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EARTHQUAKE DISASTER 2015 IN NEPAL

SITUATION AND RESPONSE REPORT (8)

Report Submitted To:

Goodwill Community Foundation-USA, Mercy Relief-Singapore, District Disaster Relief

Committee-Kavre, Nepal, Rotary Club of the Entrance Dist 9685, Rotary District 3292,

Rotary Clubs worldwide, Well-wishers, Partners and Supporters

Report Submitted By:

Report Submitted On:

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Rotary District 3292

Rotary Club of Dhulikhel

Community Development

and Relief Agency Nepal

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Response for Disaster

In response to the disaster, Rotary District 3292 Nepal-Bhutan, Rotary Club of Dhulikhel coordinating

with GCF-USA/CDRA Nepal, District Disaster Relief Committee-Kavre district is implementing

Earthquake disaster response with basic food survival package including.

1. Rice 7 Kg, 2. Masala 3 pkts

3. Lintel 1Kg 4. Steel plate 5 pcs

5. Food grain 1 kg 6. Spoon 5 pcs

7. Salt 1 pkt 8. Plastic jug 1 pc

9. Cooking oil 1 ltr 10. Plastic bucket 1 pc

11. Beaten rice 1 Kg 12. Noodles 1 pkt

13. Plastic Sheet 8x20 ft 14. Nylon Rope

Total package cost Rs. 2,200/- now we are providing 1500 set of above mentioned items to be

delivered to the victims affected by recent earthquake. Rotary Club of Dhulikhel/ CDRA Nepal team is

working hard to response the situation. We believe that this will support 5 members family to survive

7 days. Rotary is coordinating many international Rotary clubs to support the people in need.

We thank you very much for generous support to our GCF friends and Rotary friends worldwide for

your cooperation on the difficult situation. We also thank Rotaract Club of Dhulikhel, Budol, KU, and

Rotary Community Corps.

Preparing more food package and looking for more tents to buy in Nepal markets. There is scarcity to

find the goods and supplies. However, we are working with neighboring Rotary and Lions network to

get things in place. Rotary and Lions club from India are also helping with deliveries. Mercy Relief,

Singapore is also providing 1000 sets of food and

tents next week.

Also, 100 packets were sponsored by Rotary club of

Taby Attunda - Sweden in Katunje Village of Kavre

where no one was reached before us.

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Situation Report: Earthquake Disaster May 8 & 9 , 2015 What we did today? On 8th May, 2015

We lacked relief packs due to the shortage of materials in local market; however we manage to make

100 relief packs. Among them 70 sets were sent to Katunje village approx 30 km from Banepa. But

due to prediction of heavy rain as it was cloudy, the people from the village rang us not to come, in

the rain roads get slippery and muddy, it will be the hard to the the vehicle, there will be high chance

of rolling down so it could not reach the destination and we returned back to Banepa and make plan

to go next day.

Need Assessment Visit to Jyamdi, Kavre

Shree Krishna Dhital, RCC Simalchaur

On 8th may, we went to Jyamdi VDC to see the village

situation and had some interaction with the people

around. The village is totally down with few houses

standing but is in critical stage. People have not received

any relief materials. Many people lost livestock and

foodstuffs.

While on the way, we saw the stream of water flowing

down the hill had 4-5 time more water flowing in them

wondering the people. There were cracks everywhere in

the ground and felt like the ground is sinking below.

Bigger hills have fallen down like the landslide in the rainy

season. The dead bodies of animals and even human were

found to be thrown in the river (I have included one of the

cow/buffalo thrown in the river). People have been

building temporary tent houses in their fields.

I met a woman in the village with her broken arm and I

inquired about the incident. She told, her husband and

villagers saved her life. She was stuck inside her house

when the house fell down. She was cooking curry and

something fell upon her while running and she fell unconscious. Later, after an hour her husband

with some villagers saved her out of the house.

