NEPAL EARTHQUAKES

 NEPAL EARTHQUAKES!

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• Aid organizations are still working to help the people of Nepal in the wake of two major earthquakes
• Thousands were killed in a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal on April 25
• A second quake rocked the country less than three weeks later

1. Save the Children

Save the Children is an international charity that has been in Nepal since 1976 and is therefore in an exceptional position to help after years of operating within the country, Save the Children spokesman Philip Carroll told TIME.

To donate to their Nepal Earthquake Children’s Relief Fund, click here.

2. Global Giving
Online fund-raising platform Global Giving is running a project to raise $1,000,000 for disaster relief in Nepal and has raised over $570,000 so far.
To make a donation, visit them here. If you have a U.S. cell phone, you can text GIVE NEPAL to 80088 to make a $10 donation.

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3. Friends Service Council Nepal
FSCN is a Nepalese NGO with over 20 years of experience in supporting disaster relief efforts for disasters in Nepal. They are based in Kathmandu and have about 50 volunteers. Chairperson Surya Bahadur Thapa tells TIME that since the earthquake they have been rushing money, food and tents to people in need.
If you want to give directly to a local charity, get in contact and Thapa or a volunteer will explain how best to transfer money to them.


4. Oxfam
Oxfam, which works in more than 90 countries, has already dispatched technical experts from the U.K. to Nepal and sent a China-based team to assess humanitarian needs in Tibet, where the quake also struck.
Nepal country director Cecilia Keizer stated that Oxfam was “preparing to help provide clean water and emergency food.”
To make your donation to Oxfam’s relief effort, go here.


5. Goonj

Goonj is an Indian relief agency with 11 offices and more than 300 employees. They have set up Nepal-specific donation centers in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Rishikesh, founding director Anshu Gupta told TIME.
Currently, Goonj is readying two trucks of relief material to transfer to Nepal, with more urgent supplies going by air. Gupta will be leading team to Nepal tomorrow.
For more information about how to donate, visit their website.

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