know there are so many other families experiencing tragedy today. There are also many students that I knew when I was a student at Manasarovar who have not posted updates or sent emails. I'm still so worried! 
The students at Kailash Children's Home and also Manasarovar Academy are apparently OK... but they are all "living in the street." Due to unstable buildings and frequent scary aftershocks, no one wants to stay indoors. Kathmandu has become a massive tent city, with everyone living, sleeping, cooking, etc. on the roads, parks, and empty lots around town.
While I'm really glad our friends are safe, I know this situation can not last for long without big problems. Where will they get water? Is there plumbing? Electricity? How are they dealing with sanitation and garbage? And there are tens of thousands of people, maybe hundreds of thousands, living outdoors.... I'm sure it's really difficult, and I wish I could fly over right now to help!
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