D&P's Nepal aid tops $600,000
The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has so far collected $600,800 for relief efforts in Nepal.
The development arm of Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development will match all funds collected by May 25.
VATICAN CITY - Santosh Kumar Magar said he was attending the ordination of a new priest in Okhaldhunga, a remote part of eastern Nepal, when the devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit April 25.
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Inclement weather and logistical pressures were delaying aid to hundreds of thousands of Nepalese earthquake victims.