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EARTHQUAKE DISASTER 2015 IN NEPAL
SITUATION AND RESPONSE REPORT (7)
Report Submitted To:
Goodwill Community Foundation-USA, Mercy Relief-Singapore, District Disaster
Relief Committee-Kavre, Nepal, Rotary Clubs worldwide, Well-wishers, partners
and supporters
Report Submitted By:
Report Submitted On:
Friday May 8, 2015
Rotary District 3292
Rotary Club of Dhulikhel
Community Development
and Relief Agency Nepal
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Situation Report: Earthquake Disaster May 6 & 7 , 2015 An Eyewitness Account from an Australian Rotary Couple
6th May 2015
From Banepa, Kavre District, Nepal
It is now 12 days after the earthquake and 9 days since we came up from Sindhuli to help with the
distribution of food parcels to the remote regions of Kavre District. We have been staying with Rotarian
Ashok and Kamala Shrestha in Banepa, where we have been helping with the relief effort run by with
the Rotary Club of Dhulikhel and CDRA an Ngo run by Ashok. Because of our age we are finding it a bit
tough when the car or bus can’t make the hill and we have to walk but our spirits are still high as there
is so much work to be done.
It is now 7:30 pm and we have just returned from the village of Hokse after delivering 300 food parcels.
This now makes a total of 2800 food parcels and Tarps delivers to remote locations since the
earthquake; This equates to providing appox 210,000 meals delivered to date. Most of the supplies
have been obtained on Credit awaiting finance from Australia and America .Some have been financed
by a Mercy Relief Team from Singapore who have accompanied us to the villages.
We have a team of dedicated volunteers who weigh and pack rice, dhal, peas, turmeric, spice, salt and
other items into plastic bags and then pack them into a plastic bucket with spoons and 3 SS Plates. We
are packing about 300 every day. Supplies are running low or the prices are rising locally so Ashok has
now resorted to buying by the truck load from India or the Terai which is the part of Nepal next to India
which was not affected by the earthquake. We received 6000 plastic buckets from India only this
morning.
Prior to delivery, we have a team that talks to people to determine which areas are in need of
assistance. Someone then visits the location with sheets to be filled in by people who have lost their
house completely or the house is damaged to the extent that they cannot live in it. We also assess the
number of people in the household to determine how we can fulfil their needs. These sheets are used
to determine the runs for the next few days. These sheets are then used to distribute the parcels on
site however there is always some that are not registered and miss out even though they are in the
same dire situation. The system is not perfect.
The finished buckets, together with a plastic water jug filled with a Lt of packaged cooking oil, are
loaded onto the local School Bus and a couple of 4 wheel drives. We then set of to deliver them to the
next allocated area. (As I write this we have just had another tremor, not big, but as we are on the 4th
floor we consider whether we should go down to street level.) . I must now sing the praises of our bus
crew. They drive an ordinary school bus fully loaded over roads i certainly would not take my Ford
Territory, we have forded running creeks, had to literally dig the bus out on some of the many hairpin
bends that are very common in the mountain roads of Nepal but they do it with a smile with the local
tap-tap on the rear of the bus to tell the driver that he can still get closer to the 100 m drop before
stopping.
The villages we have visited in the last two days have been totally destroyed with 70 to 80% of the
houses total collapsed with the rest having major structural cracks and will need to be pulled down.
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The inhabitants have utilised roofing where available or tarps to set up temporary? shelter for their
families. We watched one man yesterday slowly staring to place stones back into walls in the slow
rebuild process. In one village which had had 21 people killed during the earthquake we consoled a
grandmother who had lost her son and the daughter took me on a tour of the house that was in
complete ruins. They were living in makeshift shelter with their 4 teenage children. As they are so
dependent on their farm animals the shelter provided for them is sometimes as good as or sometimes
better than they provide for themselves. Although there was no verbal communication we were able
sit with here for a long time expressing the feelings of her loss with sign language and cuddles. At this
point we nearly missed the bus.
