Earthquake Relief

UNICEF responds to emergencies around the globe and has provided critical aid to victims of recent earthquakes in Ecuador, Nepal, Haiti, the Philippines and Japan

The Nepal earthquake did enormous damage to health facilities, adversely affecting the delivery of basic health services. In a needs assessment following the quake, our Emergency Team, working with the Government and our local partners, developed and implemented a plan to rebuild a District Hospital and 15 local health facilities.

Officials are channeling donations to the Mexican Red Cross, while trying to connect families unable to get in touch after the earthquake.

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The devastating earthquake of 7.8 in Richter scale that struck the country with its epicenter at Mandre, Barpak VDC-02, Gorkha at 11:56 am on 2072 Baisakh 12 (corresponding to 25 April 2015) and its frequent aftershocks chiefly the two fatal ones dated 26 April and 12 May 2015 have caused an inconceivable loss of lives and properties. Thousands of people have been killed, thousands injured and hundreds of thousands of houses completely destroyed and many people rendered homeless. Many government and public office buildings, historical, cultural and archeological heritages have been destroyed; physical infrastructures including public and private school buildings, bridges, roads, etc. have also been destroyed. The Government has declared the fourteen districts (Gorkha, Kavrepalanchok, Dhading, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Sindupalchok, Dolakha, Ramechhap, Okhaldunga, Makwanpur, Sindhuli, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur) as the crisis-hit districts and started rescue and relief works. In view of such a large scale of devastation, the Government of Nepal has taken various initiatives for rescue, relief and rehabilitation as well as reconstruction works. They are as follows: