A DFY volunteer with medical supplies beside a relief helicopter in the Himalayas
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Nepal EarthquakeRelief 2015

After the 7.8 magnitude earthquake of 25 April 2015, DFY ran a field clinic in the hilltop villages of Nuwakot and supplied medicines to hospitals across the affected districts.

25 April 2015NuwakotWith Direct Relief
What happened

7.8 on theRichter scale

On 25 April 2015 (12 Baisakh 2072), a massive earthquake measuring 7.8 struck Nepal.

Kathmandu and the surrounding districts were hardest hit.

SindhupalchokNuwakotDhadingGorkhaRasuwaKavreBhaktapurLalitpurDolakhaMakwanpurRamechhapOkhaldhungaSindhuli
Our response

13 days in thehills of Nuwakot

Patients treated in Nuwakot
1,000+
Patients treated in Nuwakot
Days of field clinic, from 10 May
13
Days of field clinic, from 10 May
Medicines supplied (USD 261,290)
₹1.62 Cr
Medicines supplied (USD 261,290)
Health workers trained
13
Health workers trained
In the field

Clinic, hygieneand medicines

From 10 May 2015, DFY ran a field clinic in Panchkanya VDC, Nuwakot, for 13 days and treated more than 1,000 patients in hilltop villages.

The team ran health and hygiene orientations, distributed 19 menstrual hygiene packs to adolescents, and held a maternal and child health session for 13 health workers.

With assistance from Direct Relief International, DFY purchased more than INR 1.62 crore (USD 261,290) of medicines and distributed them to hospitals affected by the earthquake.

Eleven years later, we returned to the same valleys. See our 2026 flood response.