humla's capital, simikot, sits at almost 3,000 meters. this runway is infamous.shed and isolated parts of nepal, in the bottom 3 of 77 districts on almost every measure of development. [background conversations] sally: the kids wait for their families to arrive. d.b.: [speaking foreign language] sally: at first, the children are not sure how to reconnect. the local culture is reserved. female: [speaking foreign language] d.b. lama: [speaking foreign language] sally: this is just the start of a complex process. d.b. lama's job isn't just to reunite the families, but to help them through the hardships that separated them in the first place. male: [speaking foreign language] d.b.: we are not only sending the child back to family, but we will support her education. our job is not finished. our job starts from there, because we have to watch all the behaviors, the changes in the family, and counsel them. sally: ten-year-old devi is still waiting as the day ends. at last, devi's mother, kalawati, arrives. sally: local custom dictates that she greets the men first, d.b.