Earth quake which struck Nepal on on 25th April 2015. The death toll tops to 4000 and UN says eight million peoples are affected by it.
1. First of all the Emergency phone numbers is available on the Nepal Police official site, which includes police, Ambulance and hospital numbers. you can get it from this link.
2. If you are looking for a person or you know something about a person who is in nepal you can use the Google Person finder for 2015 Nepal earthquake on this link. on this search via SMS also available
Search is available through SMS.
In Nepal: Text "search <name>" to 6040
In India: Text "search <name>" to +91-9773300000
In US: text "search <name>" to +1 650-800-3978
3. Facebook will be offering $2 million to the International Medical Corps for Nepal. This is how it works, when you donate an amount for the relief fund Facebook will be adding the quality amount from their side. So when the Facebook users donate $2 million Facebook also will donate that amount. So in total the relief fund will get a donation of $4 million.
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4. Free calls
i. Skype
From Skype you can make free calls from Nepal and to Nepal for free. This is applicable for Landlines and mobiles in Nepal. Skype says “no credit required for calls to/from Nepal”.
In light of the devastating events that have taken place in Nepal – and the subsequent impact to the local communications infrastructure – we are making all Skype calls to landlines and mobiles in and out of Nepal free of charge,* with immediate effect.
Remember
Internet and mobile fees may apply. Skype may discontinue or amend this offer at any time and may close any account for abuse. For individual use only.
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II. Viber
Viber offers free calls to Nepalese Mobile and Landline numbers.
ii. Google voice reduced the price to make calls to Nepal, every call will be charged just one cent.
There are so many Indian, United States telecom operators offering Free or cheap calls and SMS to Nepal. BSNL made all call rates to Nepal same as the local calls.
All these free calls will be available for some time, and remember it is to help earth quake affected people do NOT misuse it.