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'People are crying big…', school students stand by Nepal's distressed people with tiffin money
Sandy Verma | September 4, 2026 8:24 PM CST

There is still a cloud of apprehension around the disaster in Nepal. It is difficult to say how much the death toll will rise in the end. As the rescue is progressing, many signs of the dire consequences of the disaster are being found! And in times of such calamity, as the miscreants are seen doing evil deeds like removing jewelry from the bodies of people who died in the flood, other heart touching efforts are also being noticed. It is really a heartwarming news how the small students living far away from the affected areas are standing by the flood victims by saving their pocket money.

Shodsha Secondary School belongs to Mangalsen Municipality of Acham. Younique KC, a ninth grade student of the same school. Reading the news of disaster in newspapers and portals, he felt the desire to stand by the victims. The students of that school opened a club called Child Club together. There are one and a half thousand students of the area are members. They called a meeting last Monday. The talk of flood-affected people came up in the middle of the discussion about Fairoil by the retired head teacher. Unique offers to do something for the children of flood-affected families. But how much money can be raised? In the discussion, they decide to save their own pocket money and collect that money. As you think, so do you. Only time will tell how much the money raised by those students will help the devastated families. But in such a way the reflection of heart shows that those students have learned to be human and stand by people. It can be hoped that they will make the future world beautiful.

1259 people have lost their lives so far in the devastation of Trishuli and Votkosi rivers. At least 5000 people are missing. So far 6541 people have been rescued alive. The administration still does not have a clear account of how many houses, offices, bridges, shops and markets were destroyed in the terrible disaster. The damage is estimated to be several lakhs of rupees. So far 12 thousand people have been rescued. However, the rescuers could not reach many areas yet. As a result, the number of casualties is likely to increase in the coming days.


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