By BGR Staff
On August 26, a landslide and glacial collapse on Langtang Lirung, a mountain in Lāṅṭāṇ National Park, Nepal, sent millions of metric tons of rock, ice, and debris flooding down some 4,000 feet in altitude, destroying everything in its path—roads, bridges, buildings, and in some cases entire communities. The disaster took the lives of more than 1,450 people, and some 5,700 people are still missing, according to Nepalese government reports.
A month after the the incident, more than 84,000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to UNICEF. An estimated 32,000 people have been displaced from their homes. Among the damaged and destroyed buildings are multiple health facilities and hospitals; the widespread damage to roads has cut off large segments of the population from access to medical services and has also complicated humanitarian relief efforts.
In response to this urgent need, BGR made crisis-relief donations to Karuna-Shechen, a Buddhist humanitarian organization working in the Himalayas, and the nonprofit World Central Kitchen, which is opening community kitchens serving thousands of meals to people impacted by the disaster.
Other relief organizations working on the ground in Nepal include the humanitarian health nonprofit Direct Relief; the emergency relief organization All Hands and Hearts; the U.N. agencies UNICEF, the World Food Program, and the World Health organization; the Nepal Red Cross Society; and NGOs including CARE and Catholic Relief Services.
