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Why hasn’t more money been raised for Nepal earthquake relief? Just over a week after the devastating earthquake, only 2 per cent of the $415M (U.S.) flash appeal has been pledged. DANIEL BEREHULAK / NYT Only $5 million (U.S.) has been pledged for the Nepal flash appeal so far, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. By: Robin Levinson King Staff Reporter, Published on Tue May 05 2015 It will take hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild Nepal, but a week after the earthquake, only a fraction has been pledged. Only $5 million (U.S.) has been pledged for the Nepal flash appeal so far, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the arm of the UN that organizes and tracks humanitarian aid across the globe. Tom Kirsch, director of the Centre for Refugee and Disaster Response at Johns Hopkins University, said the problem is that there is only a limited amount of money available for humanitarian relief in the world, and an endless supply of crises. “The problem nowadays in humanitarian relief is that the world is overextended,” he said. MORE ON THESTAR.COM Toronto climber cheats death for a third time in Nepal earthquake Nepal Sherpas refuse to rebuild Everest climbing route destroyed by earthquake Tweet

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  • WhyhasntmoremoneybeenraisedforNepalearthquakerelief?Justoveraweekafterthedevastatingearthquake,only2percentofthe$415M(U.S.)flashappealhasbeenpledged.

    DANIELBEREHULAK/NYT

    Only$5million(U.S.)hasbeenpledgedfortheNepalflashappealsofar,accordingtotheOfficefortheCoordinationofHumanitarianAffairs.

    By:RobinLevinsonKingStaffReporter,PublishedonTueMay052015

    ItwilltakehundredsofmillionsofdollarstorebuildNepal,butaweekaftertheearthquake,onlyafractionhasbeenpledged.

    Only$5million(U.S.)hasbeenpledgedfortheNepalflashappealsofar,accordingtotheOfficefortheCoordinationofHumanitarianAffairs(OCHA),thearmoftheUNthatorganizesandtrackshumanitarianaidacrosstheglobe.

    TomKirsch,directoroftheCentreforRefugeeandDisasterResponseatJohnsHopkinsUniversity,saidtheproblemisthatthereisonlyalimitedamountofmoneyavailableforhumanitarianreliefintheworld,andanendlesssupplyofcrises.

    Theproblemnowadaysinhumanitarianreliefisthattheworldisoverextended,hesaid.

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  • Aflashappealisafundsetasideforthefirstfewmonthsofahumanitariandisaster,andinordertohelpNepalmakeitthroughthesummer,OCHAestimatestheappealwillneedtoraise$415million(U.S.).Inadditiontotheflashappeal,morethan$70million(U.S.)hasbeenraisedinhumanitarianaid.

    ThisisveryearlydaysfortheNepalappeal,saidClareDoyle,spokespersonforOCHA,addingthattheFinancialTrackingServicewebsitehasnotcapturedallcontributionsyet.

    KarenLeiva,aspokespersonfortheCanadianRedCross,echoedDoylesconcerns.

    Itisstillveryearlyinthisresponse,Leivasaid.Itwouldbeimpossibleforustocomparethisdisasterwithanyothersbecauseeachsituationisunique.

    Still,whena7.0magnitudeearthquakestruckHaitiin2010,aidfloodedinfromaroundtheworld.

    Withinthefirsttwoweeksoftheflashappeal,82percentoftheinitialrequestfor$575million(U.S.)wasmet,accordingtoareportfromresearchinstituteBrookings.Theappealwaseventuallyrevisedupto$1.5billion(U.S.).

    AlmostaweekaftertheUNlauncheditsfundingappeal,andonly2percenthasbeenraised.

    KirschsaidtheturmoilintheMiddleEastandEbolainWestAfricahavetakentheirtollontheworldscoffers,andmayhavetiltedthebalanceofavailabledonorsmostlygovernmentsawayfromNepal.

    Theworldskindoftappedout,hesaid.

    AccordingtothemostrecentreportfromGlobalHumanitarianAssistance,globalhumanitarianexpensesrosealmost30percenttoUS$22billionin2013.

  • Theglobaleconomiccrisismayhavealsotightenedpeoplesbelts,Kirschsaid.Onaverage,onlyabouttwothirdsofUNtrackedfundingappealsaremet,accordingtotheGlobalHumanitarianAssistancereport.

    Compoundingtheissueisthatevenwhengovernmentsdopledgeaid,itcantakealongtimetodeliver.AsofMonday,about85percentofthemoneythathasbeenraisedfortheflashappealisstilloutstanding.

    Andwhilecountriesacrosstheworldwaittosendtheirchecks,Nepalisrunningoutoftime.

    Rapidlydeterioratingweatherconditions,asthemonsoonseasonapproaches,islikelytobecomeanaddedlogisticalchallengetotheprovisionofhumanitarianassistance,Doylesaid.

    Fundingisneededimmediatelytocontinuethereliefoperations.


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