Disaster Risk Reduction - Nepal

HUMANITARIAN AND DRR- CCA Programme

Oxfam staff handing food supplies to an Army staff for the people affected by landslide in Dhading in 2017. Photo credit: Oxfam

With the goal of ‘saving lives now and in the future with enhanced resilience for vulnerable women and men at risk of, or coping with disasters and the impact of climate change’ Oxfam in Nepal has been working on Emergency Response, Recovery and Reconstruction, Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Preparedness, Climate Change Adaptation, and Urban Resilience.

Through the current Nepal Earthquake Response, Recovery and Reconstruction Programme,Oxfam has responded to responded to the 2015 earthquake and supported600,000 people in Gorkha, Nuwakot, Dhading, Sindhupalchowk, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and

WASH

Bhaktapur districts in four areas – Shelter, Emergency WASH, Livelihood Recovery, and Gender and Protection. simulation exercises, and strengthen capacity of government, Oxfam and partner staff to respond to disasters. For preparedness, we establish Country Emergency Response Team (ERT), use the Country Contingency Plan, organize regular simulation exercises and strengthen capacity of government, Oxfam and partner staff to respond to disasters. train Oxfam and partner staff Oxfam and partner staff to respond to disasters.

HOUSING

School kids in Kerauja of Gorkha drinking water from Oxfam-supported water system.

Photo by: Chris Hodder/Oxfam

Oxfam and its partners support reconstruction and rehabilitation of community and institutional water supply latrines with WASH facilities, and waste management system to improve the access to safe water and improved sanitation facilities. Oxfam also supports local bodies on preparation of WASH plan on strengthening government’s campaign for Open Defecation Free areas and obtaining total sanitation practices in community along with support on monsoon preparedness.

Integrated settlement under construction in Tembathang of Sindhuplacowk.

Photo by: Shreedhar Neupane

With its partners, Oxfam has trained masons, carpenters including women to build safe houses. Oxfam has also been supporting the reconstruction of permanent houses for internally displaced populations (IDPs), adopting an integrated settlement approach combining WASH and livelihood, and promoting alternative construction materials using a local entrepreneurship model.

LIVELIHOOD RECOVERY PROGRAMME Oxfam and its partners aim for complete recovery of livelihoods losses and support households to diversify their livelihoods to strengthen their resilience to future shocks.

Helping earthquake-affected families to restore their livelihood is an ongoing priority, and our interventions are designed for agrarian-based communities as well as urban communities looking for employment.

GENDER AND PROTECTION DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND HUMANITARIAN PREPAREDNESS

Part of a simulation. Photo credit: Oxfam Kaanchhi Maya Tamang holding her citizenship certificate.

Photo by: Sarita Rai/Oxfam

The most vulnerable and marginalized people in the earthquake-affected districts still have difficulties accessing reconstruction grant and other benefits provided by the government in absence of legal documents and adequate information to acquire them. Oxfam works to create legal awareness, and supports people to access legal documents—citizenship, vital registration, and single women protection fund.

A mobile application Thaaha Chha has also been developed for the same.

We promote community-based DRR to empower communities and strengthen the capacity of municipalities/rural municipalities to formulate and implement disaster management plans. We also develop early warning system and risktransfer mechanisms. We work closely with central and local government in policy and guidelines formulation pertaining to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

Climate Change Adaptation Our climate change adaptation work is based on technical and consultative method of risk and vulnerability assessment. We provide livelihood support with climate awareness—information on climate change, its causes, implications and the role of communities and institutions in mitigation and adaptation. Our focus is to enhance the economic resilience of poor and vulnerable communities through business support.

Urban Resilience We work with urban poor residing in disaster-prone locations to build their resilience against disasters. We work with the government to prioritize urban disaster risk through policies, planning and budgetary processes.

three years

(April 2015-March 2018)

WOMEN

51%

55% women

MEN

49%

last year

(April 2017-March 2018)

45% men

WOMEN 99,075

54%

32,426 50% women

50% men

58% women

42% men

57% women

43% men

MEN 85,001

46% 52% women

48% men

39,469

34,835

33,856

43,490

28,124

65,245

75,840

12,384

WOMEN 43%

Oxfam Country Office Jawalakhel-20, Lalitpur, Nepal Telephone: +977 (1) 5542881, Fax: +977 (1) 5523197 www.nepal.oxfam.org www.facebook.com/OxfamInNepal | www.twitter.com/OxfamInNepal

MEN 57%

WOMEN 51%

MEN 49%

WOMEN 56%

MEN 44%

WOMEN 85%

MEN 15%

Oxfam has been supporting the people of Nepal for more than 30 years with the vision to create a just society without poverty; a society in which all women and men live a life of dignity, enjoy their rights and assume their responsibilities as active citizens of Nepal. Through its Sustainable Development Programme and Humanitarian Programme, Oxfam in Nepal aims to provide people with livelihood opportunities, ensuring that development-related activities are demand driven and sustainable and that the most vulnerable are empowered to claim their rights.