BY LILY JACOBI, ADVISOR, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RESEARCH We know that crises are especially devastating for the most vulnerable, isolated members of communities -- including older persons...
By Carl Adams As a humanitarian worker, I have been on the ground during or in the wake of several disasters. Let me tell you one thing I know: ‘hopeful’ is not a word I would use to describe the...
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Kathmandu, November 15 The private housing reconstruction program in Gorkha and Nuwakot that were supported by the Government of India has concluded. This was informed at a program organized here...
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South Asia is exposed to a variety of hazards, ranging from avalanches and earthquakes in the Himalayas to droughts and floods in the Indo-Gangetic Plain to cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the...
Don Bosco Technical Institute and Schneider Electric Foundation launch new Center of Excellence in Lalitpur (MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Technical Institute and Schneider Electric Foundation have...
Kathmandu, September 15 The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) which was established by the government to implement the reconstruction of infrastructures damaged by the April 2015 earthquake has...
Kathmandu, August 18 The Earthquake Housing Reconstruction Project (EHRP) of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has begun providing training on to technicians working at the local level to...
Kathmandu, August 5 Chief Executive Officer of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Sushil Gyewali has said that the post-earthquake reconstruction works implemented by the NRA is coming to an...
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EDITORIAL NOTE By Sweta Shah and Joan Lombardi Children learn constantly from birth to the age of eight. What happens in these early years, starting with pregnant women’s physical and mental health,...
Nepal's Sindhupalchok District was one of the 14 districts most severely affected by the 2015 earthquake that devastated the country. The earthquake exacerbated the district's longstanding problem...
Kathmandu, June 24 The present institutional structure and work procedure of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) will now remain until mid-November. The 19th meeting of the NRA Steering...
Executive Summary The two-day workshop on the “Review of the Humanitarian Response and Strategic Planning for Recovery and Reconstruction of Gorkha” was held in Pokhara on 27-28 November, 2015. The...
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Executive Summary The case studies in this document are set in different scales and geographies, tackling a wide realm of issues connected to urban housing recovery — locally in Nepal and globally...
Executive Summary Nepal was struck by an earthquake of 7.6 magnitude on 25 April 2015, followed by multiple aftershocks - the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in 80 years, causing widespread...
The government has allocated Rs. 33.55 billion for the coming fiscal year to reconstruct the remaining structures that were damaged during the April 2015 earthquake. Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel...
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The theme of this edition of Humanitarian Exchange is localisation+ and local humanitarian action. Five years ago this week, donors, United Nations (UN) agencies, non-governmental organisations...
Kathmandu, April 23 The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has made 93 percent progress in the reconstruction of private houses. “We have made satisfactory achievement in reconstruction and...
Gorkha, April 22 The earthquake beneficiaries of the largest integrated settlement in Laprak of Gorkha have received the land ownership certificates after the Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA)...
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Kathmandu, March 19 Buildings of four schools in Nuwakot, reconstructed by the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) have been jointly inaugurated and handed over to the concerned school management...
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New report: Alarming levels of climate-related displacement Kuala Lumpur, 16 March 2021 -- A new report reveals 12.6 million people have been internally displaced around the world in the last six...