For Environment, Democracy and Livelihoods
Disaster Response from a Donor Funded Project in Nepal: A case of a NGO implemented project in Dolakha district.
Arranged around the room in the village house was a set of equipment. Some of the items were hanging on the wall and others were placed on shelves. They included life jackets, torches, a hand held megaphone, a first aid kit, a stretcher, rubber boots, safety helmets, gloves, tents and raincoats. All of them carried a United Nation Development Program (UNDP) logo marking their provenance, all shiny in their newness and some were still in their original wrappings unopened since they were received. The room on the first floor had been rented with project funds that had provided the equipment. The project, part of a disaster risk reduction (DRR) programme had recently ended and the village would now have to find the funds to continue to rent the room. Sitting in the room with us in early April, 2014 were a group of villagers who had been formed into a committee to manage the equipment and its use….
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