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UN: Nepal Donations Need to Be 'Ramped Up'

A woman helps unload emergency food supplies after the April 25 earthquake in Dovan, Nepal, May 8, 2015.
1/8 A woman helps unload emergency food supplies after the April 25 earthquake in Dovan, Nepal, May 8, 2015.
Men load emergency food supplies onto a helicopter after the April 25 earthquake in Deurali, Nepal, May 8, 2015.
2/8 Men load emergency food supplies onto a helicopter after the April 25 earthquake in Deurali, Nepal, May 8, 2015.
Members of China International Search & Rescue Team and their rescue dogs arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport after a 13-day mission in Nepal, China, May 8, 2015.
3/8 Members of China International Search & Rescue Team and their rescue dogs arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport after a 13-day mission in Nepal, China, May 8, 2015.
A vehicle is unloaded from an U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft after it landed at Tribhuvan International in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 5, 2015.
4/8 A vehicle is unloaded from an U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft after it landed at Tribhuvan International in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 5, 2015.
Women queue for food supplies at a camp for displaced earthquake victims in Kathmandu, May 5, 2015.
5/8 Women queue for food supplies at a camp for displaced earthquake victims in Kathmandu, May 5, 2015.
A campaign is underway in Nepal to immunize half a million children against measles and rubella in the wake of the earthquake, in Lapsiphedi, near Kathmandu, May 4, 2015. 
6/8 A campaign is underway in Nepal to immunize half a million children against measles and rubella in the wake of the earthquake, in Lapsiphedi, near Kathmandu, May 4, 2015. 
Funchu Tamang, who believes himself to be 101 years old, recounts how he suffered injuries in the recent earthquake, though he believes that he is fortunate to be alive, in the village of Kimtang, May 4, 2015. 
7/8 Funchu Tamang, who believes himself to be 101 years old, recounts how he suffered injuries in the recent earthquake, though he believes that he is fortunate to be alive, in the village of Kimtang, May 4, 2015. 
People are now living in tents because their homes were damaged in the April 25 earthquake. They line up to receive donated drinking water and packaged noodles, in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 3, 2015.
8/8 People are now living in tents because their homes were damaged in the April 25 earthquake. They line up to receive donated drinking water and packaged noodles, in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 3, 2015.
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The United Nations says it has received only $22 million of the $415 million it says it needs for the emergency response to the 7.8-magnitude Nepal earthquake.

Jamie McGoldrick, the U.N.'s chief official in Nepal, said donations for the humanitarian efforts in the impoverished Himalayan nation following the earthquake need to be "dramatically ramped up."

McGoldrick said relief personnel are now working "so that people have roofs over their heads and their other urgent needs are addressed before the monsoon season starts."

Monsoon rains usually start in June, triggering avalanches and flooding.

More than 7,800 people were killed in the April 25 earthquake.

The U.N. estimates that as many as eight million people have been affected by the quake.

"We cannot run our responses on credit cards," said Paul Dillon, a project manager at the International Organization for Migration. "Those who have offered help need to make good on their pledges."

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