{"id":28173,"date":"2022-04-25T17:46:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T12:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/?p=28173"},"modified":"2022-04-25T17:46:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T12:01:22","slug":"7th-anniversary-of-gorkha-earthquake-uk-continues-to-help-nepalis-cope-and-recover-from-future-shocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/2022\/04\/25\/7th-anniversary-of-gorkha-earthquake-uk-continues-to-help-nepalis-cope-and-recover-from-future-shocks\/","title":{"rendered":"7th Anniversary of Gorkha Earthquake: UK continues to help Nepalis cope and recover from future shocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kathmandu<\/strong>: The British Embassy\u2019s post-earthquake reconstruction program has helped more than one million people recover from the devastating impacts of the 2015 Gorkha Earthquakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marking the 7th year anniversary of the Gorkha earthquakes, the Embassy said, \u2018The Embassy has spent over \u00a3100 million in responding to the 2015 Earthquakes in Nepal. Its support has reached over one million people. Other UK support has provided an additional \u00a3100 million for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Adaptation in Nepal to help further build Nepal\u2019s resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 25 April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal, causing widespread damage to infrastructure and loss of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the earthquake, the Embassy started implementing the program in partnership with the government. Over 80 percent of Nepal\u2019s population is at risk from natural hazards, including climate-related shocks and earthquakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, the UK government\u2019s post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction support has achieved several milestones targeting earthquake-affected and vulnerable communities, according to a statement issued by the Embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The support includes providing over 250,000 people with access to water, helping over 37,000 vulnerable people recover from lost livelihoods, rebuilding over 350 km of trails and bridges, and improving access to roads, helping over 300 small and medium enterprises to develop, and supporting 22 local governments to deliver on their planning processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, the program also facilitated the enrolment of approximately 450,000 people with damaged houses in the Government\u2019s Housing Reconstruction Grant. It also supported earthquake-complaint rebuilding and retrofitting of over 4,000 houses, and conducted geo-hazard surveys to support the safe relocation of those living in high landslide risk areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These interventions focused on building back better and helped identify ways to include vulnerable populations in the recovery and reconstruction process, reads the statement. \u201cThe UK will continue to work closely with the recently established National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Agency (NDRRMA) at the Ministry of Home Affairs. NDRRMA is a key government institution tasked with strengthening Nepal\u2019s disaster risk reduction and management including preparedness and response.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am very proud that the UK has been able to help so many people recover from the 2015 Earthquake. I am equally proud that we are continuing UK investments to help Nepal\u2019s people cope and recover from future shocks even more effectively,\u201d said Nicola Pollitt, British Ambassador to Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disaster Risk Reduction is critical to protecting Nepal\u2019s vulnerable populations. We very much appreciate the UK\u2019s past support for the earthquake reconstruction and the additional support for this important agenda, said Anil Pokhrel, Chief Executive of the NDRRMA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK is also collaborating with Nepal\u2019s development partners to help deliver increased support for Green, Resilience and Inclusive Development (GRID) in Nepal. This is expected to see an increase in support for Disaster Risk Reduction as well as to protect vulnerable communities from climatic and earthquake shocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To demonstrate its commitment to this agenda the UK is now in discussion with Nepal\u2019s Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) to provide additional support to build resilience to future shocks, as part of the UK\u2019s overall efforts to support Nepal\u2019s Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continuing to invest in disaster preparedness and resilience will help ensure a safer future for Nepal. The UK is already investing \u00a3100 million in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate adaptation to further build climate resilience in Nepal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kathmandu: The British Embassy\u2019s post-earthquake reconstruction program has helped more than one million people recover from the devastating impacts of the 2015 Gorkha Earthquakes. Marking the 7th year anniversary of the Gorkha earthquakes, the Embassy said, \u2018The Embassy has spent over \u00a3100 million in responding to the 2015 Earthquakes in Nepal. Its support has reached […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sdg2030","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0872-1536x1024-1.jpg?fit=1536%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcWLTd-7kp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}