Happiness! Impression of having toilet

Happiness! Impression of having toilet

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“In front of my eyes I saw my house collapsing. It was built by my father and grandfather. Legacy that has been left to me remains no more,” recalled by Janak Lal Shrestha.Janak lal Shrestha (age-69), of Ugrachandi Nala VDC, Kavre District, Nepal was harvesting potatoes with his family when April earthquake took place. Mr. Shrestha lives with his wife and four children (2-boys, 2-girls) in a temporary shelter built above debris of demolished house. The main source of income of Janak lal is Agriculture and both the Shrestha couple knit sweater when they don’t have work in field.  (more…)
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Psychosocial Training

Psychosocial Training

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A global experience shows that psychosocial support is crucial for the long-term recovery of earthquake survivors and their communities. Nepal is one of the highly earthquake vulnerable countries. After the earthquakes, Nepal started to see psychosocial support as one of the post-disaster priorities but felt the lack of proper training and counseling.  (more…)
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Temporary Learning Centers (TLC)

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“At least 950,000 children in Nepal will not be able to return to school, unless urgent action is taken to provide temporary learning spaces” – UNICEF, 2015Temporary Learning Centers means building a safe space for children and youth of Nepal to continue their education. After the earthquake, schools were closed for months due to critical structural damages. Humanitarian aid agencies and officials report that over 8,000 schools are damages and unsafe for students and faculty to conduct classes; this means about one million children will not be able to attend school (OCHA, 2015). (more…)
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Steps towards Reconstruction

Steps towards Reconstruction

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Sanu Bajracharya, 48, of Shankharapur Municipality Kathmandu District is one of the several victims of April 25th earthquake. Just as to many others, the natural calamity took many things from him. He was a son of a farmer and holding that profession till now. After the devastating earthquakes, Bajracharya’s family sheltered inside the tarpaulin sheet for three weeks, later he found a room to rent. He shifted there with his wife, son and daughter-in-law. But after a month of living in a rented room, the house owner asked him to move to another house as they needed that for themselves. (more…)
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Village Maintenance Worker Training at Nala

Village Maintenance Worker Training at Nala

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Under financial support of Water Aid Nepal and EAWAG, Nala WASH improvement project is being implemented in Nala. The situation of sanitation in the VDC has changed drastically along with change in behavioural aspect of Nala communities after the intervention of CIUD implemented WASH project. Ugrachandi Nala was declared ODF in 22 March, 2013 and Decentralized Waste Water Treatment System (DEWATS) came into operation in the same year. (more…)
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National Sanitation Week at Nala

National Sanitation Week at Nala

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The National Sanitation Week was celebrated for 2 days under Nala Integrated WASH Project. It was celebrated in four schools of Nala, the schools were Prabhat Lower Secondary School, Arunodaya Primary School, Shree Nanda Devi Primary School and ChandeswariHigher Secondary School. The program was conducted by Mr. BiswanathShrestha, Ms. SandhyaRanjeet and Ms. Reecha Piya. (more…)
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Menstrual Hygiene Day Celebrated at Kuntabesi

Menstrual Hygiene Day Celebrated at Kuntabesi

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On the occasion of Menstrual Hygiene Day, two days program was conducted in Kuntabesi by CIUD with financial support of WaterAid. Essay Writing Competition was organized on the first day on the topic ‘Role of men in menstruation’ in which 23 students (both male and female) participated from the schools where CIUD is intervening WASH Project. One and half hour time was given to complete their essay and the word limit was 400. After Essay Writing Competition an orientation session was conducted by Ms. Reecha Piya on Menstrual Hygiene Management. (more…)
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CIUD Collaborated with Action Aid Nepal to Help Resume Schools Through the Construction of Temporary Learning Shelters

CIUD Collaborated with Action Aid Nepal to Help Resume Schools Through the Construction of Temporary Learning Shelters

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On April 25, 2015, an earthquake, magnitude of 7.8 Richter scale, shook the country of Nepal causing massive devastation to the houses, roads, heritage sites, public buildings and school and college buildings. The death toll would have been more if it were in any other school days than Saturday. The ill-fated disaster was followed by hundreds of major and minor aftershocks that caused further damage to the already weakened infrastructures. The earthquakes took the lives of more than 8500 people, thousands of injuries and made millions homeless. (more…)
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