India, Sept. 6 -- The Nepal floods took away Sharmila Shrestha's home and separated her from her baby for days. Now, reunited at a crowded shelter, she can do little more than helplessly watch her toddler eating the same food as the adults because there is nothing else.

Her 14-month-old daughter sleeps with her on the floor of a classroom in northwest Kathmandu, alongside her sister-in-law's 18-month-old son. There is no baby food for either child.

"They aren't giving any special food for babies. We are forced to feed that same heavy adult food to the small child," Shrestha was quoted as saying by The Kathmandu Post newspaper on Sunday.

The 33-year-old mother had walked for six hours through the hills to find her daughter after the flo...