Interventions which provided short and medium term support to communities affected by the 2015 earthquakes
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Dolakha, Kavre, Solukhumbu,
Gorkha, Rasuwa, Makwanpur
and Lamjung 
2015 -
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10,000 +
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What happened in the 2015 earthquakes?
The 2015 earthquakes in Nepal had a devastating effect on many communities in Nepal, killing nearly 10,000 people, injuring hundreds of thousands, and causing billions of rupees’ worth of damage.
In response to this devastation, GAN adapted its operations to ensure that we could respond appropriately to the earthquakes in both emergency and post-emergency phases, whilst retaining a skeleton staff in non-affected areas to continue our crucial education and social work there.
Phase 1 Response: Distribution of Materials
In the immediate aftermath of the earthquakes, GAN was heavily involved in the distribution of emergency materials, such as tents, blankets and drinking water, working with partners such as VSO and We World Onlus
Phase 2 Response: Temporary school construction
Between June and November 2015, GAN turned its attention to the construction of nearly 100 temporary schools, so as to get children back learning as quickly as possible, a benefit not only to their children but to their parents as well, so they could concentrate on rebuilding efforts.
Phase 2 Response: PTSD Training and Support
GAN also provided direct training to more than 500 teachers and parents in psychological counselling, since post-traumatic stress disorder was a specific challenge. In this we were supported by the Children and War Foundation
Phase 3 Response
Since December 2015, GAN has launched longer-term initiatives to support Nepal in building back better from the earthquakes. This includes:
- Opening a new training centre in Kathmandu to help create a new, better qualified generation of teachers, engineers, electricians amongst others, focusing especially on young people
- Implementing a vocational education project to enable young women to rebuild and refurbish housing and schools
- Continuing with our school and community based education programmes across Nepal, including developing out innovative EASEL school linking programme
- Developing a new income-generation programme to enable school and entrepreneurs pursue business opportunities which have both a social and economic benefit for Nepal
