- Punjab Flood Emergency Response September 2014Emergency response was initiated within 24 hours in District MuzzafarGarh, Multan, MandiBahauddin, Jhang, Chiniot, Hafizabad, Sialkot &Rajanpur more than 12000 beneficiaries received relief package from HANDS and are still continue.
- Drought in Tharparkar in March 2014:Drought in Tharparkar March 2014 Relief Packages provided to 6000 Families in 2 Months and relief services
- Nutrition support (April to June 2014): (6 to 59 months) children total cured (MAM & SAM) 1480
- Nutrition support (July to Sep 2014): (6 to 59 months)children total cured (MAM & SAM) 5502.
IDPs of North Waziristan Agency 2014:
- Emergency Response was initiated within 36 hours to provide assistance to IDPs at Bannu, KP.
- Drought in Tharparkar in March 2014:
- Emergency Response was initiated within 5 hours and Relief package was provided to 6,000 families in 2 months.
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- Earthquake in AwaranBalochistan in October 2013: Emergency response was initiated within 8 hours & comprehensive relief package was provided in hard conditions and conflicted areas within two months to 10,000 families.
- Rain Emergency 2012 in Northern Sindh, South Punjab &Balochistan: Emergency response was initiated within 6 hours. Distribution of emergency relief package was provided to 27000 families within 2 months
- Rain Emergency 2011 in Southern Districts of Sindh:
Emergency response was initiated within 8 hours in 8 districts. 29000 families were reached within 2 moths
- Flood Emergency 2010:
Emergency response was initiated within 4 hours in northern Sindh & 36,000 families were reached within 1 month.
- Kashmir Earthquake 2005
Emergency response was initiated within 24 hours at Batgram more than 1000 patients / clients were treated.
- Badin Cyclone 2002
HANDS emergency response was initiated within 6 hours at Badin and more than 700 patients / clients were treated.
ECCA Introduction:
ECCA (environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness) was established in July 1987 as a nonprofit, non-political, non-government organization. ECCA is registered in Government of Nepal, District Administration Office, Jwagol, Kupondol-10, Lalitpur Kathmandu and affiliated with Social Welfare Council, Kathmandu.
ECCA has been a leading organization in the sector of social mobilization and community development. It implements various programs so as to raise the quality of life through wise-use of available local resources and application of alternate and renewable technologies.
HANDS Relief Intervention in Nepal:
The process of situation analysis is continued with the relief activities. HANDS team with support and facilitation of local partner organization ECCA conducted a quick situation analysis. The process includes the information sharing by the ECCA team, field visits observation, information from the local government authorities and the local resident communities.
- In phase-1, the areas covered were Khokana and Bangumati, which are peri-urban slums of Patan city in Lalitpur district, and the village development committee (VDC) Dalchoki, rural area in district Lalitpur.
- Situation Analysis by HANDS
- In phase-2,the situation analysis was conducted along with mobile medical camps in Chautara Municipality and Guarati ward-2 of Chautara, both are located in Sindhupalchowk district, and in VDC Malta located in district Lalitpur.
PHASE-1
A.1 Situation in Khokana and Bangumati, district Lalitpur:
- 80% of the buildings and houses are demolished or badly damaged and fragile. In these areas, many families live in fragile and vulnerable homes with outer walls and/or foundations constructed from poor quality materials. Most of them now sitting in open places. Shelters are not provided to these affected families.
- The water supply lines are totally damaged. Now the district municipal government and other iNGOs have installed large water storage tanks. The water is supplied by the water tankers. Few of the NGOs are supplying chlorine solution to make the water safe for drinking purpose. The volunteers of the NGOs are providing information and conducting awareness sessions on hygiene and use of chlorine solution for purification of water making it safe for drinking
- Most of the latrines are also damaged. But the people are sharing the latrine in safe buildings in the neighboring area.
- Medical services are provided by the Government health facilities, Thai army teams and NGOs. There was no critical health need identified.
- Majority of the families have enough food stock, which they are retrieving the rubble. For immediate need the NGOs and citizens of Kathmandu are supplying cooked food. Nepal Army troops are supporting the families to recover the livlihood material from the damaged or demolished buildings and houses.
- The religious sites such as temples and historical sites in these areas are also badly damaged or totally demolished.
