Safe water & sanitation
Water sources across the affected valleys are contaminated and unsafe to drink or bathe in. UNICEF places emergency water and sanitation needs at roughly 65,000 people.
Nivaran Foundation · Emergency appeal
Families in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading face displacement and damaged homes, roads and bridges after the 26 August Bhote Koshi floods. Search, rescue and relief efforts continue.
See how you can helpOfficial situation update: · Nivaran is raising funds for a planned flood response
01 / The situation
On August 26, 2026 a mass of ice and rock collapsed from a glacier near the Nepal–Tibet border, high on Langtang Lirung. The collapse sent a surge of water and debris down the Bhote Koshi river, through the Trishuli valley and on into districts more than 100 kilometres downstream.
The worst-hit districts are Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha and Chitwan. Rasuwa remains the hardest to reach: the road from Betrawati up to the Rasuwagadhi border crossing was destroyed along its length.
Rescue and recovery figures come from the 11 September government update. Other estimates retain their earlier source dates. Counts may be revised as verification continues. These figures describe the wider emergency, not Nivaran activity or partnerships.
02 / Proposed priorities
Water sources across the affected valleys are contaminated and unsafe to drink or bathe in. UNICEF places emergency water and sanitation needs at roughly 65,000 people.
Communities in Rasuwa and upper Nuwakot were reached by a small number of roads and bridges through steep river valleys. The flood removed those routes, cutting health posts off from the people who depend on them.
Reporting from health agencies identifies nutrition support for around 10,500 pregnant and nursing women, and treatment for roughly 2,600 children with severe malnutrition.
03 / Our role
Nivaran Foundation has not delivered flood relief. We have no team in the flood districts today, and nothing on this page should be read as a report of work already done.
What we have is an existing healthcare programme in Nepal — Project Sanjeevani — and a reason to extend it. This appeal funds that extension. If we cannot raise enough to mount a credible response, contributions stay with Nivaran’s ongoing Nepal healthcare work and we will say so publicly.
04 / Take part
Gifts through this form are recorded under the Nepal flood appeal, including on your receipt. The gift-use policy is shown with the donation form.
Before making a large or flood-restricted gift, ask us in writing for the project scope, use of funds, reporting schedule and unused-funds policy. We would rather answer that question than take the money without it.
05 / Follow the facts
— Rescue and recovery figures updated from Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Earlier humanitarian estimates retain their source dates. Nivaran has not deployed. No delivery figures, fundraising totals or partnerships are claimed.
Next review: this page is checked while the emergency is active. When Nivaran does deploy, each update will state the date, the district, what was delivered, who delivered it, what it cost, and what remains needed.