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How Amazon is helping communities impacted by the Nepal flash floods
Amazon is providing humanitarian aid and emergency supplies to those affected by floods and landslides caused by a glacier collapse in Nepal on August 26.
Why it matters
This support provides critical survival resources like food and shelter to thousands of displaced people in a high-casualty disaster zone.
The details
Amazon is delivering tents, thermal blankets, and solar lights. The company is partnering with DonateKart to prepare for possible secondary flooding in India. Since 2017, Amazon has delivered over 30 million supplies for more than 200 disasters.
What's next
Amazon is assessing additional urgent needs and coordinating with ground organizations to deliver aid.
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Amazon funds International Organization of Migration (IOM)
Amazon made a cash donation to the International Organization of Migration to provide immediate relief for the Nepal floods.
Amazon funds World Food Programme
Amazon made a cash donation to the World Food Programme to provide immediate relief for the Nepal floods.
Amazon is a partner of DonateKart
Amazon is working with its local partner DonateKart in India to prepare relief supplies and response plans in case secondary flooding affects communities there.
Amazon is providing disaster relief support to communities affected by the floods and landslides in Nepal.
Amazon is coordinating with partners in India and drawing on its Disaster Relief hubs there amid the risk of secondary flooding downstream.
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