EMERGENCY: Flash Floods in Nepal
Dil Bahadur stands atop the rubble that buried both his wife and home during the devastating floods (Credit: Mission East and KIRDARC).
Please give now to rush emergency food, water, shelter, and other essentials to children and families who've lost everything.
Dil Bahadur searches for any salvageable belongings in the rubble that buried his home (Credit: Mission East and KIRDARC).
Your love in action is urgently needed
A huge wave of water has left children and families homeless, without food or clean water.
● On August 26, flash floods in Nepal claimed the lives of thousands of people, with thousands more still missing.
● In an instant, homes, roads, bridges, and entire communities were swept away.
● Survivors who’ve lost everything are staying in emergency shelters. Overcrowding is increasing the risk of disease.
Your kindness right now can provide emergency food, clean water, shelter, and hygiene kits to help families survive.
Who your compassion will reach
With your emergency action, you’ll wrap practical arms of love around people like Tuka Devi. On the day of the floods, her son, Balaram, had rushed ahead to warn families. And while rescuing others, he was swept away.
Balaram’s wife is so traumatized she can’t speak. All Tuka Devi can do is weep. As she looks at photos of her son, she cries out: "Balaram, my lovely son, please come back to us... if your little boy asks where his father is, what will we tell him? We can’t bear to watch our grandson grow up without his father."
This terrible pain, this devastation and anguish – this is what you’ll reach into with your overflowing love today.
Tuka Devi breaks down in tears while looking at a photo of her son, Balaram, who lost his life rescuing others from the floods (Credit: Mission East and KIRDARC).
A recovery crew conducts search and rescue operations and assesses damage in Bidur, where floodwaters swept away the local market (Credit: Mission East and KIRDARC).
What your care will do
Food for the Hungry is working with local partners in the flood zone to deliver essential care to 2,000 families. But we can’t do it without you. Your gift can bring care, safety, and comfort to survivors in the days and months ahead:
You’ll help provide:
● Emergency food packs
● Safe drinking water
● Emergency shelter materials
● Hygiene Kits
Your urgent gift will be a light in the darkness
Bimala lost five family members in the devastating floods, including her son. She says: “When I think about the future, I see darkness”.
In the midst of her grief, your generosity today will bring the relief of practical help, and the comfort of knowing someone cares.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.”
John 1:5
Bimala sits inside a tent at a temporary shelter where she is staying alongside hundreds of other families in Uttargaya (Credit: Mission East and KIRDARC).