A.2 Situation in Dalchoki, district Lalitpur
The Dalchoki is a VCD (village Development Committee), located towards the south of Patan city (district Headquarter of Lalitpur) in Kathmandu valley. It is spread over the mountainous area, nearly 34 Km from the Kathmandu city. It comprised of 9 wards, which are the smallest administrative unit. Each VCD is administered by the local people committee having representation from each ward. Here the population is widely dispersed in the mountains. There most of the houses are located in isolation, and at few places in small cluster of 4-6 houses. Most of the houses are made of mud and stones. The information is based on observation, individuals community members and families including women and elders, and the representatives of the VDC. The data and few of the relevant information is also verified by the VDC records and Government local Health post record.
- There were 299 houses in the VDC. The population is 1896.
- Nearly 99% houses are fully damaged or need to be demolished for re-construction.
- One death reported from the area
- The people are living in open air or made temporary makeshift arrangement from the demolished tin sheets or mats etc.
The water supply is intact. It is government arrangement. Many houses previously have tap water supply within their homes, that have been damaged. But the community taps are functional. They used the same water for drinking purpose as well. Considering it safe for drinking they usually did not take any measures for its purification. Now the ECCA is supplying chlorine solution and providing awareness regarding the methodology and significance of purification of water for drinking purpose.
- It is ODF free community. Although Latrines have been damaged in many of the houses, but almost all sharing the functional latrines within their neighborhood. No one is going for ODF.
- Almost all families have food stocks, which they have recovered from the rubble.
- Many animals are perished including goats, cows, and buffaloes
- One Government Sub-Health Post is functional in ward 3, although it is partially damaged. Health assistant and Nurse assistant are residing there, providing the mobile services in different wards since the earthquake. One birthing station is also located in ward 3. One skilled birth attendant is residing in adjacent rooms with family. The building remained unaffected. The center is functional, usually 3-4 normal deliveries are conducted by the SBA.
Table: Ward-wise Population Distribution and Status of damages
S. No. |
Ward Number |
Total Population |
Total Households |
Post-Earthquake status |
Other Losses or damages |
|
|
|
|
Fully Damaged |
Partially Damaged |
|
1. |
1 |
216 |
36 |
33 |
3 |
|
2 |
2 |
216 |
36 |
34 |
2 |
|
3 |
3 |
252 |
42 |
42 |
0 |
Sub-Health post building is partially damaged |
4 |
4 |
192 |
32 |
32 |
0 |
|
5 |
5 |
168 |
28 |
26 |
2 |
|
6 |
6 |
144 |
24 |
23 |
1 |
School building collapsed |
7 |
7 |
204 |
34 |
31 |
3 |
|
8 |
8 |
210 |
35 |
32 |
3 |
|
9 |
9 |
192 |
32 |
31 |
1 |
|
|
TOTAL |
1794 |
299 |
284 |
15 |
|
PHASE-2
- 3 Situation in Malta, district Lalitpur
The VDC Malti is located 75 km in the south of Patan city, in district Lalitpur. Total 386 households comprised population of 2045, divided in 9 wards.
- Almost all housed are affected as 290 (75 %) demolished and 96 (25%) are severely damaged
- There were only few latrines, which all are damaged. All people are practicing ODF
- Water supply was disturbed but since one day it is rehabilitated.
- Large of livestock perished including the 45 Buffaloes, 90 goats and more than 500 poultry. As many small and one large poultry farm collapsed. Most if their livelihood depends on livestock and poultry business
- Only one death is reported and only minor injuries to few people
- Many school buildings are damaged.
- There was no health facility
Table: Ward-wise Population Distribution and Status of damages
S. No. |
Ward Number |
Total Population |
Total Households |
Post-Earthquake status |
Other Losses or damages |
|
|
|
|
Fully Damaged |
Partially Damaged |
|
1. |
1 |
166 |
20 |
15 |
5 |
Buffaloes = 45 |
2 |
2 |
288 |
60 |
40 |
20 |
Goats = 90 |
3 |
3 |
200 |
45 |
30 |
15 |
Poultry >500 |
4 |
4 |
548 |
100 |
80 |
20 |
Many school buildings are damaged |
5 |
5 |
138 |
25 |
15 |
5 |
|
6 |
6 |
163 |
28 |
19 |
9 |
|
7 |
7 |
165 |
29 |
20 |
9 |
|
8 |
8 |
189 |
39 |
36 |
3 |
|
9 |
9 |
188 |
40 |
30 |
10 |
|
|
TOTAL |
2045 |
386 |
290 |
96 |
|
- 5 Situation in Chautara Municipality, district Sindhupalchowk
The district is located in Central region, north-east of district Kathmandu. It is the most affected district. The population is 3146 comprised of 484 households.
Population |
Number |
Children < 5 years |
409 |
Male > 5 years |
1341 |
Female > 5years |
1396 |
It is also hilly and mountainous areas and most of the houses are made of red-bricks, or mud and stones. The VDC is functional and try to facilitate the community and the aid-workers.
