Three months after quake, communities in Nepal express major concerns
Three months on from the earthquake in Nepal, feedback from communities across the most seriously hit districts gives a disturbing picture of unmet needs, lack of confidence in both the government and NGOs, and a sense that the path to recovery is slow and, so far at least, unsatisfactory.
Women in particular feel left out and marginalized. In a separate survey, frontline workers are also concerned about unmet needs–especially women’s–although they are more positive than communities about the fairness of the support provided and whether the relief effort is making progress.No surprise that people feel more should be done. But the data also provides many pointers for aid managers about how to be more responsive to the concerns of affected people. Working with our in-country partners, Local Interventions Group and Accountability Lab, we will be collecting data every month and feeding it into the decision-making process in Nepal.You can download the full reports to our two surveys here: Community Survey and Frontline Worker Survey. Each report includes the full data set, detailed analysis, and recommendations.The GTS program, which is part of the Inter-Agency Community Feedback Project, is funded by DfID, the IKEA Foundation, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and private donors through Global Giving.