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<p>While emergency aid has reached most areas, we still estimate one million people
will be living in temporary shelters at altitudes above 1,500 metres over the winter
and are in need of urgent cold weather support. DFID, through its partners, is providing
winter support to approximately 42,000 families (over 200,000 people) both via in
kind assistance (blankets, mattresses, clothes, shelter insulation, solar lamps and
cook stoves), as well as through a number of activities that contribute to an enabling
environment for an effective and responsive humanitarian support. For example we are
supporting helicopter operations to provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance to
communities in areas inaccessible by land. Winter distributions are over 60 % complete
and are expected to be fully complete by the end of January.</p><p>Information on
total aid sent to Nepal in the aftermath of the earthquake can be found online through
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair’s (OCHA) Financial Tracking
System which is updated periodically. DFID’s response to the devastating earthquake
now stands at £70 million following further commitments made at the International
Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction. Funds raised by the British public for the Disasters
Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal have already reached over £85 million, which includes
£5 million in matched funding provided by DFID. More information on Nepal DEC work
including a review of the response is available online. The UK is committed to ensuring
that our assistance is made available to those most in need. We work with trusted
partner NGO’s and UN agencies to deliver the UK humanitarian effort. These groups
provide real time feedback of the situation on the ground to ensure DFID funds are
used effectively.</p>
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