A pair of Kempsey Adventist School teachers are on their way home after being caught up in Nepalese natural disaster on the weekend.
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Primary deputy principal Jill Pearce and teacher librarian Vanessa Hardy were visiting a hospital just outside of Kathmandu when the 7.8 magnitude quake hit, causing extensive damage and claiming thousands of lives.
The orphanage where they were based, which was also located just outside of Kathmandu, suffered only minimal damage but they were forced to sleep outside for the remaining two nights of their stay.
Originally scheduled to fly home on Monday, Jill and Vanessa were not able to get on a flight until Tuesday night, meaning they were forced to spend more than 24 hours at the airport with limited supplies.
They were in Nepal as part of a month long trip where they were training teachers at the Dibya Guan School in the country’s Chitwan province.
Kempsey Adventist School’s association with the Dibya Guan School is overseen by the NGO Asian Aid.
Kempsey Adventist School marketing and events manager Leanne Deanshaw said the Asian Aid officer had been “very helpful” in assisting the pair throughout the ordeal.
