A destroyed home in the village of Paslang in Gorkha, Nepal, after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the country on Saturday.
After a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday, the death toll continues to rise, with reports on Monday stating that over 4,000 were counted to have died, and over 7,000 were injured.
Officials say that the number would rise even more as they reach smaller communities and villages in the mountain regions affected by the quake, with some estimating that the death toll may reach up to 10,000.
"Villages like this are routinely affected by landslides, and it's not uncommon for entire villages of 200, 300, up to 1,000 people to be completely buried by rock falls," Matt Darvas, spokesman of World Vision, told the Associated Press.
The earthquake resulted in casualties in even the surrounding nations, including 61 deaths in India, 25 in Tibet, and more than a dozen killed at Mount Everest.
The incident caused buildings in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, to topple and cause thousands to be caught under the rubble, resulting in over a quarter of the total death toll in just the capital city alone. An avalanche occurred in Mount Everest from the quake, resulting in the casualties in the camps. Tens of thousands lost their homes.
"There have been nearly 100 earthquakes and aftershocks, which is making rescue work difficult," Ek Narayan Aryal, the Kathmandu district chief administrator, told Fox News. Aryal further told Fox tents and water were being distributed in ten different locations in the capital city.
Relief efforts outside of the capital have also proved difficult due to the fact that many villages are inaccessible by car and can only be accessed by foot, and it could take days to travel from village to village in the mountain regions of the country, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Several nations have offered aid to Nepal after the worst earthquake to hit the country in 80 years, including China, India, Pakistan, and Bhutan, whose medical and search teams have already arrived. Teams from the United States, France, Singapore, Switzerland, Russia, Germany, Britain, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Italy, and Israel are reported to have been sent or are expected to arrive this week.
Christian disaster relief organizations, including World Vision, Samaritan's Purse, Good Neighbors, Convoy of Hope, and Christian Aid, have also provided medical teams and relief aid.
World Vision has sent survival kits to some 100,000 people in the areas that were most affected by the quake, including Lamjung, Gorkha, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, and Kathmandu. World Vision headquarters in Korea, the U.S., Canada, Hong Kong, and Taiwain are planning to support relief efforts by contributing a total of $10 million, while World Vision teams from the United Arab Emirates and Dubai quickly sent relief supplies to the country.
Good Neighbors plans to offer aid in the area that would amount to some $400,000, especially in areas that have not been as targeted by the government such as Gorkha and Kaski, in which the aid organization had already been heavily involved through their existing programs including building schools and education efforts. Good Neighbors has been working together with Nepal's aid teams and community members to bring survival essentials such as water, food, and blankets, to smaller villages in the country.
