Nepal- Key players in managing loss

• NGO Example- Nepal

  25th April 2015

  7.8 magnitude Earthquake

  7650 people died

  19,000 injured

  2.8 million displaced

  850,000 homes destroyed/damaged
• Avalanches triggered- killing hundreds Roads, water/sanitation facilities and communication systems were destroyed Many areas affected were remote and hard to reach
• NGOs responded immediately by providing: Search and rescue teams Emergency shelter including tents and tarpaulins Safe water Food and clothing Medical care
• Short-term aid activities then took over: Tons of debris were removed More permanent shelters were built Water supplies were re-established Roads and bridges closed by landslides were rebuilt
• Over the next year: Continued to supply temporary shelter, Hygiene kits, cooking kits and water supplies Experts constructed water tanks and sanitation facilities in some worst-hit districts 17,000 farmers were given seeds and farming tools so they could start growing food 5000 small businesses were rebuilt
• By 2016: Most NGOs had moved from relief operations to the recovery phase Over 1400 engineers and masons were trained in earthquake-safe construction community based disaster risk reduction programmes were developed