How to help the victims of Nepal’s earthquake disaster

A man carries a child, who was wounded in Saturday’s earthquake, after Indian Army soldiers evacuated them from Trishuli Bazar to the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday. Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters

On Monday, the devastation from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the heart of Nepal on Saturday was not yet fully known. The death toll surpassed 4,000 without accounting for the mountain villages where rescue workers still struggled to go.

Thousands of survivors were sleeping outdoors and in need of shelter, food, fuel and medicine. Lingering tremors and traffic jams in and around the capital Kathmandu made distribution of relief supplies difficult.

Those injured from Saturday’s earthquake lie inside an Indian Air Force helicopter as they are evacuated from Trishuli Bazar to the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday. Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters

To learn more about what some relief organizations are doing and how individuals can help, click on the following links:

• USAID has given the Nepalese government an initial $1 million and sent a Disaster Assistance Response Team to Nepal. The agency’s staff in Bangkok, Thailand, is coordinating with other U.S. relief organizations in the region. A situation report says some buildings have collapsed, roads are damaged, telecommunications networks are spotty but landlines appear functional.
• AmeriCares dispatched a response team from Mumbai, India, and is shipping medical supplies from its warehouses in the United States, Europe and India.
• CARE, which already has a 150-member staff in Nepal, is supplementing its workforce with specialists from around the world.
• Doctors Without Borders is sending eight medical teams from Bihar state in India to the affected areas, along with a surgical team from Brussels.
• The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has launched an emergency appeal to help 75,000 vulnerable people with food, shelter and water and sanitation.
• Save the Children and UNICEF are channeling their efforts to help children and families affected by the quake.
• The World Health Organization distributed emergency kits of medical supplies to doctors in Nepal aimed at helping 40,000 people for three months.
• USAID’s Center for International Disaster Information has listed dozens of more nongovernmental organizations helping.

A map shows the estimated population of Nepal still exposed to aftershocks following the April 25, 2015, earthquake. Map by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

A man stands next to the burning pyre of a family member at a cremation ground after Saturday’s earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal on Monday. Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters

A Nepalese policeman walks through the rubble of collapsed buildings in the aftermath of Saturday’s earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday. Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

A boy walks past a damaged temple after Saturday’s earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal on Monday. Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Framed photographs and a clock are seen hanging inside a damaged house after Saturday’s earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on Monday. Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Thousands of people are feared dead from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in central Nepal. Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters

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