Quake-hit Nepalis need information, not just food and water

May 1, 2015 creative billion-off-its, food-rations, from-others, its-website, kathmandu, linked, other-place, person, place, same-challenges, thomson-reuters

By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – There is probably no other place in the world right now where information – from the fate of your family members to where to get food and water – is more desperately needed than in the Nepal, devastated by a powerful earthquake six days ago. The 7.8 magnitude quake brought down thousands of buildings in the densely-populated Kathmandu Valley, which includes the capital, severely damaged telecommunications, tore apart roads and snapped bridges.