The International Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee on Friday launched a relief initiative for flood victims.

It collaborated with the China Foundation for Rural Development Nepal Office to launch the initiative ‘Join hands to face the difficulties and overcome the difficulties together,’ providing humanitarian assistance to the flood-affected people in the Kathmandu Valley.

Emergency family kits and food packages were distributed to 60 affected households during an event at Shree Mahendra Saraswati Sewa School in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-12.

After the launch of the emergency relief action, 1,242 sets of relief supplies were swiftly deployed, including toothpaste, toothbrushes, towels, soap, sanitary pads, pressure cookers, plastic containers for packaging, blankets, mosquito nets, sleeping mats, water jar dispensers with mugs, rice, oil, lentils—essential items for the affected communities, the department said in a statement.

Many compassionate enterprises and individuals have expressed their willingness to provide material and financial assistance for the rescue efforts in Nepal, working together to help the Nepali people overcome this difficult time, it said.