Kathmandu, May 4, 2015:
WaerAid Nepal is
launching an emergency response programme providing water, sanitation and
hygiene services to the areas hit by the catastrophic earthquake on April 25.
WaterAid, a development organization working
in Nepal since 1987, will provide water purification tablets and hygiene kits
to survivors, ensuring safe water in areas where the supply has been cut off
while the organization also plans to install emergency sanitation measures like
pit latrines and trenches.
"We will work with
partners in five regions to materialize the health and sanitation
efforts," said a statement issued by WaterAid.
"WaterAid Nepal is concerned that in many areas, water and
sanitation infrastructure is likely to have been severely damaged in the
earthquake, leaving people without clean water and nowhere safe to go to the
toilet. In these conditions, there is high risk of an outbreak of waterborne
diseases such as cholera, typhoid and diarrhoea which could lead to a second
humanitarian crisis in the affected regions," the statement further said.
WaterAid and its partner organizations have reached 4,565 people
so far with water purification tablets that would be enough for 10 days.
The number included 1,300 children whose families received water
purification supplies as part of a Ministry of Health emergency vaccination
programme.
WaterAid expects to reach thousands more in coming days as
further supplies, including emergency community water filters, water
purification tablets, hygiene kits containing buckets, soap, cloths and
sanitary napkins, and other items are received, said Tripti Rai, WaterAid's
Country Representative in Nepal.
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