When deadly floodwaters barrelled through dozens of settlements along the Trishuli River in Nepal at the end of August, bodies were strewn across hundreds of kilometres – some ending up in neighbouring India. The scale of the disaster was horrific, claiming at least 1,300 lives and leaving more than 5,000 people missing.
Now, as international relief organizations scramble to help those who survived the cataclysm, the Mennonite Central Committee is already uniquely positioned within the country thanks to the work it has been doing there for the past 70 years. For instance, they deployed a multi-million-dollar response following earthquakes in 2015.
