Flooding, by far is the most destructive force of nature that causes erosion of agricultural lands and human settlements. HDC Nepal is also a consortium member of LWF funded Nepal Emergency Relief Fund (NERF) since 2007 and also managing warehouse of emergency relief supports of non-food items in Morang, Jhapa.
Recently, HDC Nepal implemented a comprehensive project entitled Water Induced Disaster Risk Reduction Project (WIDP) on the periphery of Kankai Mai of Kanakai Municipality in partnership with Shapla Neer by adopting the river basin approach, named as ‘One River One Community Approach’, covering the entire communities residing on the corridor of Kankai river,up-stream through down-stream. The project has been implemented in Kankai Municipality and Shivasatachhi Municipality of Jhapa district with the overall goal of strengthening the disaster resilience capacity of communities.
Community based disaster management committees (CDMCs) are directly involved in the construction and plantation activities. Consequently, CDMCs have been operating as organisations and undertaking DRR management activities such as: informing the people in the community and beyond about the potential disaster/danger through the use of siren, mobile phones and other means and to be in safe side during the disaster (e.g., to higher grounds, take along important documents, medicines, etc.)
