Aid Groups Taking Action

Organizations are rushing to get crucial supplies to survivors of Nepal's earthquake. Here's a look at some of them, which are accepting donations online:

UNICEF The U.N. children's agency says nearly a million children in Nepal need help. UNICEF says it is preparing two cargo flights with a combined 120 tons of goods, including medical supplies, tents, and blankets, for urgent airlift to Kathmandu.

World Food Program The U.N. agency says logistics and emergency teams have arrived in Kathmandu.

Red Cross The International Committee for the Red Cross says it is working with the Nepal Red Cross Society on emergency response.

Mercy Corps Mercy Corps warns that prices for essential supplies in Nepal are rising quickly. It says it is working with the Nepal Red Cross Society to help distribute essential supplies, shelter kits, and tarpaulins, and has 90 staffers in Nepal, some of whom have lost their homes in the quake.

Among other groups responding and accepting donations are Save the Children, Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam, The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Samaritan's Purse, Lutheran World Relief, World Vison, and Paypal Giving Fund.

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