By Svati Kirsten Narula, Quartz, September 02, 2015
Foreign countries and international agencies have pledged $4.1 billion to aid Nepal’s recovery after the April 25 earthquake, but according to Reuters, officials in Kathmandu have yet to make plans to receive and spend that money.
This might come as a surprise to foreign donors who moved swiftly to organize relief.
While nongovernmental organizations made immediate efforts to provide food, medical treatment, and tarps and tents for shelter after the 7.8-magnitude quake–which together with a 7.3-magnitude quake on May 12 left nearly 3 million people homeless in the Himalayan country–almost no one expected immediate help from the Nepalese government itself, even though a natural disaster like this had been predicted, and that the country’s leaders should have been prepared for it. (End of excerpt.)
The above excerpt from a news article is sad news and so often happens to donors gifts, that is why I created Radical Giving to get your gifts into the hands of the people who are actually doing something. If you would like to donate directly to any of the ones who are doing hands on relief aid in Nepal here are some websites and emails you can get in contact to them to arrange your donations.
Everest Project (They help the Saint Joseph school and are highlighted on the project page and have updates on the update page you can find them by clicking on the Nepal topic.) www.nepalproject.org
Lily (She lives in Nepal and is doing a great work. There is some information about her on the update page also under Nepal topic in archives. Her email is [email protected]
Anita (She lives in India but has family in Nepal. She has already made one trip to help her family and is making another trip to help with a school project. See her update in the updates dated Oct. 5.) [email protected]