- More than 90% houses are destroyed or severely damaged.
- Still no temporary shelter is provided
- Water supply remained disconnected for 8 days and is restored just one day back
- Most of the population utilizes the existing latrines as most of the structure is not much damaged
- Most of the families facing shortage of food
- School buildings are mostly safe
- One Health post is safe and functional. Medical staff and medicines are available
- Other supplies or any sort of help is not arrived or provided by anyone
- HANDS-ECCA team provided mobile medical services
- HANDS-ECCA plan to provide food ration on request on VDC to all 484 families
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- 6 Situation in Chautara Ward-2 (Guarati), district Sindhupalchowk
It is located 15 km east of city Chautara. The population is 1180 comprised of more than 200 households. The catchment areas includes the Bagh Bazar, ChaguliTole and Baspati.
- There is no health post of the government and no medical relief is provided since the earthquake.
- School buildings are damaged,
- Most of the families are staying in open space or in self-made makeshift shelters
- Few of them have started slowly the recovery of the material for construction of temporary shelter
- Many of them have lost the food stocks and seeds for next season plantation/cultivation
- Majority of the families have enough stock for next 2 weeks and they are sharing food with the other families
- Livestock loss remained minimal
- Water supply is intact
- Sanitation facilities or latrines are usable and functional. Majority population is shairng and using the latrine and avoided the ODF
- HANDS-ECCA team provided the mobile medical services as per their need
- HANDS Relief Interventions:
PHASE-1
After the need assessment of the area, the beneficiaries assessment was conducted in VDC – Dalchoki.
It has been selected for temporary shelter distribution.
- On day one, 17 shelters tents were distributed in Ward 6 of VDC Dalchoki.
- The solar lights were also distributed among the lactating women, to the Health post staff and birthing station staff as the power supply is remained disconnected since earthquake.
- Chlorine solution is distributed among the 66 families in ward 6 and 3, to purify water for drinking purposes.
PHASE-2
Mobile Medical Services:
HANDS initiated health services through conduction of Mobile Medical Camps with financial support of Medico International and local collaborative partner ECCA. According to the need identification, the mobile medical camps were organized at two different sites. The first camp was organized at Chautara Municipality. Total 43 patients have attended the camp. Almost all of them were adults. Majority of them were suffering from Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI). Two team of volunteer doctors and paramedic staff and field assistances were involved in the services.
The second medical camp was organized at Chautara ward-2 (Guarati). The catchment areas include Bagh Bazar, ChagulaTole and Baspati. Total community members attended the medical services were 139 including 48 children. Most of them were suffering from acute respiratory infections (32%), followed by the injuries (12%). Most of the injuries clients were male.
- Overall report of 2Medical Camps:
Diseases |
% |
Total Patients |
< 5 Years |
> 5 Years |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Diarrhea |
0.5 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
Dysentery |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
ARI |
31.9 |
58 |
5 |
6 |
12 |
35 |
Suspected Malaria |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Suspected Measles |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Skin Disease |
7.7 |
14 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
Eye Infections |
2.2 |
4 |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
Fractures |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Injuries |
12.1 |
22 |
|
|
18 |
4 |
Others |
45.6 |
83 |
3 |
1 |
24 |
55 |
Total |
182 |
11 |
8 |
56 |
107 |
Among injured patients all were either children of more than 5 years or mostly adult males. The acute respiratory infections are mostly manifested in adult women. This might be due the lack of proper shelter availability. Many of the adult men and women are under stress and depression. They need psychosocial support.
Total 182 patients were treated by HANDS-ECCA medical team in 2 days and most of them were female 59%, male 31% and children under 5 years of age 10%.
Distribution of Patients on Gender and Age basis:
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Age wise proportion of Patients:
- Only one case of diarrhea was reported. Highest number of cases reported was 58 of acute respiratory infections. Among these were 11 children below five years of age, 12 male and 35 female. Total 22 patients treated of injuries, mostly of minor wounds, bruises and blunt injuries. All of these were above than 5 years of age and mostly male (18).
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- HANDS Consultative Meetings:
HANDS team with facilitation of ECCA team conducted many meetings with other NGOs and Government authorities and departments. The purpose of these meetings was to gather the information about the earthquake affected areas and the population, priority needs of the survivors and to share the HANDS plan for the relief activities.
