1January 17, 2018

Post Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction
Involvement, Experience and Learning
shared by:

Khagendra Subba
Individual Consultant
Community Development-Education
NAMASTE !
KONNICHIWA !!

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Earthquake affected Nepal
Saturday; 25 April 2015

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Overall damages-25 April 2015 Earthquake

Major Losses

Damages/losses

Additional
information

Affected districts

31/75

Mid-regions,
Eastern Regions
2/5

Monetary Losses

US$>57065 million[@100 NPR/$]

Estimated by
PDNA Report

Human>8000 individuals>30,000 individuals
injuredHouses>650,000 HHs

Schools>5,000Public & Private

4Pictorial presentation

January 17, 2018

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Heavy Damages in schools
and cultural heritage sites

Source: Post Disaster Need Assessment Report 2015

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My Involvement
Post Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction
 Pictorial Assessment of damages and losses ofJICA supported schools (later JICA repaired
some the school blocks soon after theearthquake) Worked for three mostly affected districts
 Construction of Temporary Learning Centres
and Semi-Permanent school buildings
 Psycho-social support for students/teachers
 Distribution of education materials to schools
 Training on Disaster Risk Reduction in schools
and communities

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My Experiences
Post Earthquake recovery and reconstruction
 Still after 2.5 years passed; there are huge

gap in all sectors in recovery andreconstruction -all actions.
 Hard to reach areas are mostly
unreached due to heavy transportationand logistic costs required.
 Children and teachers from displaced
areas were mostly vulnerable. (facedproblems in new camps/localities andenrolment/continuity)

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My Learning Urgency of construction of safe space: Semi-permanent schools have been constructed forchildren and teachers to study under safe spaces
immediately.
 Difficult in coordination: Understanding differences
between Central agencies and district bodies/local
levels. Not met local needs/demands.
 Helpful Feasible/Practical Plan: Disrict/s having
feasible reconstruction plan are more efficient.
Nearly met the initial year reconstruction goal;
whereas district/s with no feasible or practical plan
faced serious gap of fund from government andsupport agencies.

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Differences of construction:
Permanent Vs Semi-permanent Structures in schools
Major elements

PermanentStructure

Semi-permanentStructure

Coverage

Low

High

Fund/investment

High amountLess amountTime Required

MoreLessSpaceLess

MoreDurability

High (20-40 years)

Low (<5 years)

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Some early recovery
BeforeSoon after- 0-6 months
temporary learning centres

Source: k. Subba during association for Post Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

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Example of Temporary Learning Centre
constructed by some active school(mostly bamboos and mud work)

Source: k. Subba during association for Post Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

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Iron and metal sheets used for constructing
Temporary Learning centre by I/NGOs13

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Temporary Learning Centre/(Transitional)Semi-Permanent
school structures designed for 3-5 years until Permanent
Blocks (2 Classrooms/block)Source: k. Subba during association for Post Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

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Major JICA support
BeforeAfter -Major JICA support
with use of BBB Approach

Source: JICA Assessment of damage/loss
JICA Nepal Office, photo gallery
Pictures may differ the locations

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Major JICA support with use of
BBB Approach

Source: JICA Nepal Office, photo gallery