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The United States pledged $500,000 and a disaster-response adviser to flood-hit Nepal, the State Department said, offering its condolences to the…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 28, 2026
The United States pledged $500,000 in aid and a disaster-response adviser to Nepal after the deadly 26 August flash floods in Rasuwa district, the US Department of State said in a statement offering its condolences to the families of those who lost their…
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The centrepiece of the US pledge is $500,000 in assistance provided through the Department's global award with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), a long-established international humanitarian organisation. According to the announcement, the funding is directed…
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It is worth being precise about attribution, because in a fast-moving disaster details get blurred. The condolences and the aid pledge were issued by the US Department of State — the US government's foreign-affairs body — and reported through official…
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The US pledge is one strand of a broad international response to a disaster that killed hundreds and left more than a thousand people missing across Nepal and the Tibetan side of the border. Governments across Asia and beyond, along with United Nations…
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