KUALA LUMPUR — Five Malaysian volunteers are heading deep into one of Nepal’s worst-hit flood zones, travelling over rough terrain to deliver emergency supplies and help families whose homes and communities have been devastated by floods and landslides.

The team from United Sikhs Malaysia, a Malaysian humanitarian aid organisation involved in disaster relief and community assistance, is travelling to Dhunche in Rasuwa district to establish a base camp before pushing on to Syapru Besi near the Nepal-Tibet border.

In a Facebook post today, the group said that the journey to Dhunche is expected to take 10 to 12 hours, with the team then facing challenging off-road conditions to reach Syapru Besi, about 40km from the border.

The volunteers will first unload relief supplies at their base before continuing to the affected town.

The team’s immediate priority is to build temporary shelters for families displaced by the disaster, the group’s legal director Raspreet Kaur told the The New Straits Times.

She said a local resident had also sought help for 98 children whose parents remained missing, with the team planning to provide necessities including colouring materials.

The volunteers had earlier prepared mosquito nets and tarpaulins worth about RM28,000 for around 300 affected families, with the supplies delivered to a gurdwara in Kathmandu.

United Sikhs Malaysia said Team A is expected to remain in Nepal for about two weeks, while additional teams are on standby depending on the situation on the ground.