Nepal Earthquake Relief

Everyone in Nepal remembers where they were that Saturday when the Earth shook, the walls collapsed, and the ceilings crumbled.

You’ll probably remember where you were too, and how you thought about how to support the people who lost everything when the earthquake hit.

With the support of friends like you since that terrible day, we’ve helped restore hope for people living in poverty in Nepal.

Three months on, as our work shifts from relief to long-term recovery and rebuilding, your ongoing support means more than ever. That’s why I urge you to make a gift to ActionAid today, to continue to rebuild the lives of those affected.

During the initial emergency phase we were able to provide food, shelter, medicine and safety to more than 118,000 people, including 35-year-old Laxmi and her family.

“What has helped us most has been the corrugated iron sheeting. Until four days ago we were staying under plastic tarps, and it was impossible to keep the rain out,” Laxmi says.

"It may not be a lot in terms of cash,” she continues, “but it has made a million dollars worth of difference to us. We had seen the worst of life and we needed a place to feel secure again.” Now, Laxmi says, they’ve regained hope.

While the emergency relief phase is over for Laxmi‘s family and others, the task of rebuilding permanent homes and livelihoods has only now begun, and your gift is crucial to sustaining this progress.

Monsoon season has begun, and landslides are occurring in the areas where ActionAid has been responding to the needs of communities living in poverty.

The rain will only increase the needs of those affected, and farming communities whose crops have been ruined face the threat of hunger if they can’t return to their fields soon.

After all they’ve been through, we can’t let the survivors lose hope now. That’s why your continued support is so important today.

Your gift to ActionAid will:

• Help affected people build temporary homes for their families through a ‘cash for work’ initiative that provides a source of money to affected communities, injects cash into the local economy and ensures that debris is cleared and used for new homes.

• Support and equip farmers so they can return to their fields and meet their basic needs.

• Make sure affected families have the information they need to secure government compensation, and support their efforts to revise the building code so that new builds can withstand future disasters.

No one can forget the horror that unfolded that morning three months ago.

But no one can remember a time when people around the world responded more quickly, more generously, or more effectively.

Please help us continue to bring hope to the people of Nepal.

With Thanks,

The ActionAid Team

P.S. With the emergency phase of our response now over, we turn to long-term recovery – and when we say long-term, we mean it. We’ve promised to support people affected by the earthquake in Nepal until at least April 2018. But to keep that promise, ActionAid USA relies on the continued generosity of people like you. Please make a gift today. Thank you for caring, and for giving.

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