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UNICEF's humanitarian supplies reach quake-devastated Nepal

Xinhua, May 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Following the devastating earthquake in Nepal, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has delivered 29 tons of humanitarian supplies including tents, water purification tablets and first aid kits to reach at least 1. 7 million children in the quake-hit areas.

"Children's lives in Nepal have been turned upside down," said Raju Shreshta, Chief Logistics for UNICEF Supply Division in Copenhagen at a press release on Thursday.

Within hours of the 7.9 magnitude earthquake, UNICEF had delivered water purification tablets, oral rehydration salts and hygiene kits to affected communities, from emergency stocks kept ready in the UN agency's warehouses in Nepal.

More than a dozen informal settlements have sprung up around the Kathmandu and UNICEF and local partners are trucking safe water and hygiene supplies to all of them.

According to UNICEF, they are working with the government of Nepal to ensure humanitarian supplies are delivered and distributed to affected communities as quickly as possible through a combination of shipping supplies on commercial and charter airlines.

Meanwhile, UNICEF has launched a 50-million-dollar appeal to support its humanitarian response to the earthquake in Nepal over the next 90 days. Endi