Much has been said about the difficulties in delivering aid in earthquake-hit Nepal. The country’s mountainous terrain has made villages and communities in high altitude areas extremely challenging to reach. Its largest airport meanwhile is still too small to accommodate all of the large aircraft that are trying to fly in aid.
The incoming monsoon, on the other hand, has put a deadline on immediate aid delivery needs. Once the rains come in, it will be nearly impossible to bring relief to areas that even now are hard to reach.
Even without such logistical challenges, delivering aid to the people who need it is generally difficult anyway, according to Jamie McGoldrick, the United Nations’ resident coordinator for Nepal. But in Nepal, there are no big camps housing people displaced by the temblor, very much unlike the refugee shelter settings in other places such as in Africa.
About the author
Aimee Rae Ocampo
As former Devex editor for business insight, Aimee created and managed multimedia content and cutting-edge analysis for executives in international development.