By Carol Vernal | Founder & CEO
On May 12, 2015, a second powerful 7.3M earthquake struck southeast of Kathmandu near Kodari. This time it was centered 50 miles east of the capital in Kathmandu. Children's Medical Aid Foundation is based out of the Kirtipur Cleft & Burn Center is still standing and able to provide food and medical care for all those that find their way to the hospital.
The head count in the hospital is rising daily with 150+ new admissions as of yesterday. Today two military buses arrived with nineteen post-op patients from a military hospital in Kathmandu as their building was not trustworthy. Doctor Shankar Rai, Director of the Cleft & Burn Center and CMAF is constantly being challenged with the intensity of facilitating patients and management of staff and volunteers. This all means that we have more people to feed.
The hospital cafeteria staff shine as they work diligently to keep up with increased number of people that need to be fed. Enough rice to last one month was donated to the hospital cafeteria by an unknown organization. We are very grateful to that humanitarian organization as we accept their help. Beginning on April 25, the day of the earthquake we have been dedicated to feeding 400 - 500 people each day. We have provided more than 6,700 meals in 18 days.
Normally I would have been in Kathmandu during this time of year but for the grace of God my schedule kept me here in California where I can raise funds for earthquake relief. I do plan on returning to Nepal in Mid June to manage things in person.
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