Balaju community could not escape away from the earthquake that hit Nepal on 25th April, 2015. Out of 75 householdsmost of the houses are cracked and damaged. Although the houses of slums looks small and weak, it was more intact than expected. The only fear for people living there is that the surrounding tall houses are not fit to stay, and if those houses will fall over, they will then lose their houses.
Read more: Report on Balaju Slum SquatterOn 7th May 2015, I went to Lelealong with 4 official staffs of Water-Aid and 1 member of UEMS for post disaster assessment.Ward 6 consisted of two villages named Pahade-Thapaguan and Aaeselu-Bari with 194 house-holds. Here most of the houses are damaged due to earth-quake. According to survey from UEMS,125 houses are completely destroyed, 58 houses are partially damaged and 11 houses liveable. Damage is mostly the physical structure and some cattle including 8 dead and 23 injured.
Read more: Report on an Earthquake, Post Disaster effect at LeleMenstrual hygiene is a critical aspect related to women’s health. After the earthquake, while everyone is struggling for food and existence, there is also necessity to aware young adolescent and women about menstrual hygiene. For the same reason a team of 3 members from Guthi (Nisha Aryal, Biamala Gurung and Shanti Timalsina) and Kumari Mam reached Thankot .
Read more: Menstrual Hygiene Orientation and Material Distribution in ThankotOn 21st May, 2015, a team of three, Mr. Prakash Amatya, Dr. Roshan Raj Shrestha and I went to Sankhu and Siddhipur. We visited the areas for need assessment and field reporting.
Read more: Assessment in Sankhu and SiddhipurLet's give life to Bungamati : Rehabilitation effort on water sectors of Bungamati
Bungamati, Karyebinayek- May 1st, 2015
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