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Highlights
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As of 06 March, 46,104 deaths have been confirmed. One month into the earthquake, aftershocks continue causing renewed fear, trauma and further destruction to the fragile infrastructure.
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Over 2.7 million people have been displaced with many people living in temporary settlements, with about half in informal settlements.
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1,915 unaccompanied children have been identified of whom 1,661 have been reunified with their families. Access to education has been hampered for nearly 4 million children, including 350,000 refugee and migrant children.
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As of 01 March, UNICEF has reached 351,381 people, including 200,277 children, with critical supplies including hygiene kits and non-food items such as winter clothes, electrical heaters, and blankets.
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Approximately 83,000 children and caregivers received mental health and psychosocial support through UNICEF’s implementing partners and 442 social workers trained after the earthquake.
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On a daily basis, approximately 5,300 students are undertaking catchup classes provided by the Ministry of National Education with the support of UNICEF. Additionally, UNICEF is providing direct cash support to the Ministry of Education to repair/rehabilitate 1,179 school, aiming to reach 290,545 children.
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UNICEF reached over 1 million people with key lifesaving messages on child protection including prevention of abuse and exploitation as well as access to services, while 66,000 people were engaged on actions to promote and adopt healthy and protective behaviour including psychosocial self-care practices, talking to children about earthquake, and managing distressed child by age.
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As of 09 March, UNICEF received US$39 million against the funding requirement of US$ 196 million to reach 3 million people, including 1.5 million children.