- Action Planning Workshop for Tomorrow's Khokana held in Lalitpur
- "Action Planning Workshop for Tomorrow's Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City" Held in Lamahi, Lumbini Province
- Media Interaction held on plan for Tomorrow’s Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City
- Art Competition on Tomorrow’s Rapti City held in Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City
- National Tabletop Simulation Exercise by NDRRMA MOHA
- Workshop on Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Aftershock Forecasting was held in Lalitpur
- 26th National Symposium on ‘Earthquake Risk Reduction and Management in Nepal’ held in Kathmandu.
- Mason Training begins in Darjeeling, India
- 26th Earthquake Safety Day observed in Nepal with the slogan: Let's promote use of Local Resources and Technology for Earthquake Resilient Structures
- Shaping Visioning Scenarios for Rapti, the Lumbini Provincial Capital City in Nepal
- View all
US Congress Representatives visit Earthquake most hit areas of Sankhu, Kathmandu
A team of US Congress Representatives visited Earthquake most hit areas of Sankhu, Kathmandu on August 19, 2015. The visiting representatives walked along the streets to city core areas worst hit by Gorkha Earthquakes, witnessed the devastations and interacted with affected individuals and communities with the views to learn how US Government and people could join best in reconstruction and recovery efforts.
The team was constituted of Representative Vern Buchanan (FL), Representative David Price (NC), Representative Susan Davis (CA), Representative Adrian Smith (NE), Representative Jim McDermott (WA) and Representative Dina Titus (NV). The team was joined by Chargé d’Affaires John Carwile and also Beth Dunford, USAID Mission Director, Bill Berger, Sr. Regional Advisor, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance and Laureen Reagan, Director, Disaster Risk Reduction and Reconstruction, USAID.
As per the sources, the US Government has contributed over $60 million to earthquake relief efforts and is adjusting existing programming to ensure a robust recovery plan. USAID provided basic shelter kits to 2,000 households in Sankhu. NSET’s Urban Regeneration project will include an analysis of Sankhu’s settlement as a potential pilot area.
The visit was coordinated locally by USAID/Nepal, ACTED and NSET.
Gallery
