How has the Nepal earthquake impacted the BRACED ‘Anukulan’ programme?
- 03/06/2015
Family who lost their house in the village of Tanke in the Kavre district, just to the east of Kathmandu. iDE Nepal staff delivered immediate relief through food, chlorine and plastic sheeting. The plastic sheeting can be used immediately as temporary housing, and later as a greenhouse for growing tomatoes.
How has the Nepal earthquake impacted on BRACED consortium project ‘Anukulan’ – a project that is helping half a million poor and vulnerable people in Western Nepal build their resilience to climate change impacts?
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iDE is leading on implementing the Anukulan 'Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters', (BRACED) project in Nepal.
Following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal and ongoing aftershocks, iDE has been assessing the damage to the communities we work with.
Whilst the overall impact on many of these communities is devastating and it is clear that Nepal's vulnerable rural poor have been hit hardest - we are pleased to report that the far west region, where Anukulan is being implemented, is not substantially impacted.
The main estimated impact on the project will be delays due to staff taking emergency leave or supporting the relief effort, the damaged infrastructure (mainly roads and the closure of the airport) and volatile prices, especially for fuel, which could also affect budgets.
iDE’s team in Nepal have been mobilized to adapt activities towards direct emergency relief in rural areas where it works, in close coordination with relief agencies in Nepal.
iDE has deep roots in Nepal, where it has worked with some of the most vulnerable rural communities for 23 years. iDE has particularly strong connections with the poorest of the poor who live in remote parts of the country, where transportation is normally difficult, and many roads are now blocked.
Sam Harvey is the Anukulan BRACED external relations officer at iDE UK.
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