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| Keywords: US aid of temp shelters.jpg en Emergency shelter for earthquake survivors in Sankhu Nepal Two hundred rolls of heavy-duty plastic sheeting were given to earthquake-affected households in Nepal's Kathmandu District ™s Sankhu village and surrounding areas on May 1st An additional 500 rolls of this critical emergency shelter material were dispatched to Gorkha Kathmandu and Sindhupalchowk The sheeting was provided by USAID's Office of U S Foreign Disaster Assistance OFDA and distributed by the non-governmental organizations Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development ACTED and Save the Children SC With the impending monsoon season shelter support remains the most urgent need in affected communities the UN reports The 7 8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal April 25th damaged or destroyed an estimated 543 000 houses as reported by the Government of Nepal on May 11 To address critical shelter needs national and international relief actors have distributed more than 62 500 tarpaulins to earthquake-affected households in high-priority districts Approximately 40 percent of these tarpaulins have reached Gorkha District where the earthquake destroyed an estimated 90 percent of homes 2015-05-01 17 04 16 https //www flickr com/photos/usembassykathmandu/17402153471/in/album-72157652684696686/ USAID DART other versions PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Operation Sahayogi Haat United States Agency for International Development | ||||
