The Lutheran World Federation Nepal Program
Country Director: Dr. Bijaya Bajracharya
Country Office
House 138, Chun Devi Marga Ganesh Basti, Maharajgunj-4,
Po Box 3330, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: 977-1- 4720152, 4720217, 4720225
The devastating earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and 7.3 that struck Nepal in April and May 2015 caused 8,891 casualties and 22,302 injuries. Similarly, 608,155
residential buildings were completely destroyed while 298,998 were partially damaged. Furthermore, 2,687 government buildings (including schools and health posts)
collapsed completely while 3,776 were partially damaged. Likewise, 743 historical and archaeologically invaluable heritage sites and monuments were affected, causing 133 to
fully collapse, 95 to partially collapse and 515 to be partly damaged1 . Out of 35 districts affected by the earthquake, 14 were severely affected.
At the beginning of the relief phase (April-July 2015), LWF Nepal distributed lifesaving relief materials i.e. tarpaulin sheets and ready-to-eat food (water, noodles, biscuits, beaten rice, etc.) in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts. It expanded its outreach to remote and hard-hit areas of Sindhupalchok, Dolakha, Rasuwa, Makawanpur, Kavre
and Nuwakot districts a week after the earthquake. Furthermore, LWF Nepal diversified its relief packages based on ground needs and cluster recommendations. It provided tarpaulin (emergency shelter) to 17,363, hygiene kits to 10,592,non-food items to 18,043, ready-to-eat food to 5,122 and basic food to 6,353 households.