 Devi Budhathoki Social Mobilizer
Ward 2, Sunkoshi Rural Municipality, Sindhupalchok | | | fEATURED STORY: A Journey of Devi Budhathoki as Social Mobilizer: Skilled Community Work to Personal Empowerment This edition of the bulletin features a story of Devi Budhathoki, a Social Mobilizer from Sindhupalchowk who has been playing a key role in the community in facilitating the ongoing reconstruction process after the 2015 Earthquake. She shares her experience on how she has been working as a bridge between the post-earthquake reconstruction program and the communities, as part of providing Socio-Technical Assistance (STA) in expediting the recovery and reconstruction process. Originally from Balefi Rural Municipality-5, Fulpingdada, Sindhupalchowk, Devi Budhathoki is a Social Mobilizer in Ward 2, Thokarpa of Sunkoshi Rural Municipality, Sindhupalchowk. She joined National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Sindhupalchowk as a Social Mobilizer from January 2020.
Devi Budhathoki was one of the participants of a four-day training for "Social Mobilizers on earthquake resilient reconstruction" organized by the NRA and District Level Project Implementation Unit (DLPIU) Building in February 2020. She shares her journey as a social mobilizer on how it has not only increased her knowledge and skills on earthquake resilient reconstruction work but has also been an enriching experience for her own personal development and empowerment. Read more... | | | Photo Features  Ward 8, Shankarapur Municipality, Kathmandu: Two storey, stone in mud mortar house listed under retrofit grant scheme.  Ward 5, Changunarayan Municipality, Bhaktapur: three storey, brick in mud mortar house listed in retrofit grant scheme. | | | Ward 5, Changunarayan Municipality, Bhaktapur: Three storey, brick in mud mortar house listed in retrofit grant scheme. After the observation of the house, District Support Engineer suggested that the house could be used as a demo house for retrofitting adopting wire mesh jacketing. | | | | Ward 9, Gaurishankar Rural Municipality, Dolakha: Two storey with attic made up of stone in mud mortar with cement plaster and RCC bands. The homeowner has received all three tranches of the Government housing grant. | | | | Ward 7, Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality, Dhading: Two room, stone in mud mortar masonry with an attic. The homeowner is a single woman and is under the vulnerable category of the National Reconstruction Authority. The house has been constructed with technical and material support from PIN – Hamroghar as part of a vulnerable support program. The homeowner has received all three tranches of the Government housing grant. The total cost of construction is 400,000 NPR. | | | | Ward 8, Shankarapur Municipality, Kathmandu: Two storey, stone in mud mortar house listed under retrofit grant scheme. The homeowner is a single woman with two children under 16 years old. The District Support Engineer suggested Jacketing of the structure but the homeowner is unable to retrofit the house due to financial difficulties. | | | | Ward 12, Panchkhal Municipality, Kavrepalanchok: Single storey, two room brick in cement mortar masonry. The homeowner has received all three tranches of Government housing grant. The house was completed with technical support from ASF Nepal and the total cost of construction is 700,000 NPR. | | | | Ward 7, Kailash Rural Municipality, Makwanpur: four room, two storey, hybrid structure. The ground floor is made up of stone in mud and the upper floor is timber frame structure. The homeowner has received all three tranches of Government housing grant. The total cost of construction is 500,000 NPR. | | | | Ward 7, Dupcheshwor Rural Municipality, Nuwakot: Integrated settlement where 74 households from ward 1 have been relocated. The houses are made up of Compressed Stabilized Earth Bricks (CSEB) produced locally. The construction of the houses is supported by OXFAM. | | | | Ward 2, Dudhpokhari Rural Municipality, Lamjung: Four room, two storey, load bearing brick and cement mortar masonry with flexible CGI roof. The homeowner has received a second tranche of Government housing grant and applied for the third tranche. | | | | Ward 1, Jugal Rural Municipality, Sindhupalchok: Two room, single storey, load bearing stone in mud mortar masonry. The homeowner has received a second tranche of Government housing grant. | | | | Ward 2, Sotang Rural Municipality, Solukhumbu: Two storey hybrid structure. The ground floor is stone in mud mortar and the upper floor is CGI with wooden bands with no partition wall. The homeowner has received a second tranche of Government housing grant. Few correction measures were suggested by the engineer after which he will be eligible for third tranche. The total cost of construction is 650,000 NPR. | | | | "I gained coordination and communication skills throughout the training, aside from the technical knowledge of building resilient houses," says Devi. The training provided many other aspects such as disaster risk management, gender and social inclusion and knowledge on how to work inclusively in the communities to support reconstruction. She is strongly | | advocating with the communities in her working area to incorporate all the earthquake resistant elements and to make the houses compliant with Government Building Codes and Standards so that the beneficiaries receive the government grants in time and other associated benefits.
She feels very proud of her role as a social mobilizer especially in being able to assist those beneficiaries who are still struggling to complete reconstruction of their houses such as single women, senior citizens, households with only children, as well as households with weak financial conditions.
She is grateful for having received such a great opportunity for not only increasing her knowledge and skills about reconstruction work but also for an enriching experience for boosting self-confidence and personal developments/empowerment. | | In the beginning, it was difficult to convince people regarding safer reconstruction, he says, "but I am happy now to see the increased awareness among the people and to see reconstruction progressing to 93% in my working area and in remaining areas as well."
"I feel happy and proud to have got an opportunity to work in the reconstruction and contribute to the Government of Nepal in building resilient houses and communities," he says. | |  The recovery profiles contain various updates on the reconstruction and recovery at the Municipal level for all 282 earthquake-affected municipalities . The municipalities are updating the profiles on a monthly basis with technical support from HRRP.
|  These highlights the reconstruction and retrofitting progress in all 32-earthquake affected districts at the municipal level. This data is updated by HRRP district staff in close coordination with municipal focal persons. The links will be automatically updated to provide the reconstruction snapshot (PDF) for the month. |  [CSV] , [PDF] A composite data-set for 282 municipalities (urban status, damage grade, reconstruction, retrofitting and vulnerable HHs as identified by NRA can be assessed here as CSV and PDF. The data-set is updated by the municipalities with support from HRRP. | | | Covid-19: How to engage marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement: Regional Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCEE) Working Group, an inter-agency coordination platform developed this guideline to provide technical support on risk communication and community engagement to novel coronavirus outbreak preparedness and response in Asia and the Pacific. The guideline explicitly outlines the importance of understanding issues of vulnerable populations for us to provide priority assistance and engage them in decision-making processes for response, recovery, preparedness and risk reduction. Helpline Services: Considering the psychosocial impact of the recent COVID-19, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Nepal has extended its helpline services to everyone who is in need. They provide both psychosocial and mental health services. Individuals and partners are encouraged to use this service from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM every day. TPO Nepal HELPLINE Toll Free Number: 1660 01 0 2005 ( call to this number is free of cost from NTC network). | | | |
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