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How to help Nepal?

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More than almost anything, and perhaps maybe from every corner of the world the furious question that’s coming our way is “how can we help”?  The first few days of the quake was almost as chaotic as our brains which could not process so many aftershocks, and the fact that we were still alive even after being in a situation that resembled close to what happens in the Apocalypse themed movie 2012.  A few who had way better reflex, and the capacity to deal with the monstrosity of the whole disaster had already started to respond both offline and online. When I got back power two days later, there were postings online on where to donate funds, where to go to volunteer, what materials to donate and to who. As the number of days since the quake increased,, more brains including slower ones like mine worked in a collective frenzy in response. By now, we know that millions of money, tonnes of relief items, and thousands of people have come or are on the way.  But still, this question