Together with its local partner organization, RSDC, Malteser International is supporting around 900 people in the Nepalese district of Nuwakot with water, sanitation and hygiene measures, as well as food aid.
Cologne/Nuwakot. The flash flood on 26 August struck numerous villages in the Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, causing severe damage to homes and vital infrastructure. The affected communities are particularly lacking access to clean drinking water, hygiene items, food and safe places to sleep. “Many particularly vulnerable families in Bidur have only limited means of coping with the aftermath of the floods on their own. Thanks to our long-standing work in Nuwakot and the trust placed in us by the communities, our local partner organization RSDC is now able to provide rapid assistance and deliver it directly to where it is most urgently needed,” says Istvan Toth, Head of the Emergency Relief Department at Malteser International.
Together with RSDC, Malteser International will provide around 900 people in the Nuwakot district with urgently needed relief supplies. Around 150 families will receive jerrycans, water purification tablets, soap, dental care products, towels, as well as sanitary products and underwear. This is intended to reduce the risk of waterborne and hygiene-related diseases. In addition, food parcels containing rice, pulses, cooking oil, flour, salt, sugar and other staple foods will be distributed.
“Many families in the affected region have lost everything. Some have lost family members, and many have also lost their homes and all their belongings, as no one had time to save their most essential possessions. It is now important to us that these people are not left to fend for themselves and are provided with the bare necessities,” says Toth.
Malteser International has been working with partner organizations in Nepal since 2012. Following the 2015 earthquake, RSDC and Malteser International supported communities in the Nuwakot district with reconstruction and strengthening their resilience.
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