Tsetan Dorje rests a hand on the shoulder of his son Tenzin Tsering at a tent kindergarten in Lhaze county. Provided to China Daily
Tsetan Dorje was pleased to hear that his parents and son in Nepal were fine after the earthquake, and was looking forward to his 4-year-old son joining him in Tibet.[Special coverage]
"Thanks to the Chinese government, we were evacuated to a safer place, and I could have a trip to China without a passport," said Tsetan Dorje.
Tsetan Dorje is a Nepali Sherpa from Perbin Gadi village in Nepal, which borders Tibet's Dam township.
Since the earthquake hit on April 25, the Chinese government has been providing relief for 62 Nepali earthquake victims in the Tibet autonomous region.
Forty-four of the 62 were relocated to Tibet's second-biggest city, Xigaze, and 18 were located in the region's Lhaze county.
Tsetan Dorje and his wife operated a cafe in Dam before the earthquake.
Their first son, Tenzin Tsering, 6, is with them in the Tibet camp, and their youngest son, Kalsang Tsering, is still with his father's parents in Nepal.
"The government will help us to get our son in Nepal to the settlement next week, and we look forward to seeing my younger son arrive," said the 44-year-old.
Together with more than 4,000 quake victims in Dam, more than 60 Nepali quake sufferers were relocated to the settlement five days after the quake.
"We arrived in Lhaze county by 6 am on April 30 and were given tents, bedding and other basic necessities," said Tsetan Dorje.
Their son attends kindergarten in a tent in the settlement in Lhaze county.
The settlement also offers free international calls.
"I call my parents and son in Kathmandu regularly, and I am grateful for the generous service," said Tsetan Dorje.
As their hometown, Linxin, is located at a relatively low-attitude, Tsetan Dorje said, he and most of the other villagers suffer high-altitude sickness at the settlement, which is more than 4,000 meters above sea level.
"We are fine with the food and accommodations in the settlement, but we are not used to the high-attitude location, which is dusty and windy," said Tsetan Dorje.
He said he is glad that the local government has set up another settlement in Xigaze, Tibet's second-biggest city, whose altitude is lower than the settlement.
"We'll be relocated to Xigaze this coming weekend," he said.
