Help the Victims of the Earthquake in Nepal

Dear Supporter,

Thank you for supporting Concern Worldwide’s work as we support Nepal in rebuilding the country and its people’s lives following the destruction caused by the earthquake of 2015. Thanks to your support, we have made significant contributions to repairing schools, providing transitional shelter support, distributing emergency kits so that households are able to meet their basic needs, and supporting the people of Nepal in safely managing demolition and debris.

Unfortunately, Nepal remains vulnerable to multiple recurrent hazards. Nepal falls within the world’s 20 most multi-hazard prone countries and is ranked 4^th, 11^th, and 30^th in terms of risks posed from climate change, earthquakes, and floods, respectively. Nepal is also extremely vulnerable to landslides, fires, droughts, epidemics, storms, hailstorms, avalanches, and glacial lake outburst floods.

To address the country’s vulnerability to these disasters, Concern is developing an emergency preparedness plan to support the timely, efficient, consistent, and coordinated response to potential natural disasters. This plan will help reduce the scale of humanitarian need to the affected population. The specific objectives of the plan are the following:

• To improve the management and coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery arrangements in case of heavy incidents resulting from disasters;
• To ensure timely resources mobilization for response;
• To identify existing capacities and gaps in coordination, HR, logistics, and expertise; 
• To identify trainings and other capacity building activities and support options;
• To identify and define roles and responsibilities of all staff, partners, and stakeholders involved in emergency response

As part of this emergency plan, Concern has already procured 2000 non-food item (NFI) kits in its target districts of Dolakha, Sindhuli, and Dhading, which will increase the resilience of communities in the case of a disaster occurring.

When a disaster occurs, many international organizations jump in to provide much needed relief, but the vast majority do not stay to support the country in longer term recovery. With your support, Concern is committed to helping Nepal not only rebuild, but also prepare so that future disasters will not be nearly as destructive as last year’s earthquake. Concern’s emergency preparedness plan is a significant step toward this goal.

Thank you! Without you, this work would not be possible.