Editor’s Note: This interview took place on May 11, before the second tremor, a 7.3-magnitude quake, struck Nepal.
Already the feeling of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu is changing — regaining its energy from the hushed atmosphere that greeted him just days after April’s destructive 7.8-magnitude quake, Scott Webb told Devex.
Webb, a technical adviser for emergency human resources for Catholic Relief Services, plans to hire about 40 local national staff in Nepal — and has 10 days to do it, he added calmly, the Skype conversation punctuated by the sharp barks of dogs heard from the Kathmandu building that now houses several CRS staff.