The south Asian country was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Saturday and over 1,900 people were reported to have died.
”Gift of the Givers is ready to respond; the restricting factors being the closure of Kathmandu Airport to commercial flights, the availability of visas to a neighboring country and accessibility to Nepal through this neighboring country. Irrespective, preparations are underway,” said founder Imtiaz Sooliman, in a statement.
He said 20 qualified team of trauma specialists and 20 highly qualified search and rescue personnel were available and ready.
“Together with world class technological equipment including the Life Locator (a machine that can accurately predict the presence of life 10 meters below the rubble in 3 minutes), the search cam (a camera facility that provides video footage as the team search through rubble), and other relevant equipment is available and ready as an integral part of our response capability.”
