so i had rahman is the advocacy and communications director for the international rescue committee of gaston and cobble and she gave us this update. well, it is an absolutely devastating situation that we are seeing unraveling and practical hostem. as was mentioned in the report earlier, these are some of the most underserved and impoverished communities in the country . they're extremely remote with poor infrastructure as people do not have the economic means to build proper housing. most in these areas live in mud homes that could not handle the massive jolt that they received last night. and i've mentioned the death toll is ex, has already exceeded a 1000 with scores more injured. and initial estimates are that 1800 homes have been destroyed or damaged. i do to, you know, the remote nature of the areas in which the largest impact is we are expecting that this figure will rise. has your organization been given access to the region? yes, we all have deployed mobile health teams to districts affected in a whole host province to, to provide emergency medical relief. we're also sending an emer