Meeting with Senior Management and Board Members of ECCA:
HANDS team held several meetings with the ECCA management. During the meetings both organizations presented the introduction for greater mutual understanding. The Relief plan was discussed, information regarding the need and situation was shared, situation analysis process was finalized. After several discussion, MoU, Budget and detail work plan is finalized. The project team is on board.
Orientation of ECCA-HANDS Relief project Staff:
Detail orientation of the project staff was conducted by HANDS team. The training on data recording and reporting formats, area and population assessment formats, beneficiary assessment formats, MIS and HANDS web-based Disaster Management System was given to the team. The formats were modified with mutual understanding according to the working modalities. The field working methodology, and approaches were discussed and explained. The detail work plan is finalized.
Meeting of District Development Committee Lalitpur:
The district government of Lalitpurconducted meeting on May 03, 2015 at the administrative office, with all NGOs who are involved in relief work in the district. The purpose of the meeting was to share
the progress and future plan by each partner, to enhance the coordination, avoid duplication and identification of priority needs and gaps in the services. HANDS team shared the plan, progress and request coordination and support from the government. They district administration admire the HANDS initiatives and committed to provide the support.
Coordination Meetings with Different cluster Partners
Several meetings were held with different cluster partners individually and jointly. The HANDS plan and other partners progress and plans, the challenges and issues were highlighted and discussed.
Coordination meeting with UNHABITAT Team
HANDS-ECCA activities and relief plan was shared. Future possibilities for early recovery phase related to shelter provision and appropriate models were discussed.
Challenges
- Current available humanitarian non-food items and shelter stocks in country are very limited, while the need to assist IDPs staying in self-settled and formal sites is increasing.
- Quality of locally available materials is also a concern and procurement time will need to be factored in.
- Main roads are open in most of the districts. However, landslides have challenged transportation of relief items to some areas. Airlifts are required to access and deliver aid to rural areas. Many affected villages are still without road access at all.
- Fuel is urgently needed to pump ground water and to maintain services at hospitals and other critical facilities where power outages are frequent.
- There are different needs of different populations and at different geographical locations. Thereby in relief phase the integrated approach is not feasible.
- Coordination among the local NGOs need to be improved to extend the relief work span
So far, no psychosocial rehabilitation activities are initiated, thereby the people self-recollection and recovery of livelihood items and shelter reconstruction is extremely slow.
Future Plan:
PHASE-1: “Relief Activities for Nepal Earthquake Survivors” (270 families) |
|
S No. |
Item |
No. of units per family |
Unit cost (in NRs) |
Frequency (No. of families) |
USD |
1 |
Emergency Shelter |
|
|
992680 |
10000 |
1.1 |
Tarpaulin Sheets (15’x18′) |
1 |
|
299 |
|
1.2 |
Ropes (kg) |
1 |
|
299 |
|
1.3 |
Nails |
8 |
|
299 |
|
1.4 |
Bamboos (12′ length) |
4 |
|
299 |
|
2 |
Dry Food (7 persons in a family for 7 days) |
|
|
819720 |
8300 |
2.1 |
Rice (kg) |
20 |
|
414 |
|
2.2 |
Pulse (kg) |
2 |
|
414 |
|
2.3 |
Cooking oil (litre) |
2 |
|
414 |
|
2.4 |
Salt (kg) |
1 |
|
414 |
|
2.5 |
Sugar (kg) |
2 |
|
414 |
|
3 |
Medical Camps |
No. of camps 10 |
|
200000 |
2000 |
4 |
Management cost |
|
|
200000 |
2000 |
PHOTO GALLERY
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HANDS signed MoU with ECCA (Local NGO) of Nepal for Relief Project implementation
Destroyed Houses in District Sindhupalchowk
Destroyed Houses in District Sindhupalchowk
Contact Information In Nepal
ECCA-HANDS Office:
Contact Person:
- Yogendra Chitrakar, Executive Director, ECCA
- Angel Chitrakar, Senior Program officer, ECCA
Address: Wise-use House, Jwagol, Kopundol, Lalitpur
- O. Box 9210 Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: +977 1 5550452, 5553870 Fax: 5011006
Email:ecca@mos.com.np
Website: www.ecca.org.np
In Pakistan
HANDS Head Office
Contact Person:
- Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed, Chief Executive, HANDS
Cell: +92-300-8200507
Email: tanveer.ahmed@hands.org.pk
- Ghulam Mustafa Zaor, General Manager, IDEAS program HANDS
Cell: +92-346-8209538
Email: ghulam.mustafa@hands.org.pk
- Muhammad RaheemMarri, General Manager Disaster Management Program HANDS
Cell: +92-346-8209561
Email: raheem.marri@hands.org.pk
Address: