page_title: Humanitarian response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake
section_title: Qatar
hierarchical_section_title: Humanitarian response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake / Other nations / Qatar
caption_attribution_description: English: Qatar Airways Cargo Airbus A330-200F providing humanitarian support after the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
context_page_description: An earthquake struck Nepal at 11:56:54 NST on 25 April 2015 with a moment magnitude of 7.8 or 8.1Mₛ and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of IX. It was the most powerful earthquake to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. Many thousands of people died as a result, with most casualties reported in Nepal, including on Mount Everest, and adjoining areas of India, China, and Bangladesh.
  Within minutes of the earthquake, the Government of India, via the Indian Armed Forces, initiated Operation Maitri, created humanitarian missions with the primary objective of conducting relief and rescue operations in Nepal. India has been the largest aid donor to Nepal following the earthquake with a billion dollar support apart from other non-monetary reliefs extended. Many countries and organizations have donated aid including China, the United Kingdom, and the United States, all of which provided or funded helicopters as requested by the Nepali government. Numerous charitable organizations, such as UNICEF and Doctors Without Borders, are delivering aid on the ground. Israel provided a large team of people to the relief effort in Nepal, second only to India.
context_section_description: Two aircraft laden with Qatari aid materials left on Sunday from Doha, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. Each plane carried 60 tonnes of relief materials including foodstuffs, medicines, power generators and tents. Two other aircraft will leave on Monday with 120 tonnes of relief materials, in addition to a field hospital provided by Qatari Red Crescent (QRC) to deliver medical aid to the affected people. The Standing Committee of Emergency, Rescue, Relief and Humanitarian Aid, headed by Lekhwiya, undertook the task of preparing the relief materials and coordinating with the concerned authorities. On top of this, QRC had on Saturday issued an emergency appeal to raise QAR 12 million for the relief of Nepal earthquake victims and allocated QAR 1 million for emergency relief operations concerning health, sheltering, water, sanitation and restoring family links.
caption: Qatar Airways Cargo Airbus A330-200F providing humanitarian support after the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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