Detailed, interagency assessments are being conducted to assess the extent of agricultural, infrastructure and livelihood loss and damage situation. Preliminary assessments of NRCS estimate more than 37,000 houses being either completely or partially damaged. Also hundreds of hectares of arable land are reportedly ‘sand-casted’. A major challenge now is to shift to an early and
medium term recovery mode, so that the livelihood of the disaster affected population is normalized.
It is estimated that 50% of the affected families need regular food support for the coming three months. As far as health issues are concerned, no major disease outbreaks have been reported so far by the various medical surveillance teams as well as mobile health camps in the affected areas. To address the high level of drinking water contamination, female community health volunteers are
being mobilized for awareness raising on water treatment, sanitation and hygiene.
During the second week of August, the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Mr. Matthew Kahane visited flood affected districts in the eastern region. Given the humanitarian support required by the aid communities, Mr. Kahane reiterated the need for the Basic Operating Guidelines to be respected by all so that there is no obstruction to humanitarian workers and delivery
of relief in the affected areas.
#UNOCHA #NRCS #FLOODS #NEPALFLOODS2007
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Publisher:
UNOCHA
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Type / Script:
Press Release
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Keywords:
FLOOD, DISASTER RELIEF, AID PROGRAMMES, FOOD AID, ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, DISASTER MITIGATION,CLIMATE CHANGE, EMERGENCY SHELTER, HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
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Thematic Group:
UNOCHA
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Humanitarian Coordination and Affair
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Thesaurus:
13.00.0A
- Humanitarian Aid And Relief
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