Kathmandu, April 14 -- In a sparse rented room with pink walls, six-year-oldSonish Awalis preparing for his online Nepali class (pictured above) on a smartphone, leaning on a table propped up with a paint bucket.

His sister Sonia is coaching the first grader, the baby made famous asNepal's 'Miracle Boy'for having survived 22 hours under the rubble of the family's home in Bhaktapur that was destroyed in the 2015 earthquake.

"He is playful and inquisitive, he keeps asking me when we will rebuild our house," says Rashmila about her son, whom she describes as a happy child who likes to play with other neighbourhood children and watch tv.

The family's single room has a sewing machine in which Rashmila, sews clothes for additional income. Sh...