NEPAL EARTHQUAKE  -  AID AGENCIES, CHARITIES AND NEWS LINK

Gane and Marshall wishes to send a message of solidarity to the people of Nepal. We have now heard from our key partners in Nepal and they are OK but now living in very difficult conditions.

The best way we can help is to donate to agencies that are providing help direct to Nepal. The list below may help. This information was provided by members of ISMM (International Society of Mountain Medicine) of which Jeremy Gane is a member.

For those of you who want to help generally:

1. Educate the Children, a respected NGO based in Ithaca, NY working in rural areas of Nepal that have been very hard  hit. We know ETC from our days in Ithaca/Cornell. They are reliable and trustworthy : http://www.etc-nepal.org/earthquake_relief.php

2. One Heart World-Wide, a maternal-child health NGO with whom Sienna has worked for 13 years, first in Tibet and now in Nepal, working in 2 of the hardest hit rural districts outside of Kathmandu, Dhading and Sindhupalchok: http://www.oneheartworld-wide.org/index.php/donate/donate_donate/

3. American Nepal Medical Foundation, on the ground in Nepal since 1997, run by Nepali doctors in conjunction with US doctors: http://americanepalmedicalfoundation.com/

4. Mercy Corps, works throughout Nepal, decades of experience:https://www.mercycorps.org/fundraising

5. Waves for Water, very good for water-related relief, which is desperately needed:http://www.wavesforwater.org/project/nepalreliefinitiative

6. We also recommend The Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/news/article/Red-Cross-Responding-to-78-Magnitude-Earthquake-in-Nepal and charities listed on this site: http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-04-25/how-help-nepal-7-vetted-charities-doing-relief-work-following-earthquake
 
7. Some of the ISMM medics are working at Patan Hospital. So direct help could go to: Patan Hospital Earthquake Disaster Fund. The name of the Bank is Nabil Bank Limited and the name of the account is Patan Academy of Health Sciences. Account number is 0203217500593. The Swift code is NARBNPKA. Address: Kupundole, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepa

For a live feed of Nepal events, we recommend The Guardian:http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/apr/26/nepal-earthquake-death-toll-exceeds-1500-rolling-report
 
To understand the geological underpinnings of this event and how it is unfolding, we recommend this blog from the American Geophysical Union: http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/

Please feel free to share this message.

In solidarity with the strong and suffering people of Nepal.