Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) is going on with its relief activities to help the distressed people of Nepal, helping 125,910 direct beneficiaries so far, as well as tens of thousands of indirect beneficiaries in the most-affected districts that have received no assistance from any other organizations.
Since the beginning of the relief program, QRC's medical unit in Nuwakot has served 5,732 cases. The unit's team was changed to ensure strong performance in the face of increasing demand. The unit will be working for more two months. Over two days, the unit sent mobile clinics to two IDP camps, where 368 cases were examined, mostly diarrhea in children.
In relation to the water and sanitation unit, clean drinking water was provided for 20,400 families (102,000 people) in Sindhupalchowk using Oxfam tanks, at a rate of 600 people every day.
Food packages were distributed to 2,911 families (14,555 people), containing 10 food items that are sufficient for 2-3 weeks.
As for the nonfood items granted by the State of Qatar, 39 power generators have been distributed in 12 districts, in addition to 300 blankets to 156 families, and 495 tarpaulins.
According to the latest statistics, the earthquake's impact involved 8,633 killed, 17,932 injured, 651,675 displaced families, 543,258 totally destroyed households, 308,117 partially damaged households, 4,085 destroyed schools, and 958 destroyed or damaged medical facilities.
The stressing needs in the field of urgent shelter include 165,085 tarpaulins and 75,000 shelter packages in 14 worst-hit districts. In water and sanitation, there are 3.9 people in need of drinking water and hygiene services. In the health sector, the demand for health care is as high as 2.8 people. In education, there is a need to establish no less than 15,000 temporary education centers.
The biggest challenge is the approach of the heavy rain season, from June to October, with the resulting floods and landslides.
As the first organization to respond to the disaster, QRC issued an emergency appeal to raise QR 12 million to provide urgent assistance for the distressed communities in health care, shelter, water and sanitation, and restoring family links.