A village in Nepal usually sits on the saddle of the range with houses spread up to 100 to 200 metres
apart and up to 100 metres up or down the hill so it is very hard to pin point the centre of the village. In
the larger ones there is usually a school that we utilise to distribute the goods but a lot of these have
been damaged and will have to be repaired before school can resume. In some cases we just stop on
the road on the side of the mountain and distribute from there. Sometimes like the other day we were
accompanied by a team of doctors from Bangladesh who joined in the convoy and set up their table to
treat the locals as we were distributing the food parcels.
That’s all for now will try and report again later, Please think of the Nepalese people at this time and
give them your support. We have already had great support from Rotary Clubs and individuals in all
states. I would like to thank all for your support.
Cheers for now.
Yours in Rotary
David & Dianne Waterhouse
Rotary Club of The Entrance
Rotary District 9685.
Some random photos during our trips to distribute food
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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 1000 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.
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What we did today? On 6th May, 2015
300 relief packs are sponsored by Mercy Relief, Singapore. These relief packs are distributed in
following disaster hit areas:
140 sets of relief pack distributed in Hokse village
50 sets of relief pack distributed in Aapghari, Baluwa village
83 sets of relief pack distributed in Bikramtar, Panchkhal
7 sets of relief pack distributed in Panchkhal area
30 sets of relief pack distributed in Danuwar village of Baluwa via Devbhoomi Women
Cooperative Ltd.
On 7th May, 2015
20 sets of relief pack and plastic sheets distributed in Timal, Kurubas, Chapakhroi ward
no. 5 and 6
66 sets of relief pack distributed in Rabi Opi ward no. 9
100 sets of relief pack distributed in Panauti, Ratopokhari ward no. 9
Other activities:
KU Beta Volunteering Team
The relief packages are
distributed to 142 houses
of Saping VDC-1, Kavre,
where 60 house is
completely destroyed and
one causalities. Package
includes: 30 pkst rice, 60
kg beaten rice, 25 kg bean, 58 pcs tents, 50 litres soya oil, 100 pkts salts. The program is
supported by Young Pharmacist Group Nepal (Medical Support), Insaaniyat Group (Food
Support), Needle Weave (Volunteer Support), RC Dhulikhel/CDRA Nepal (Transportation
Support).
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Jointly meeting of CDRA Nepal and Dhulikhel Hospital with Malaysian Team The meeting was held to draw planning of relief material distribution and health checkup procedure in earthquake affected area. The Malaysian team and CDRA Nepal had joint meeting with Dr. Rajiv Shrestha at Dhulikhel Hospital. The Malaysian team and doctors from Dhulikhel hospital are positive to work together as medical team. Team visited to nearby village Kuttal, a small village about 15 min far from Dhulikhel. The situation is devastating there like many other villages. Not a single house there is in condition to live. People are afraid to go in as they might get stuck inside. The team informed that the Malaysian officials is coming to Nepal to handover some food package and some tents for the people in that village.
Map 1: Major 15 earthquake affected districts
Incident report of Earthquake 2015 (Till May 7th):
Total toll: 7,885 Injured: 17,802
Government house fully destroyed: 10,790
Government house partially destroyed: 14,997
Public house fully destroyed: 288,798
Public house partially destroyed: 254,112
People displaced/affected: 4.15 million
S.N. District Name Deaths
1. Sindhupalchok 3040
2. Kathmandu 1215
3. Nuwakot 977
4. Dhading 715
5. Gorkha 490
6. Rasuwa 412
7. Kavre 317
8. Bhaktapur 314
9. Lalitpur 175
10. Dolakha 75
11. Makawanpur 33
12. Ramechhap 27
13. Solukhumbu 22
14. Okhaldhunga 19
15. Sindhuli 11
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Prepared By: Photo and edit by Ashok Kumar Shrestha Anup Kumar Shrestha Assistant Governor, RID 3292 Admin and IT officer
Phone: +977-98511-2273 CDRA Nepal
