Domestic migrants work at a construction site in Dhading, Nepal. February 2020. (Sara Shneiderman) April 23, 2020 Learning from disasters: Nepal copes with coronavirus pandemic 5 years after earthquake Sara Shneiderman, University of British Columbia; Jeevan Baniya, Tribhuvan University, and Philippe Le Billon, University of British Columbia Nepal’s past dealing with multiple disasters, including the aftermath of its civil war and the massive earthquake of 2015 may have helped the country prepare for the current COVID-19 crisis.