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200,000 people in quake-hit Nepal receive clean water: UNICEF
Over 200,000 people in Nepal have received clean water and nearly 25,000 people have been provided with sanitation and hygiene facilities, two weeks after the country was hit by a 7
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ver 200,000 people in Nepal have received clean water and nearly 25,000 people have been provided with sanitation and hygiene facilities, two weeks after the country was hit by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake, says a UNICEF representative.
UNICEF Indonesia representative Gunilla Olsson said as quoted by Antara news agency on Tuesday that UNICEF had managed to start a major emergency operation in Nepal thanks to contributions from countries across the world, including Indonesia.
'UNICEF humanitarian operations have reached thousands of children and families, providing them with aid needed. These are all from donations of generous individuals, companies and governments from countries across the world, including Indonesia, allowing us to start this massive emergency operation,' said Olsson.
She further explained that UNICEF and its partners had established 38 child-friendly spaces for displaced communities in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur, serving more than 3,300 earthquake-affected children.
UNICEF also distributed tents, tarpaulins, hygiene kits, medical kits, blankets, insecticide-treated bed nets, plastic buckets and school-in-a-box learning materials to its partners on the ground.
So far, the powerful earthquake, which hit east of the capital Kathmandu on April 25, has been found to have caused 7,885 casualties, and as many as 17,803 others across the country have suffered injuries.
These figures will likely rise as reports of districts affected by the quake have continued to increase.
UNICEF is calling on Indonesian people to continue to donate money, which the UN body and its partners will use to expand relief operations and reach children who have yet to benefit from humanitarian assistance.
"Some 1.7 million children were affected directly. Many of them lost their family members, and now, in the aftermath of the catastrophe, they face the risk of catching diseases and suffering even more," Olsson said. (ebf)(++++)
