Teaching continues—in tents—in northern Pakistan

Working in quake–affected northern Pakistan, Nasrat Kazmi knows all too well the difficulties of teaching children in a tent. “It’s too hot in summer and too cold in winter,” the 35–year–old primary school teacher said outside the Sherwan primary school, perched on a knoll overlooking the majestic mountains of Pakistani-administered Kashmir. “It’s just not suitable for education purposes.” Two years after a 7.6 magnitude quake leveled her school in a disaster that killed more than 75,000 and rendered more than three million homeless, that is a reality she, along with her students, has no choice but to bear. Read about their plight at IRIN News.