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World: Oxfam Emergencies updates: 2 to 30 April 2015

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South Asia

Nepal Earthquake

On Saturday 25 April, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale struck the poor, landlocked and mountainous Asian state of Nepal. By 30 April, the death toll had risen to more than 5,500 and the UN estimates that 8million people across the country are affected by the disaster – more than a quarter of the population.

Oxfam is stepping up its relief effort and aims to support 350,000 people. We have already started working in five districts: Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu valley, and the more remote Gorkha and Sindhupalchwok districts. By the end of this week, teams will reach two other badly affected districts of Dhading and Nuwakot. Urgent activities so far have been trucking in drinking water, constructing temporary toilets, and distributing basic essentials, and we’re making arrangements to get cash out to people and distribute temporary shelters. A bottleneck of people and supplies at Nepal’s Kathmandu airport combined with nationwide fuel shortages, blocked roads and difficult terrain is hampering the efforts of aid agencies and emergency services to reach earthquake survivors. Speaking from Kathmandu, Oxfam's Humanitarian Manager, Orla Murphy, said: “Blocked roads, fuel shortages and supplies being held up at Kathmandu airport pose a big challenge for Oxfam and others. We’re doing everything we can to get our teams to the affected areas to assess what’s needed and get help to vulnerable people who need it as soon as possible.” Continue reading. (Photo 1: A woman pours water into a cooking pan used by her daughter to clean dishes at the Tundikhel IDP camp in Kathmandu, Nepal. Aubrey Wade, Oxfam, April 2015. Photo 2: Technical volunteers, trained by Oxfam during the urban risk management program, erect a water tank at the Tundikhel IDP camp in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aubrey Wade, Oxfam, April 2015)


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