In Sankhu Most Lives Spared

A girl returns to her destroyed home to search for belongings. She later found one of her toys, Sankhu, Nepal, April 29, 2015. (Rosyla Kalden/VOA)

A family stands next to a tent in front of their destroyed home. They prefer to stay here instead of sheltering in a school because they are worried about their valuables being plundered from the rubble, Sankhu, Nepal, April 29, 2015. (Steve Herman/VOA)

Nepal's army is on the scene, Sankhu, Nepal, April 29, 2015. (Rosyla Kalden/VOA)

A woman with four children who lost her home and all possessions in the quake scavenges for rotten and leftover potatoes in a field. (Rosyla Kalden/VOA)

A private team of 60 volunteers from a Chinese NGO is among the foreign teams involved in search and rescue operations in the community, Sankhu, Nepal, April 29, 2015. (Rosyla Kalden/VOA))

Sankhu, once a thriving trading post between Kathmandu and Tibet, has been mostly dependent on farming in modern times, Sankhu, Nepal, April 29, 2015. (Steve Herman/VOA)

A family searches for any valuables they can find in their destroyed home, Sankhu, Nepal, April 29, 2015. (Rosyla Kalden/VOA)

Locals estimate more than 80 percent of the structures in Sankhu were destroyed, Sankhu, Nepal, April 29, 2015. (Rosyla Kalden/VOA)

A man carryies approximately 40kg of grain retrieved from his home destroyed by the earthquake, Sankhu, Nepal, April 29, 2015. (Steve Herman/VOA)

A local electronics shop damaged by the quake. (Rosyla Kalden/VOA)

An earthquake survivor tries to salvage anything of value from his destroyed home, Sankhu, Nepal, April 29, 2015. (Steve Herman/VOA)