KIRDARC Nepal emergency response support
20.06.2015
After providing relief support materials in the Kavre, and Sindhupalchok districts, the Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Center, Nepal (KIRDARC) is now heavily engaged in post-quake recovery process. KIRDARC provided relief support materials to more than 5 000 households in Kavre and Sindhupalchok including food, focusing on children and lactating women, shelter and nonfood items, (WASH) items, such as hygiene kits, water tanks.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) report, the Education Cluster reports an estimates that 870 000 children aged 3 to 18 years of age will be unable to return to their classrooms when classes resume on 31 May. Thousands more will need support to access education services. The earthquakes destroyed over 25 000 classrooms. Another 10 000 classrooms will require some form of repair. In addition to the impact on facilities and buildings, children and their teachers require psychosocial support and the protective environment that emergency education provides.
In this scenario, KIRDARC is now trying to reach a few more districts such as, Rasuwa, Lalitpur and Kathmandu and Kavre and is focusing its work on protection and education.
Mobile child-friendly space is being organized in order to provide support to effected youth. KIRDARC Nepal has introduced Child Protection Mobile Camps in Kavre and Sindhupalchok to manage mental stress, anxiety, trauma and hasten a return to normal day to day life for the region’s children. To respond the current situation, psychological first aid support sessions are also being conducted through the child-friendly spaces with the collaboration of health camp organized by Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for disabled Children (HRDC).
Temporary Learning Shelters are being constructed in the districts of Kathmandu and Lalitpur as per the government-set standard in order to compensate for the destruction of so many of learning facilities.
Major highlights
- KIRDARC working in Sindhupalchok, Kavre, Rasuwa, Lalitpur and Kathmandu.
- 8 Mobile Child Friendly Sights (CFS) is conducted at different Village Development Centers (VDCs) in the Kavre and Sindhupalchok districts.
- 17 Temporary Learning Centers (TLCs) were constructed at different areas of Kathmandu.
- Assessments were completed for TLCs in the Kavre and Sindhupalchok Districts
- 9 TLCs were constructed at 3 VDCs of Lalitpur
- WASH assessment conducted at 8 VDCs and one at the municipality of Kavre.
- Technical support and Monitoring of 54 TLCs in the Rasuwa District
- Needs Assessment is ongoing in the Nuwakot and Dhading districts
- 27 TLCs in Sindhupalchok, 33 in Kavre, 38 in Lalitpur, 70 in Kathmandu are under construction and layout design.
Coordination and partnership
The team coordinated with District Disaster Relief Commitee (DDRC) & Cluster to discuss and establish the affected area to distribute relief support and material most effectively. Our team coordinated with education, protection and WASH clusters in respective districts. Several rounds of meetings were conducted and severely affected schools were identified. For community mobilization our team coordinated with School Management Committees (SMCs), and Parents and Teachers Associations (PTAs). Experienced engineers were deployed in respective districts for TLC construction.
Major issues and priorities
- There is high chance of outbreak of waterborne disease so there is urgent need for awareness and training / material support for water purification process.
- Water supply systems are damaged in schools and health care centers, repair and maintenance of water supply system is challenging.
- Most of the toilets and plumbing are damaged so there is priority need for support and construction of semi-permanent temporary lavatories.
- There is high chance of water-induced disaster so immediate construction of Temporary Shelters is needed before the monsoon season arrives.
- Students in Child Friendly Spaces need Education materials, food and school clothes.
- Construction of temporary schools is an urgent need as schools have already reopened as of 31 May.
- There is an increased need for psychosocial support for affected people since the 12 May earthquake.
- The communities need livelihood improvement options for resurgence in coming days.
Earthquake overview
On 25 April a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal with the epicentre located 81 km northwest of the capital city of Kathmandu. The earthquake severely impacted 14 out of the 75 districts in the country, left over 8 000 people dead and destroyed over 480 000 houses. On 12 May, another earthquake measuring 7.3 in magnitude struck in the Dolakha District. The earthquake caused additional buildings to collapse. Some 150 people were killed and many others injured as a result. Aftershocks continue to be felt across the country further increasing the trauma among those affected. This report is produced covering the emergency response support for the communities of earthquake-affected districts from 18 to 31 May 2015.
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