First Nepal Earthquake Response

Massive Earthquake hits Nepal; our Country Director Ms. Anita Singh PROFOH home has been destroyed completely. As always, having time for others has been our middle name as an organization. Anita and her team were on the ground as first responders, assessing humanitarian and recovery needs, coordinating with local partners and lending immediate helping hand to populations in distress. She has reported that over 6,000 people were dead and 60,000 thousand injured buildings and homes flattened. Hospitals in the Kathmandu Valley were overflowing and running out of medical supplies, and in Gorkha, one of the most devastated districts, it was estimated that 80% of houses were  destroyed. Anita’s house was among the destroyed. Families slept outside, scared by the damage to buildings and the threat of aftershocks. Nearly 5 million people were helpless, terrified and in danger. According to Anita potable water became everything to those families who had lost everything in the earthquake.

On the ground, we were focused on reaching families whose lives were in danger – providing them with the emergency supplies especially water they needed to survive for days. We conducted clinical consultations, distributed blankets and other emergency supplies for families. Three days of national mourning was declared by the government.