Disaster Response Nepal Project #20617

Holistic Rehabilitation for Post-Earthquake Nepal

by IsraAID

Holistic Rehabilitation for Post-Earthquake Nepal

Project Report | Dec 15, 2015
Winter in Nepal- Urgent support needed

By Ben Dagani | Nepal Country director

Winter 1

What we did in 2015

IsraAID were among the first aid agencies to respond in nepal. The search and rescue team of 15 members operated for 9 days rescuing survivors and retrieving bodies. This followed by Medical Emergency Relief teams which conducted more than 20 camps in 6 affected district and treated over 4500 patients till date.IsraAID also launched its "A Roof for All" Shelterprogram in 4 earthquake affected districts and provided 480 transitional houses to families (approx. 2000 beneficiaries) and currently building 200 more in a fifth district. IsraAID also constructed 200 safe toilets as part of WASH activities. In order to assist restoring normal life and support Education in Nepal, IsraAID has distributed 4000 school kits to students in rural earthquake affected communities. For Women Empowerment and Livelihood, IsraAID have initiated the "HoneyAID" project for women empowerment by beekeeping which included training and full support throw the marketing chain for 65 women and 500 more in the coming year.

In Nepal, IsraAID is a key technical partner in the effort to build and implement a national Psycho Social Support response strategy, and resulting PSS activities. IsraAID is building capacity for different local entities and with international experts, trained more than 1500 beneficiaries. IsraAID’s ongoing Theater activities include several groups which preformed hundreds of times in front of a total audience of 23,000 people. The plays are providing social massages and awareness about Gender base violence, Trauma and other topics. IsraAID has distributed 4000 school kits to students in rural earthquake affected communities.

Winter has come – Relief work is not done yet

Out of total affected households, 323,000 households lie above 1500m from sea level. As the 14 most earthquake affected districts lies in the Northern Himalayan belt of Nepal, winter in those districts can be very harsh. a survey conducted by Nepal shelter cluster in earthquake affected districts on October 2015 found that 200,000 affected households will be spending winter in temporary shelters. Most in danger are The children who will face brutal winter in those temporary shelters in Temperature peaking up to -10° C (50 F) . As winter started, this is an emergency relief mission directly related to the devastating earthquake which IsraAID is addressing in such matter. IsraAID has initiated “Beat the winter” project to protect young children – age 3-12, from the harsh winter with clothing items, blankets and education, serving 150 children till date in villages above 2000mt high.

We would like to kindly plea for your generous support in saving the children of Nepal in high altitude, Earthquake affected villages. For just $22 you can support a child, for $500 a full class and for $3000 an entire school.

IsraAID would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all our well-wishers and contributors who supported our activities. Your support has made it possible for us to provide support to Nepalese communities when they needed it the most.

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Sep 1, 2015
IsraAID in Nepal - Activities to date

By Ben Dagani | Nepal Country Director

Back to School Project

IsraAID has distributed 1856 school kits so far to students in rural earthquake affected communities as a part of its back to school project. The project is still ongoing and IsraAID aims to distribute 4000 such kits to students by the end of August. Due to the earthquake most of the students in earthquake affected areas lost their school materials including their school bags and books. So the project aims to provide these students with minimum necessary school materials that would enable to resume their studies in school. The school kits contain: a school bag, note books, pencils, pens, an eraser, a sharpner, a crayon box and a ruler.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

IsraAID has partnered with the foundation in India, The Global Education and Leadership Foundation (TGELF) and have constructed 200 safe toilets to communities affected by earthquake. The toilets were constructed in areas where there were communities living in tents or temporary shelters without proper WASH facilities and in Temporary Learning Center (TLCs) areas where students in the learning centers were without proper Toilets.

Shelter

IsraAID launched its "A Roof for All" program in 2 earthquake affected districts to provide safe and sturdy transitional shelter for thousands of displaced families who have lost their homes. As a partner of the Shelter Cluster in Nepal, IsraAID's technical teams are working alongside government agencies, and other INGOs to provide transitional housing solutions that are low cost and suitable for the conditions in Nepal. IsraAID's "A Roof for All" program provided 255 houses to families in 2 districts. In Lalitpur Districts we have also provided clean drinking water, safe toilets, solar electricity and study center for children of the community.

Psycho - Social Support (PSS)

In Nepal IsraAID is a key technical partner in the effort to build and implement a national PSS response strategy, and resulting PSS activities. The program so far has targeted social workers, mental health clinicians, and outreach staff (of local and international NGOs) from the most affected districts, and has provided training on Psychological First Aid (PFA), resilience building, diversifying coping mechanism, gender-based violence, grief care, and self-care. The ultimate purpose of these activities is to prevent long-term trauma related disorders, build resilience and social connection for communities heavily affected by the 2015 earthquake, and to encourage the reintegration of child and adult survivors and the processing of grief for those who have lost family or friends. The team is working with more partners to provide technical support and supervision in the area of Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support. The project will provide technical assistance to the local NGOs and other institutions in the areas of PSS and PFA (Psycho-social First Aid), art therapy, drama therapy, music therapy, group counseling, hotline counseling and also psychiatric help. We have provided PSS and self care training to more than 1200 NGO staffs, community workers and social mobilizers. As a part of our PSS program, we have collaborated with UNICEF and TPO (Transcultural Psychological Organization) in training of community psycho-social counselors and to set up a toll-free hot line service for psycho-social support. We also have theatre project as a part of our PSS program where 3 different groups of theatre artists have worked in Nuwakot, Sindhupalchowk, Gorkha, Kavre, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts and have reached out to more than 16,000 people with Psychological First Aid and Psycho-Social Support to the communities.

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