Earthquake Aftershocks Jolt Nepal as Death Toll Rises Above 3,400 [over 7,000 as of May 7, 2015]
Nepal Searches for Survivors After Earthquake
Narendra Shrestha/European Pressphoto Agency
KATMANDU, Nepal — Each time this city shuddered with aftershocks from the earthquake that convulsed Nepal, Samaj Gautam felt an urge to join the millions of residents who fled to safety outdoors. But working in a hospital emergency ward inundated with the wounded, and their broken limbs, fractured skulls and other physical traumas, Dr. Gautam said Sunday night, he and his colleagues had to suppress their fears and stick to treating patients.
“I’m feeling exhausted but also scared because the tremors have been by the dozens,” Dr. Gautam said as he worked through his own exhaustion in the emergency ward of Bir Hospital in Katmandu, where he had been since soon after the earthquake hit Saturday. “But the most worrying thing to me is the aftereffect. Sanitation, disease, these are also serious worries.”
By early Monday, Nepalese authorities had sharply raised the death toll to more than 3,200 death toll, [April 27, 2015: death toll over 3,800], but the full extent of the devastation and death was still unclear. It 3as that uncertainty, over what the earthquake had wrought and what the future might hold, that spread fear and anxiety across Nepal. The true extent of disasters like the one that hit Saturday often become clear only in the days and weeks afterward, as the digging-out gains momentum and crews work through the rubble of lives upended.
Where to Donate
Here is a list of some of the groups soliciting donations for relief efforts in Nepal:
American Jewish World Service: ajws.org
International Medical Corps: internationalmedicalcorps.org
Handicap International: handicap-international.us
Unicef: unicef.org
PayPal: paypal.com
Mercy Corps: mercycorps.org
Catholic Relief Services: crs.org
Habitat for Humanity International: habitat.org
Global Giving: globalgiving.org
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee: jdc.org
Oxfam: oxfamamerica.org
World Vision: worldvision.org
Red Cross: redcross.org
United Nations World Food Program: wfp.org
Samaritan’s Purse: samaritanspurse.org
CARE: care.org
Save the Children: savethechildren.org
Lutheran World Relief: lwr.org
The Jewish Federations of North America: jewishfederations.org
SOS: Children’s Villages International: sos-childrensvillages.org
Doctors Without Borders: donate.doctorswithoutborders.org
MAP International: mapinternational.org
International Relief Teams: irteams.org
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