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“...2016). This left approximately three million people
without permanent shelter (Save the Children 2016). At
that time, most of these affected families were still living
in temporary shelter unsuitable for Nepal’s intense mon-
soons and cold winters. In some extreme cases, people
were even living in tents or had moved back into their
damaged houses (Basu 2016).
The slow reconstruction pace has been met with substan-
tial criticism both inside and outside Nepal, and many
organizations, including donors, have urged the Nepali
government to expedite the reconstruction and the
distribution of grants (Nikhil 2016). Despite this pressure,
the reconstruction progress only started to accelerate
in August 2016, when a campaign was undertaken to
finally distribute the reconstruction grant installment of
NRs. 50,000 to the affected families that had signed grant
agreements. This long-awaited installment was part of a
series of installments that the Nepalese government had
promised to grant and distribute...”
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“....
The NGOs are very suspicious of the one-door recon-
struction approach in Nepal. Some NGOs are concerned
that they will not be able to be accountable to their
donors for donations that are managed by the Nepali
government. In March 2016, we visited one influential
NGO that had planned to help poor villagers rebuild their
houses, but had changed their plans when negotiations
with the government broke down. One of the reasons
these negotiations halted was that this NGO was asked
to rebuild the entire district, but the NGO simply did not
have the ability to do so. The NGO was concerned about
handing over donations to the government. The NGO
officer pointed out that safe shelter for affected villagers
should be the top priority, but it was difficult to deal with
the bureaucracy. Finally, the decision was made to allocate
funding to less controversial reconstruction sectors, such
as education, health and water facilities. Five months later,
the officer told us that the MoU with the Nepali...”
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