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Natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region often deliver a double whammy: it is the most disaster-prone region in the world, and poverty and resource scarcity in a number of countries makes people particularly vulnerable to the havoc wreaked by events such as April 2015 Nepal Earthquake.

All photos courtesy of Gloria Chan: 86 year old Laxmi Devi Bhattacharya in the temporary structure that she and her 14-member family now call home.