{"id":26083,"date":"2015-05-20T12:30:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T16:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=26083"},"modified":"2015-05-20T13:04:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T17:04:48","slug":"may-22-2015-nepal-earthquake-relief-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/05\/20\/may-22-2015-nepal-earthquake-relief-update\/26083\/","title":{"rendered":" Nepal Earthquake Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s nearly a month since Nepal was rocked by the first of two earthquakes, and humanitarian and faith-based groups like World Vision continue to be faced with major challenges, including severely damaged infrastructure, cold temperatures, and the possibility of disease, flooding, and even more earthquakes. Another important concern is deciding how to allocate limited resources to help thousands of victims. &#8220;You\u2019re surrounded by people with their hands out, and they\u2019re desperate, and to turn somebody down who may not be in a life-threatening situation to get somebody who is can create tension. You have to handle that diplomatically,&#8221; says Kent Hill of World Vision US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only way not to be overwhelmed by the enormity of the challenges in Nepal, says World Vision&#8217;s Kent Hill, &#8220;is to not think of a million or 12 million or 50 million people in need. It\u2019s to think about that one person, that one child\u2026Once you\u2019ve seen one life change, you say it is worth it.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/05\/20\/may-22-2015-nepal-earthquake-relief-update\/26083\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":26103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[6794,297,1283,17871,6795],"class_list":["post-26083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-disaster-relief","tag-earthquake","tag-humanitarian-aid","tag-nepal","tag-world-vision","topics-humanitarian","topics-international"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>May 22, 2015 ~ Nepal Earthquake Relief | May 20, 2015 | Religion &amp; 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