Nepal Region Earthquake Case StatementOn 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.

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REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

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Red Cross responseVolunteers 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.

• 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

• Can provide immunization for 1,000 children if needed

• Will focus on mother, newborn and child health

• Will include an operating room to assist with complicated deliveries

THE RED CROSS AT WORK

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Your help is urgently neededThe 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!

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

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