During my lifetime, the world has seen several devastating earthquakes. The deadliest of these felled up to hundreds of thousands of people: Japan in 2011, Haiti in 2010, China in 2008, Indonesia in 2004.
Nepal’s recent earthquake has taken over 3000 lives, and counting.
But the death toll is really only the beginning. There’s so much more to be endured by survivors. From finding food and shelter to having access to clean water, to rebuilding lives destroyed by disaster, there is immense work to be done.
Thankfully, there are people already committed to that work: volunteer medics, rescue teams, food distribution centers, childcare facilitators, and more. Within just a few days of the earthquake, volunteers are already on the scene, partnering with survivors to provide short-term relief, and long-term recovery.
Relief and recovery are neither easy nor cheap. In order to provide the best care possible to tens of thousands of survivors, rescue teams need partners like you and me to continue the work they have started.
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Consider Giving to One of these 5 Organizations
CARE: an organization that works with the poorest populations in the world, with an emphasis on women and children.
CARE has worked in Nepal since 1978, in areas including food Security, HIV/AIDS, health, education, water and sanitation, and the empowerment of women and girls.
Give to CARE’s Nepal Relief Fund here.
World Vision: an organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the root causes of poverty and injustice.
We are also setting up six Child-Friendly Spaces so children have a safe space to play following the trauma of the quake.
Give to World Vision’s Nepal Relief Fund here.
Save the Children: an organization that focuses on childhood in the US and internationally.
Save the Children has worked in Nepal since 1976 and have extensive programs throughout the country. This is the worst earthquake in Nepal in the last 81 years.
Give to Save the Children’s Nepal Relief Fund here.
MercyCorps: an organization dedicated to alleviating suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.
Thanks to supporters like you, Mercy Corps is on the ground responding to the tragic disaster. Survivors have little refuge from continued aftershocks and need immediate food, water and shelter.
Give to MercyCorps’ Nepal Relief Fund here.
International Medical Corps: an organization dedicated to providing healthcare and emergency medical attention to those affected by war, natural disaster and disease.
We are working against the clock to deliver lifesaving medicine, and other supplies to survivors of the earthquake. In addition, to prevent waterborne illnesses and other communicable diseases, we will be distributing hygiene kits and water purification tablets.
Give to International Medical Corps’ Nepal Relief Fund here.
Yes, I remember that debacle. I don’t think they hired-then-fired; I think they said they would hire married gays, but then changed their minds. Anyway, it was a travesty. Still, I know several people who work for WV and they have such powerful networks around the world; Nepal needs all the help they can get! Thanks for reading, Rebekah 🙂
This is such a great list- I have issues with World Vision just based off their whole hire-then-fire gay staff…. but I think they still probably do great work. Thanks for posting this list 🙂
Yes, I can’t even imagine. I hope people do give and continue to think of Nepal even as news coverage moves on.
Thanks Rachel. It’s good to know that some people are already there and know what to do– all we can do is support them!
Yes, matching donations is awesome. I think International Medical Corps is doing that!
Yes… I wish there were more we could do.
That’s good to hear!
Thanks Brittany!
Yes, I’m hoping so too– there is so much need there right now.
Wow, I’m jealous you were able to visit Nepal before the earthquake– it has long been on my list. It is such a special place.
Thanks Mica!
Thanks Nabihah. I appreciate that. 🙂
I’m so glad somebody posted about this. What a tragedy 🙁 The death toll continues to rise and the cleanup efforts are going to be massive. So many thousands of people are homeless…I hope that many who wanted to give but didn’t know how, will use this list!! Thanks Daisy !
Yes yes yes so much suffering if a person can help or donate they should
Thank you for this post! The long term recovery process from these kinds of events is slow and hard. I’m glad that through organizations like these even those very far away can still do their part to help.
Great post, Daisy! I prefer donating in small amounts to different organizations – I already donated to Unicef for Nepalese children, and I’m planning to target a few other more local organizations. I will definitely keep this list in mind, and I hope to find an organization that matches your donations. Like when I donated for Ebola relief, Google matched the amount that I donated, which I thought was pretty cool!
– Deniz
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This breaks my heart. No one should ever have to go through such a thing. Thank you for putting these out there so these people can get the help and support they need. Prayers to everyone effected.
It’s a terrible tragedy. It’s great that you are shedding light on the issue. I love the save the children foundation.
What a tragedy. Thank you for shining a light on this and identifying practical ways we can help even from far away. It can be hard to know where to even start, so this summary and roundup is so helpful!
Thank you for this list, Daisy! It’s heart braking about what happened, I heart goes out to them and I can’t imagine how bad it is over there. Hopefully there will be lots of people giving assistance.
Shireen | Reflection of Sanity
So absolutely devastating. These are great organizations and a great way to help!
This is absolutely wonderful! Thanks for rounding this up!
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Lauren Elizabeth
Petite in Pearls
Thank you for post this! I am surprised at the lack of bloggers posting about this. Usually a tragedy like this happens and my blog feed is lit up on ways to help. This county is very special to me. My husband and I have been blessed to be able to visit Nepal several times. We currently have many friends that live there. They are sleeping in makeshift tents and it is raining. This is already a very poor country and the situation is only getting worse!! They need as much help as we can give them!
A few other options are Samaritan’s Purse and Direct Relief.
What a good idea to put together a post like this, thank you for sharing!
There were even some charities I hadn’t heard of before. Hopefully the people get a lot of assistance to rebuild and the death toll doesn’t climb even higher.
This is a really sweet post; you’ve taken the time to make it easier for people to help those in Nepal whose lives have been shattered. Thank you 🙂
Nabihah | thesundaywardrobe.blogspot.com