This Emergency Appeal seeks a total of CHF 33,481,398 on a preliminary basis to enable the IFRC to support the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRC) to deliver assistance and support to a total of 75,000 people (15,000 households) over a total timeframe of 18 months, with a focus on emergency health and care, emergency shelter and settlements (including basic household items), livelihoods, restoring family links (RFL), safe and dignified burials, National Society institutional preparedness and capacity development, community preparedness and risk reduction. The overall budget includes a provision for the deployment of emergency response units (ERUs) and a shelter cluster coordination team. The planned response reflects the current situation and information available at this point of the evolving operation, and will be adjusted based on further developments and more detailed assessments.