This Principal in Nepal Evacuated 900 Students Before Flooding Swept Away Their School
Rajendra Dawadi ordered the evacuation after warnings of racing floodwaters, and Save the Children said at least 69 schools were destroyed across northern Nepal.
- Principal Rajendra Dawadi saved at least 900 students last week by ordering an immediate evacuation of the Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nepal's Trishuli Valley, shortly before floodwaters destroyed the building following a Himalayan glacial collapse.
- The flash floods, unleashed by a Himalayan glacial collapse, killed over 900 people across Nepal and China, while more than 4,700 remain missing, including two staff members from the school.
- Student Suvina Tamang, 14, witnessed the school's three-story building disappear beneath debris shortly after evacuating, while Dawadi's quick thinking and swift response have been hailed as an act of heroism.
- Charity group Save the Children reported at least 69 schools in northern Nepal were destroyed by the floods, putting the education of nearly 19,000 students at risk across the region.
- Dawadi stated students now require psychological counseling and lessons must resume, even if the school temporarily relocates, while appealing to the Nepalese government to rebuild schools and return children to classes.
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(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Seong-mi = The principal of a middle school in Nepal swiftly... rescued over 900 students and staff just 10 minutes before the floodwaters struck during the disaster.
Massive flash floods and landslides struck the border region between Nepal and Tibet on the 26th. A secondary school principal later said in an interview that he received multiple phone calls warning of impending flooding and immediately led approximately 900 students to safety. The BBC reported that Rajendra Dawadi, principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot district, Nepal, said he received warnings from four different people …
Dozens of school buildings were destroyed and washed away when flash floods and landslides swept through a mountain valley in Nepal and Tibet on August 26, leaving thousands still missing and the death toll rising. A school principal in Nepal evacuated the school and ordered about 900 children to move to higher ground just before the floodwaters hit the school building.
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