Flash flooding tore through northern Nepal Aug. 26, destroying homes, roads and bridges and leaving entire villages reachable only by air. Nepali police have confirmed hundreds of deaths, with many still missing.
Send Relief is responding through partner churches already serving in the affected communities, Christians who live in these valleys and know their neighbors by name.
The first wave of relief is already moving. Food bags packed with rice, daal, cooking oil and salt are loaded onto trucks alongside first aid bags stocked with gauze, disinfectant, paracetamol and soap. Simple tents are being purchased for families whose homes are gone. Trucks leave before dawn to reach the farthest communities still accessible by road while there is daylight.
Supplies go directly to partner churches in the affected districts. From there, church volunteers distribute what has arrived, assess what their neighbors need next and continue serving as roads and access reopen.
“We are working with churches that were already already being a light in their communities before the floods came, which enabled us to move quickly and have trucks loaded and sent within a day. Helping these families rebuild will take much longer, and the local church will keep caring for them long after the clean up,” said Jason Cox, vice president of Send Relief. “Our role is simply to come alongside them with the resources they need to do what they are already doing.”
Those who want to help are encouraged to pray and give at SendRelief.org. One hundred percent of gifts to Send Relief go directly to ministry projects.