HRRP3 External Evaluation As HRRP moves to its fourth phase starting from 1 August 2019, the final evaluation of HRRP3 is imperative. The final evaluation from the independent external evaluator is currently being conducted. The major objective of the evaluation is to measure relevancy, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of HRRP3 interventions and to collect evidence based learning for HRRP fourth phase and other recovery and reconstruction stakeholders at national and international level. The respondents for this evaluation are central, district and municipal level government, reconstruction partners, donors and other international experts. The evaluation is expected to be completed by the third week of September 2019. | | | Retrofitting: a Solution for Resilient Recovery The damage assessment survey has identified around 70 Thousand House that could be retained their seismic strength through retrofitting. With the start of the reconstruction phase most of the training and technical assistance systems promoted for the reconstruction were aimed at new construction only. with the approval of retrofitting manual by NRA for masonry structure as well as RCC structure on June 2017, it has been a turning point, with a clearly defined retrofit solution is made available to the large numbers of homeowners for the first time. Retrofitting solution could not attract the homeowners Over the last two years the way it has to, due to the lack of proper technical guidance to the engineers and masons in the field and communication gap from the NRA, CLPIUS and concerned GoN authorities to the affected areas on the benefit of retrofitting resulting to no interest from the beneficiaries and beneficiaries switching or planning to switch from retrofit to reconstruction causing delay in recovery/reconstruction. Retrofitting allows homeowners to return rapidly to their seismically strengthened home and to renew their agrarian lifestyle sooner whereas the change in the beneficiary type from retrofit to reconstruction results to more financial burden and debt for the demolition and reconstruction of new house to the families are having hard time in sustaining their livelihoods. In rural villages where houses are both a home and a farm usually consisting of a barn, a granary and a home, all in one. Retrofitting such a rural house not only protects families and their livestock from the impact of future earthquake damage, but also enables families to return to their pre-earthquake level of economic productivity, thus restoring livelihoods. With the start of the retrofit engineers training and model house retrofit from some of the POs there is some progress in the retrofitting. The NRA and GoN is also keen to make the beneficiaries understand and take retrofit a feasible and cost-effective option for resilient recovery. Different sharing session has been organized to identify the issues and challenges in the field from the PO's as well as beneficiary's side. The workshop organized on July suggested the GoN a need of strategic intervention in policy revision, robust communication mechanism to the field and capacity enhancing of the field technical staffs. For detail contact Minar Thapa Magar, HRRP Deputy National Coordinator ( minar@hrrpnepal.org). | | |  Shiv Prasad Bhandari District Support Engineer
Bhaktapur | | | fEATURED tECHNICAL sTAFF pERSON This month's featured technical staff person is Shiv Prasad Bhandari. He has been working as a District Support Engineer (DSE) in Bhaktapur. Before being deployed as DSE he has worked with DLPIU Education and was directly involved in the retrofitting of a school building in Nawalparasi. He feels that motivating the community towards retrofitting is very challenging because there has been low communication and awareness about the benefit of retrofitting. The capacity enhancement of field technical staff is also key to implement the retrofitting in the community.
