to see how the Canadian Red Cross is spending donations in Nepal.

NEPAL REGION EARTHQUAKE | APRIL 2015
NEPAL REGION
EARTHQUAKE
REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Nepal Region Earthquake
Case Statement
On April 25, 2015, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck
near Kathmandu, Nepal, resulting in widespread damage and
humanitarian need. The impact was felt nationwide and as far as
India, Pakistan, Tibet and Bangladesh.
Thousands of lives have been lost, and even more have been injured.
The humanitarian situation in rural towns and villages close to the
epicenter is of major concern. Electricity and telephone connectivity
is intermittent and mobile services are experiencing heavy
congestion. Accessibility to remote, affected areas and information
on the rural areas surrounding Kathmandu are a major challenge,
hampering search and rescue and relief efforts. It is feared that the
death toll and levels of destruction will be high.
Strong after shocks are continuing and many people are sleeping
in the open, fearful of returning to their homes. Hospitals in
Kathmandu are functioning but are already overcrowded and with
the ongoing aftershocks, people are being treated in the streets.
volunteers, families are able to identify health risks and diseases
before they become life threatening.
NEPAL REGION EARTHQUAKE | APRIL 2015
THE
RED CROSS
AT WORK
Red Cross response
Volunteers and staff of the Nepal Red Cross were immediately
mobilized and are assisting in search and rescue efforts, distributing
non-food relief items and administering first aid to the injured. The
Nepal Red Cross has extensive experience in responding to natural
disasters and plays a lead role in the government’s contingency plans
for such disasters.
• 1,500 volunteers and 300 staff mobilized to support
government search and rescue efforts
• 1,200 tarps distributed to displaced families
• Approximately 19,000 non-food relief kits available to the
Nepal Red Cross which include clothing, kitchen sets, tarps,
mosquito nets, and personal hygiene items
The Canadian Red Cross, with support from the Government of Canada,
is deploying a mobile field hospital to provide critical life-saving health
services to hard-hit communities. The Canadian Red Cross field hospital
will support the Nepal Red Cross and local health authorities in meeting
the needs in affected communities.
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Can cover the health needs of a population of up to 50,000 people
Can treat up to 200 people per day as out-patients
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Can provide immunization for 1,000 children if needed
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Will focus on mother, newborn and child health
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Will include an operating room to assist with complicated deliveries
NEPAL REGION EARTHQUAKE | APRIL 2015
Your help is urgently needed
To help support the Red
Cross response to this
disaster, you can make
a financial donation
to the NEPAL REGION
EARTHQUAKE FUND
• ONLINE AT
WWW.REDCROSS.CA
• BY CALLING
1-800-418-1111
• OR BY CONTACTING
THEIR LOCAL
CANADIAN RED CROSS
OFFICE
The Red Cross is the largest disaster relief organization in the world. When a
disaster is too severe for the local support systems to respond, the global Red
Cross response is initiated quickly. The Canadian Red Cross will be working as
part of the global Red Cross response to this emergency.
Your donation makes a difference:
• $10 provides sleeping mats for a family of 5
• $55 provides food for a family of 5 for one month
• $140 provides a kit of cooking, cleaning and shelter materials for a
family of 5
• $484 provides a family tent
• $807 provides a bed in CRC’s mobile field hospital
• $12,000 sends an aid worker to help run CRC’s mobile field hospital
for one month
The Government of Canada will be matching donations made by individual
Canadians until May 25th, 2015 making your donation even more effective.
Funds will be allocated to established Canadian and international
humanitarian organizations to support relief efforts that will benefit the people
who are most affected by the earthquake. Please give generously!