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UN agency warns of 17,000 children in urgent need of assistance as aid reaches some Nepal survivors

  • Aid is finally reaching survivors — helicopters and army relief centers are airlifting people and supplies while NGOs hand out solar panels, clothes and hygiene kits.
  • The scale is huge: the Red Cross says about 93,000 people affected, Nepal reports nearly 2,000 missing, and UNICEF says roughly 17,000 children need urgent help with many schools damaged.
  • Harrowing scenes and human stories — entire villages swept away into mud, bodies being recovered, and children separated from families being sheltered and slowly reunited.
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