Nepal: 3 years after the earthquake
A resident of Sindhuphalchowk district, the hardest hit area in Nepal’s 2015 earthquake, Juta Giri was identified by her community as being particularly vulnerable when it came to reconstructing her house: as a single mother with young children, she didn’t have the means to rebuild herself with the grants provided by the government. Her new house was therefore built last year by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), as part of a project funded by EU Humanitarian Aid, which focusses on supporting the construction of seismic resilient houses for the most vulnerable families affected by the earthquake. Since then, she has been hired to assist in the rebuilding of other houses under the project, thereby providing her with a welcome source of livelihood. She now says she is interested in becoming a mason!
© European Union 2018 (photo by Pierre Prakash)
Nepal: 3 years after the earthquake
A resident of Sindhuphalchowk district, the hardest hit area in Nepal’s 2015 earthquake, Juta Giri was identified by her community as being particularly vulnerable when it came to reconstructing her house: as a single mother with young children, she didn’t have the means to rebuild herself with the grants provided by the government. Her new house was therefore built last year by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), as part of a project funded by EU Humanitarian Aid, which focusses on supporting the construction of seismic resilient houses for the most vulnerable families affected by the earthquake. Since then, she has been hired to assist in the rebuilding of other houses under the project, thereby providing her with a welcome source of livelihood. She now says she is interested in becoming a mason!
© European Union 2018 (photo by Pierre Prakash)