Let’s reach these villages before disaster/epidemic happens. There are about 120 houses in this ward

of Jyamdi VDC. Together we can and together we have to make our country a beautiful place to live.

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Relief Material Distribution by Malaysian Ambassador On 8th May, the Ambassador from Malaysia to Nepal, His Excellency Mr. Fadli Adilah has distributed

250 blankets, 200 sacks of rice, 100 sacks of lintel and other materials to earthquake affected people

in Kuttal village of Dhulikhel. The relief material distribution was done by medical team from Kelab

Putera1 Malaysia in coordination with Rotary Club of Dhulikhel and CDRA Nepal.

Katunje Village 9th May, 2015

Katunje village is in a hilly location where we could not take the goods in the big bus (school bus we were using). We had to transfer the load onto a next truck. Although we didn’t see a lot of houses collapsed there was a lot of structural damage to a majority of the

dwellings. Apparently we were the first relief organization to visit this location. We provided the villagers 72 buckets which contained food, and 24 pieces of tarpaulin under the funding of Rotary Club of Taby, Attunda, Sweden through Rotarian Sten Bengstton.

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200 Tarpaulin supported by Nirakar Kunwar, son of DGE Keshav Kunwar RID 3292

Map 1: Major 15 earthquake affected districts

Source: Ministry of Home Affairs

S.N. District Name Deaths

1. Sindhupalchok 3057

2. Kathmandu 1222

3. Nuwakot 979

4. Dhading 718

5. Gorkha 491

6. Rasuwa 408

7. Kavre 317

8. Bhaktapur 315

9. Lalitpur 176

10. Dolakha 75

11. Makawanpur 33

12. Ramechhap 27

13. Solukhumbu 22

14. Okhaldhunga 19

15. Sindhuli 11

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Incident report of Earthquake 2015 (Till May 9th):

Total toll: 7,913 Injured: 17,871

Government buildings fully destroyed: 10,790

Government buildings partially destroyed: 14,997

Public house fully destroyed: 288,798

Public house partially destroyed: 254,112

People displaced/affected: 4.15 million

Supplies of Food materials

As there is a shortage of food materials Kavrepalanchok District, we managed to import it from Sarlahi (terai) around 200 Kms south of Banepa. The food relief packing was on hold due to unavailability of rice, lintels and and other material as well, but after the arrival of food items, now we can start packaging and providing the relief packs further. The load consisted of: Rice 300 Sacks Beaten Rice 50 Sacks Oil 330 Packs Lentils 30 Sacks Salt 6 Sacks

Rotary Club of Tillotama, Rupandehi has sponsored 75 relief packs for Pangretar - 4 Patlegaun, Sindhupalchok.

Students and staff of Sersang Primary School and Sersang Playgroup in Thimphu,

Bhutan donate 130 blankets, 270 children's jackets and 76 pairs of trousers for

children in Nepal affected by the recent earthquake. (Credit KUENSEL, Bhutan)

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Progress on Low cost housing

Today we are into day-4 building our prototype of a low cost house. We have had many volunteers over the last 4 days including Boys and girls from Kathmandu University, members of Bodhicharya Pariyati Centre and CDRA, Nepal Volunteers. As the design was not fully developed, we had to learn as we go, but the house is developing into something for dwellings of homeless, especially those in remote locations in the mountains, at an affordable cost. We shall keep you informed as the progress continues. Tools for Disaster Victims house rebuild

It has been identified that the tools set is very useful in villages for clearing the debris and to reconstruct the shelter that changed in rubbles by recent earthquake. The tools set along with the zinc corrugated galvanized colored sheets (as above) costs approximately USD 300. Tool set includes more than 33 items. We are planning for 1 tool set for building 5 shelters depending upon the proximity. Prepared By: Photo and edit by Ashok Kumar Shrestha Anup Kumar Shrestha ashok.rotarydh@yahoo.com Mohan Prajapati Assistant Governor, RID 3292 CDRA Nepal 977-9851122737 David Waterhouse RC The Entrance waterhoused@bigpond.com