How diaspora groups in the US are responding to disasters in Nepal, Colombia, Venezuela and other homelands

September 9, 2026 · 5:13 am 4 sources

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Wires & papers of record

• Nepal’s Flood Relief Workers Feel the Pain of Trump’s Cuts to U.S.A.I.D.
  The New York Times · September 9, 2026 05:13
  The agency played an important role in responding to earlier disasters like the 2015 earthquake. But the U.S. and other countries have pulled back, Nepali officials and humanitarian groups say.

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• How diaspora groups in the US are responding to disasters in Nepal, Colombia, Venezuela and other homelands
  This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. · September 11, 2026 12:35
  While small in scale, these groups are well positioned to respond quickly to disaster relief efforts.

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• How diaspora groups in the US are responding to disasters in Nepal, Colombia, Venezuela and other homelands
  Phys.org · September 11, 2026 16:00
  A string of major disasters in 2026 have had devastating consequences. Earthquakes in Venezuela and Colombia and floods and mudslides in Nepal have killed tens of thousands of people and injured many more. Countless people remain missing, and hundreds of thousands of homes are damaged, with some…