NEW DELHI: The United Nation International Children Educational Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that as many as one million children desperately in need of help in the earthquake hit Nepal.
Death toll has reached 3,700 in Nepal, , as relief workers raced to help the most vulnerable.
The Unicef has warned of the risk of disease as huge numbers of children camping out in the open in Kathmandu after their homes were destroyed in Saturday’s catastrophe.
The UN’s child agency said in a statement that around 940,000 children living in areas severely affected by the earthquake in Nepal were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
The agency further said that “limited access to safe water and sanitation will put children at great risk from waterborne diseases, while some children may have become separated from their families.”
The Unicef said it was mobilising staff and sending two cargo flights with 120 tonnes of humanitarian supplies, including medical and hospital supplies, tents and blankets.
