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Dear Friend,
Thirteen-year-old Sonika was home with her younger sister and 3-year-old brother in Bhaise, Nuwakot, when word came that a flood was on the way. Her mother handed her the youngest child and told her to run.
"I ran with him up the slope. When I turned back, my house was swept away," Sonika said. "I didn't know where I was, where my parents were. I couldn't reach them."
The road was swept away. Vehicles and buses disappeared in the water. Homes, possessions and family property were gone within minutes. Sonika kept running, carrying her brother through the jungle as people around them shouted for everyone to get to higher ground.
What frightened her most was not knowing whether her family was safe. Sonika's family was reunited and is now sheltering in a school, but the shock of what happened has not gone away. Sonika’s younger sister has been waking in the night, afraid the floods will come again.
Thousands of children in Nepal now have a story like Sonika's family. An estimated 17,000 children have been affected by the flash floods and mudslides that tore through parts of the Bagmati province last week, losing their homes, schools and the services they depend on. Some, like Sonika and her family, escaped with only the clothes on their backs.
UNICEF is appealing for $17.2 million to rapidly scale up the emergency response as the full extent of the damage and the humanitarian needs of children and families continue to be assessed. For families like Sonika's, the first priority is still much more basic: a safe place to sleep, food and water, clean clothes and the chance for their children to return to some sense of normality.
When disaster strikes, UNICEF responds immediately to meet the most urgent needs of children.
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UNICEF has worked in Nepal for more than 60 years. Teams are now scaling up support to reach children and families with:
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The risks to children in Nepal do not end when the water recedes, as access constraints and infrastructure damage continue to challenge emergency response efforts. As a global leader in emergency humanitarian relief, UNICEF is on the ground before, during and after emergencies strike, working with authorities and partners to deliver the lifesaving supplies and support children need.
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