Shiv feels that it has been a very welcoming effort from the GoN as well as POs to train the field technical staff through retrofitting the houses as model house. This field demonstration and restoration of the previous structure will influence the community to willingly select the retrofitting as the viable reconstruction option. | | | | 'STAKEHOLDER'S PERCEPTION ON RETROFITTING' | | |  As an instructor, I found the training is very effective for engineers working in the housing reconstruction program. The theoretical and practical sessions are very helpful to learn and understand retrofit design and construction practices of masonry buildings of rural Nepal. - Deepak Saud
Technical Coordinator , HRRP-DMT / Instructor Seismic Retrofitting | | I am happy to learn that retrofitting is cost effective, and it saves traditional houses. My husband and I had struggled to build this house so, I never wanted to demolish it. - Ms. Sukumaya Sarki
Resident Waling Municipality, Syangja | | Government and concerned agencies took long time to bring retrofitting as the reconstruction solution. If this technology was introduced to our community earlier the beneficiaries would not have taken any loans and face lengthy process for construction of their houses. - Mr. Tanka Jirel
Mayor, Jiri Municipality, Dolakha | | I am emotionally attached to my 18 years old house as I personally built this house. My family life started here, and my family now lives in the same house, so all memories are there in this house. I am glad that my old house remains the same but in new and stronger. - Mr. Krishna Kumar Khatri
Resident of Jiri Municipality, Dolakha | | I as a local representative was negative towards retrofit in the beginning. I thought that retrofitting is feasible to implement in RCC houses only. I never thought of retrofitting masonry buildings. But when I participated the Local Authority Orientation on retrofitting provided by NSET-Baliyo Ghar and got opportunity to observe the ongoing retrofit site in Thansing Nuwakot, my thoughts have been changed and now I understood retrofitting can restore the original structure with minimum financial burden. I regret recommending for transforming the retrofit beneficiaries to reconstruction beneficiary just by seeing the grant amount. - Mr. Sankar Nepali
Member
Office of Rural Municipal Executive
Kakani Rural Municipality, Nuwakot | | The Lack of awareness on retrofitting technology among local level representatives and officials in Rural/ Municipalities and subsequent communication to the home owners on performance of retrofitted houses in terms of strength and life in local level is one of the major reasons why the HHs are still reluctant to opt for retrofitting. - Mr. Rajendra Chiluwal
District Support Engineer, Nuwakot | | Local body representatives who are listed in retrofitting beneficiary should opt to retrofit their house as demo house which will encourage the local community to adopt the same technology for reconstruction. - Mr. Koshnath Adhikari
DLPIU Building Division Chief, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, and Dhading | | Photo Features  Ward 4, Bethanchok Rural Municipality, Kavrepalanchok: single storey, stone in mud mortar house with an attic. The home owner has received all three tranches of the Government housing reconstruction grant.  Ward No.1, Rainas Rural Municipality, Lamjung: two storey, three room with attic stone masonry in mud mortar house. The house is under retrofit grant list. | | 
The information received indicated that the unit cost of retrofitting varied across the housing typologies and among the multiple retrofitting solutions being implemented by the partner organizations. The cost of retrofitting averaged NPR 409 per sq. ft. (n = 150).  Partner organizations reported implementing retrofitting solutions for a total six housing typologies: - Load Bearing Stone and Mud Mortar Masonry
- Unreinforced Stone masonry in mud mortar
- Unreinforced Dry-Stone Wall
- Brick in Cement Mortar
- Hybrid Structures
- Timber frame structure
Among the houses being retrofitted, more than 74% of the houses have two or more storeys and about 72% of the houses have attic. The most common methodology in retrofitting implementations were found to be strongback and split and bandage with numerous variations. Retrofit Caseload Map: HRRP has produced a map based on the number of eligible household present in 32 earthquake affected districts for retrofitting grant. The caseload numbers are based on the data from GMaLI CLPIU.  Reconstruction Facilitators at Local Level (English and Nepali):  This book looks to share the varied experiences of mayors, deputy mayors, ward chiefs, municipal chairpersons, and administrative and operation staff within District Level Programme Implementation Units (DLPIUs) working on the reconstruction with the aim of highlighting the importance of their work, the challenges they have faced, and the solutions that have been developed to address these. This document includes representatives from all fourteen of the districts most affected by the earthquake as well as from Khotang, Myagdi, and Lamjung in the eighteen moderately affected districts. | | NeKSAP Nepal 2019 Flood Assessment Report KathaMaala Radio Drama Episode 3: Rachana Rasaili wakes up with a bad dream where earthquake devastates their house. She wakes up and writes a letter about her dream as she could not contact her mother on mobile phone. On the other side her mother reads her letter and writes back about her mobile being damaged and to build a two-room new house as their old house is partially damaged. Rachana replies and sends her mother a phone and writes that she consulted with her engineer friend who suggested her to retrofitting as it will be cost effective to retrofit rather than build a two-room new house. But they could not communicate as the mobile network tower in the village was broken. But they send letters back and forth. Rachana also asked her mother to visit the ward office to take assistance of the engineers. At last, Rachana's phone rings and she find out that her mother retrofitted their house. Baliyo Ghar TV, Episode 158 this episode highlights the five major challenges of reconstruction such as: retrofitting, vulnerable families, Urban Reconstruction, additional room and story in the existing house and beneficiaries who have not started reconstruction after receiving the first tranche. | | | |
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