Project: emergency aid for Nepal
Beneficiary: Rode Kruis Vlaanderen (Red Cross Flanders)
Amount: 100.000 euro
Duration: April 2015
On the 25th of April a severe earthquake hit Nepal. More than 2000 people were killed and thousands are injured.
Minister-president Geert Bourgeois allocates 100.000€ emergency aid for the victims of the disaster.
The emergency aid goes to the Red Cross. Active in the region for more than 35 years, the Red Cross was able to start up the humanitarian aid quickly, due to their focus on ‘disaster preparedness’.