Nepal quake devastation 'worse than I thought,' says paramedic
Loaded with supplies from Canada, a Quebec woman trained as a paramedic has made the journey back to a familiar village in Nepal to try to help. CBC's Adrienne Arsenault travelled with Ginette Traversy as she surveyed the damage and reunited with friends, including one who lost a nine-year-old daughter.
Ginette Traversy travelled back to a village she has ties with to help
Loaded with supplies from Canada, a Quebec woman trained as a paramedic has made the journey back to a familiar village in Nepal to try to help.
CBC's Adrienne Arsenault travelled with Ginette Traversy as she surveyed the damage and reunited with friends, including one who lost a nine-year-old daughter.
"I think it's worse than I thought," said Traversy as she looked at the rubble.
More than 5,000 people are dead, and tens of thousands are homeless following the deadly quake.
Traversy, who financed her own trip, says the people she met in the village on a vacation have been a big part of her life for the past four years. She's been back several times to teach first aid — now she's back and ready to help, Arsenault reports.