UNICEF started the child center disaster risk reduction (CCDRR) programme with a generous funding support of the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation in Nepal in 2013. Initially, the programme was implemented in four districts: Accham, Dhanusha, Parsa and Saptari, which was expanded to four new districts in 2016, namely: Baitadi, Bajura, Dhading and…

UNICEF Nepal has been implementing the child centered disaster risk reduction (CCDRR) programme, generously funded by the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, in selected districts in Nepal since 2013. Many lessons and good practices have emerged while working with children on DRR over the past six years. The compendium presents the real-life…

Saptari, Nepal:, Following two days of near-constant rainfall in this part of Saptari District in Nepal’s south, the River Khando was swollen, its waters flowing strong. Mohammad Salim was watching the river from the porch of his house on the banks in the Rupani Rural Municipality that morning in September, and knew it was just a matter of time until the early…

Sindhupalchowk, Nepal –, Janak Giri, head teacher at the Mahakali Seti Devi School in Sindhupalchowk District in central Nepal, was pleasantly surprised. He hadn’t expected that his students would be so interested in talking about disasters affecting them and the school. “We had never before conducted a specific training on the subject in the school, or even in the…

Dolakha, Nepal -, Abiraj Shiwakoti pulls a cloth bag hanging off of a hook outside his home in Kalinchowk in Dolakha District and lays out the contents on the floor one by one. First comes a sheaf of important documents encased in a plastic file, followed by a bottle of water, a pen and a torch, among other items. This is a ‘jhatpat jhola’ or a go-bag, packed ready…

What if your first job after graduation happened to be right in the heart of the biggest disaster the country has suffered in almost 80 years? Would you have taken it? For young professionals Sushmita Sapkota (left), Bhawana Dhakal (centre) and Goma Koirala (right), there really was no question.  When Nepal was hit by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake…, Getting up close and personal with locals, Even before the earthquake, the water and sanitation situation in many communities in Gorkha was extremely dire. Open defecation was a widespread practice and water scarcity a persistent problem. Local women spent hours walking to collect a Gagri (traditional pot) of water. This was usually all people had for cooking, drinking and cleaning.…, Out and about, All three agree that in an already difficult setting like the one at the epicentre, there are added challenges to working as a young woman in the field. Physical safety was a constant concern, for instance, and Bhawana, Sushmita and Goma said they had to be extra cautious when venturing into a new place. Obstacles aside, however, the rewards of…, “just go for it.”, Goma orients community members in Gorkha District on improved water and sanitation practices. - Goma orients community members in Gorkha District on improved water and sanitation practices. Sushmita (second from left) demonstrating proper handwashing technique to schoolchildren in Gorkha District. - Sushmita (second from left) demonstrating proper…

The Government of Finland and UNICEF jointly handed over community water supply schemes in Bhumethan, Arughat Gaunpalika and Rangung, Barpak Sulikot Gaunpalika in Gorkha District on 29 January 2019. WASH handover The schemes are part of UNICEF’s WASH Recovery and Reconstruction programme supported by the Finnish Government following the…

Journey Of A Prefabricated Health Post

Devastating floods in Nepal have claimed lives and displaced thousands of people. Communities are now confronted with damaged or destroyed homes and schools, ruined food stocks and an increased risk of waterborne diseases. UNICEF and partners are providing immediate relief to those affected and supporting early recovery efforts. , By Sunir Pandey Rautahat, Nepal, 6 September 2017, – When Ram Patiya Mahato, 32, went to bed on Friday 11 August, she expected to go the next day to a medical facility to give birth to her fourth child. Instead, she woke to see her home flooded. Roads were obstructed and there was no local transport available. As the floodwaters started rushing into their village, her husband Hari Mahato Dhangar,…, Flood Aftermath, Rautahat in southern Nepal is one of 36 districts where incessant rainfall starting on 11 August 2017 triggered widespread flooding and landslides, claiming 159 lives, affecting 1.7 million and temporarily displacing more than 350,000 people throughout the country. While adults like Ram and Hari worry how they will take care of their family and…, UNICEF Relief Efforts, UNICEF Nepal National Ambassador, nun and international music star Ani Choying Drolma and UNICEF Country Representative Tomoo Hozumi met Ram, Hari, Dahariya and other flood-affected families during a visit to assess the humanitarian situation and needs. The team distributed hygiene kits, baby clothes, long-lasting medicated bed nets, buckets, mugs…

Twelve months ago, the earth beneath Nepal shook violently – so violently that it tore through the lives of millions of people living in the central and eastern parts of the country. The earthquakes in April and May 2015 took the lives of nearly 9,000 people, a third of whom were children. The earthquakes injured thousands; robbed the livelihoods…