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Rebuilding Nepal: One Year On From The Devastating Quake
It's now been just over a year since a massive earthquake hit Nepal.
9,000 people were killed and at least three million, including hundreds of Gurkha veterans, were forced from their homes.
And as monsoon season approaches, people are still calling for government assistance.
Just click above to watch our special report from Nepal, from Suman Kharel of BFBS in Kathmandu.
Members of the Queen's Gurkha Engineers, meanwhile, have been in the country ever since the earthquake working with the Gurkha Welfare Trust on construction projects.
Operation Marmat is now in its third phase and the trust hopes to complete more than 1,000 homes in the next year.
Its earthquake response campaign is aiming to raise £17.5m to support Gurkha veterans and their communities.
Carla Prater spoke to the trust's Director, Col William Shuttlewood, about the support plans they've put in place.
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