Safety & Advisories

Everyone Is Pledging Millions to Nepal. Here Is Where You Can Actually Send Money

The UN released $2m, the US pledged $500,000, India sent 50 tonnes. None of that helps if you are one person with a card. The official fund, the two…

By Laxman Rawal · Aug 28, 2026

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In the last two days the UN has released US$2 million , the United States has pledged $500,000 and a disaster adviser, India has flown in roughly 50 tonnes of aid, and condolences have arrived from most of the world's capitals. All of it is real and all of it…

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The short answer: the Prime Minister's Disaster Relief Fund

The Government of Nepal runs a single national relief fund, and it takes international cards directly at pmdrf.nchl.com.np , operated by Nepal Clearing House. One page, one payment, from any country. No bank transfer, no SWIFT code, nobody in the middle…

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If you would rather not give to a government

That is a reasonable position and we are not going to argue you out of it. Two organisations are working in the affected districts and are the only others we will vouch for: Nepal Red Cross Society — more than 200 staff and volunteers running evacuations…

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We are not collecting, and that is deliberate

We could put a donate button on this page and forward the money. We are not going to. A trekking company in the middle adds nothing except a step you cannot audit, and it asks you to trust a stranger with money at exactly the moment when trusting strangers…

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The other way to help, which nobody asks about

The flood hit one corridor in northern Rasuwa. Everest, Annapurna, Manaslu, Upper Mustang, Pokhara and Kathmandu were untouched and are running normally. Every autumn booking cancelled out of sympathy takes income from a guide, a porter, a teahouse family or…

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