GNN had been working in four VDCs of Gorkha, namely: Phinam, Aaruarbang, Thumi, and Lapu since May2014. When CDP activities were completing about one year in Gorkha, severe earthquakes hit Nepal with epicenter in Barpak area of the district. Soon after the shocking incident, GNN started humanitarian response in the affected area by offering food items such as noodles and biscuits to victims arriving in Gorkha Hospital on first day (25 April 2015) of the series of quakes. The support along with supply of various materials and recovery and reconstruction activities continues till date. A summary of the various activities being done to support the affected people have been presented below:
Summary of Relief Support GNN Provided to Earthquake (2015) Victims in Gorkha District
S.N. | Support sector/Cluster wise | Area coverage | Achievement/
Number |
Unit |
1 | Health | |||
Medicine support | Five VDCs (Aaruarbang, Thumi, Lapu, Phinam, Manbu) | Medicine distribution through DPHO, Gorkha | Times | |
Equipment support for birthing center | Four VDCs | Four HP | Number | |
Mobile Health camp conduction with medicine supports | Four VDC | Five clusters (Kalleri, Phinam, Thumi, Lapu, Shyamrang) | Number | |
2 | WASH | |||
Hygiene Kit support | Five VDCs | 558 | Person | |
School toilet materials support(74 toilet) | Four VDCs | 35 schools, 6 S/HPs | Number | |
Water tank and pipe support- School-24, Community-56, HP-2 | Five VDCs | 3251 | Household | |
Permanent Water supply Construction in community and schools | Five VDCs | 2499 | Household | |
Bucket-79 and Jug-45 for school | Five VDCs | 40 | School | |
3 | Protection | |||
Child Friendly Space (CFS) conducted in fourteen clusters
- Training for CFS conduct - PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) |
Five VDCs | 15,537 (cumulative)
130 teachers
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Child
Person Person |
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Jingle broadcasting through 5 local FMs about Child Protection issues | Five VDCs | 3790 | Household | |
GBV and RH related message dissemination through Flex print | Five VDCs | 20 | Place | |
Co-lead protection cluster | Gorkha | 32 | organizations | |
4 | Early Recovery | |||
Pillar 2 (Community infrastructure and livelihoods)
Maintenance and repair of Arkhet wooden bridge |
Thumi VDC | Times | ||
5 | (Food Security) | |||
Rice seed support (8.27 MT) | Three VDCs | 1650 | Household | |
Wheat seed support (3 MT) | Three VDCs | 595 | Household | |
Vegetable Seed (11 kg) | Five VDCs | 543 | Household | |
Pea Seed support (400 kg) | Five VDCs | 722 | Household | |
Coffee Saplings (1850 ) | Five VDCs | 520 | Household | |
Citrus Saplings (1409) | Five VDCs | 492 | Household | |
Mango Saplings (462) | Three VDCs | 200 | Household | |
Litchi Saplings (383) | Three VDCs | 149 | Household | |
Poly house support (20) | Four VDCs | 20 | Household | |
Hazari and Tank support (34) | Four VDCs | 34 | Household | |
Noodles (99405 packets) and Beaten rice (12740 kg) | Five VDCs | 5144 | Household | |
Rice and cooking oil | Five VDCs | 16 | Household | |
Total | ||||
6 | Education | |||
Temporary Learning center | Five VDCs | 40 | School | |
Labor cost for TLC | Five VDCs | 40 | School | |
Teaching materials support (white board-207, marker-62, Ink-37, Duster-186, Attendance Register-193) | Five VDCs | 40 | School | |
Education materials support ( Stationery: Copy-35394, ball pen-35394, Geo. Box- 2083, Pencil-20178, Cutter-3292, Eraser-9687) Dress-14737 m, Bag-5463, | Five VDCs | 5463 | 40 school students | |
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder book support (PTSD)- 40 set | Five VDCs | 40 | School | |
Shoes support for school children | Five VDCs | 5463 | Child | |
Cash support for school dress sewing each Rs. 200 | Five VDCs | 5463 | Child | |
8 | Shelter | |||
CGI sheet support for school | Five VDCs | 260 | bundles | |
NFI (Blanket-4677 pcs and Tarps-5109 pcs) | Five VDCs | 5109 | household | |
10 | Others | |||
MSF tent support | Four VDCs | 5 | Number | |
Wonju and Anju medical team | Four VDCs | 1462 | person | |
Dignity Kit support | Four VDCs | 260 | person |