The 7.8 earthquake has left more than 7500 people dead and more than 9,200 injured. Eight million are affected across Nepal. Among these one million children are urgently in need of help. Thousands of survivors remain in desperate need of food and water.

Those are the startling numbers that indicate the scale of the devastation from the huge earthquake that struck the Himalayan nation on Saturday 25 April 2015.  Some of the grim figures are likely to get even worse as hopes of rescuing any more survivors diminish every hour.

Heartbreaking scenes of suffering and loss are playing out across this shell-shocked nation as it reels from its deadliest natural disaster in more than 80 years. 

As the country copes with the fallout of the quake, another natural disaster struck Tuesday afternoon in a popular trekking area north of Kathmandu, and up to 200 people are feared missing as a result of a landslide, a trekking association official said.

Aid has begun to reach remote regions near the epicenter of Saturday’s devastating earthquake.  As relief efforts continue in the Kathmandu Valley, the UN says the response is broadening to include areas such as Dhading and Gorkha.

TLIG operates four Beth Myriams in Nepal, which are run by Christiane Plompen.  We got in touch with her and she replied that there are numerous villages where people are without food and water and there is an urgent need for medicine.  Rescue teams are doing their best but there is still a great number of people under the rubble.  Any kind of help is of great importance for them right now.

TLIG friends are called to offer help in any way they can.

For those who would like to help financially, donations can be made through the TLIG website at: /en/bethmyriam/contribute/ Please mark the donation “donation for Nepal”.   You may also call 1-816-461-8888 with your credit card donation.

Let us all offer some relief to our brothers and sisters who are suffering these moments.
 
TLIG Beth Myriam team