EASTERN REGION EARTHQUAKE UPDATE – The sixth week
12 October 2025
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A US$11.6 million funding gap risks leaving families without winter clothing, heating, safe water, and child-focused services – right at the peak of need.
UNICEF’s dual WASH strategy combines immediate relief – trucking 180,000 litres of safe water daily – with long-term recovery, through the repair of earthquake-damaged water systems in villages.
Education and protection go hand in hand: 200 temporary learning spaces and 32 child-friendly spaces are now operating, reaching more than 19,500 children and caregivers. For many, especially girls, this is the first time in school – turning a crisis into an opportunity for lasting change.
Nutrition screenings show alarming levels of malnutrition in camps, with a 3.1% severe acute malnutrition rate among children under five, underscoring the need for continued support.
The emergency is far from over: families in tents now face winter cold and flooding, raising the risk that hunger, disease, and hypothermia could claim as many lives as the earthquake itself.
