(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Joint Nepal Relief Campaign, comprising Qatar Red Crescent, Qatar Charity, Eid Charity, and RAF, has developed an action plan for large-scale relief operations in quake-hit Nepal.
The activities are being carried out under the supervision of the Qatar Authority for Charitable Activities. Within two hours of a television show on May 12, the campaign raised more than QR28m.
A large-scale intervention plan was developed for local and international organisations working in Nepal. Currently under study, the plan consists of three phases, a QRC statement said yesterday.
The first phase includes emergency relief, which involves distributing tarpaulins to the affected families in 52 districts. To date, figures show that the gap in this respect is nearly 20,000 pieces.
The next phase is to help the affected families in 27 districts with sheltering packages and financial aid to build temporary shelters using materials collected from ruins.
There are two sheltering packages: Basic non-food items, including two blankets, kitchenware, two tarpaulins, a toolkit, and $120 to purchase materials such as wood and metal structures; and the same package with the tarpaulins replaced with corrugated iron.
First, 40,000 families will receive the first package containing tarpaulins, which will then be replaced with iron sheets for the remaining 30,000 families, to ensure more protection against unstable weather and reuse if the units are damaged.
The third phase for recovery involves rebuilding and raising awareness in the distressed communities about proper building standards. The Nepal government has halted building activities for two months, until new building standards and guidelines are approved.
The recovery process targets 17 districts most affected by the quake, at an estimated cost of $2,000 per house - not including sanitation facilities. The architectural designs are being reviewed to decide on the final measurements and costs in the light of local resources.
Under a separate plan, QRC staff will continue to establish mobile clinics in the towns of Nuwakot district, covering communities that cannot reach clinics easily, launch personal hygiene campaigns to reduce diarrhoea and skin infections, and distribute food and non-food items such as blankets and generators to target areas.
It will procure extra medicines and medical consumables, find solutions to secure emergency sheltering before the rainy season, train the local community in using water and sanitation and medical units as part of capacity building, and make a detailed study for more sheltering projects.
Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.