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“...HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies Volume 37 | Number 2 Article 11 December 2017 Disaster Governance and Challenges in a Rural Nepali Community: Notes from Future Village NGO Lai Ming Lam Osaka University, christieJaiJam@gmail.com Varun Khanna Osaka University, varun.osakauni@gmail.com Rob Kuipers Osaka University, rob_kuipers@icloud.com Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya Recommended Citation Lam, Lai Ming; Khanna, Varun; and Kuipers, Rob (2017) "Disaster Governance and Challenges in a Rural Nepali Community: Notes from Future Village NGO," HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies: Vol. 37 : No. 2, Article 11. Available at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol37/iss2/11 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Macalester College This Perspectives is brought to you for free and open access by the DigitalCommons(2)Macalester College...”
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“...Disaster Governance and Challenges in a Rural Nepali Community: Notes from Future Village NGO Acknowledgements We wish to acknowledge the financial support provided by Osaka University for this research project. Furthermore^ we gratefully appreciate government officials; NGOs workers; scholars to share their disaster relief and recovery experiences with us. Finally we are very grateful to the many villagers in our research area who shared their views on; and experiences of; hope and hopelessness in post-earthquake time. This perspectives is available in HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies: http:/ / digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol37/iss2/11...”
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“...in reconstruction, which helped us to gain insight into broader perspectives on the community or family-level realities that hinder rebuilding and community revitalization. We conclude that by mobilizing earthquake victims, it is possible to rebuild houses and revitalize communities. Conversely, little progress can be expected in Nepal's rebuilding as long as poor governance and poor coordination between major reconstruction actors prevails. Keywords: Nepal earthquake, post-disaster relief and recovery, governance, NGOs, reconstruction. HIMALAYA Volume37,Number2 75...”
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“...double crisis. High transportation costs also limited recon- struction progress as much reconstruction work had to be suspended. Facing the increasing social turmoil and politi- cal uncertainty, many NGOs decided to finish their disaster relief work in Nepal earlier by December 2015 and gave up the long-term recovery and reconstruction projects. Little Gets Done Without a Reconstruction Policy Effective reconstruction policy must go hand in hand with good governance, which has been clearly discussed in the literature on disaster governance. Empirical examples indicate that effective coordination between the State and NGOs helps to overcome the relief and recovery challenges to those resource-poor countries (e.g. the earthquake in Turkey on August 17,1999). Civil society’s involvement strengthens the community’s resilience to future disasters (e.g. the earthquakes in Sichuan on May 12, 2008 and on April 20, 2013). Disasters can also transform the society on multiple levels. For instance, the...”
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“...if the rebuilding work is slow. They conclude that, in contrast with a state where power is centralized, the coordinated relationship between key stakeholders, including the state, local NGOs, interna- tional non-governmental organizations (iNGOs), and local communities, is the key to better recovery. They argue the role of the state is to create mechanisms for disaster-af- fected communities to self-recover by reinforcing their local knowledge and community resources. Nepal has faced many governance challenges in the post-disaster period. Political dysfunction resulted in a serious delay in the establishment of a reconstruction authority. During the Donor Conference in June 2015, the Nepali government promised to establish the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA). This authority was supposed to oversee all reconstruction work includ- ing eligibility assessment, project approval and policy implementation. It was also responsible for coordinat- ing, guiding and supporting the activities...”
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“...The NRA has encouraged NGOs and INGOs to deposit funds for private house reconstruction in the NRA’s Reconstruction Fund. During interviews, high-ranking gov- ernment officials pointed out that the one-door system is necessary to avoid poor NGO governance in the post-earth- quake context. While the number of NGOs and INGOs in Nepal has increased dramatically in the past three decades, their governance has long been questioned due to their lack of transparency in the monitoring and evaluation of project expenses and of their general activities (Dhakal 2007). This explains why the guideline requires at least 80% of an organization’s total project budget to be allocated to project activities, not staff salaries and traveling expenses, which is fair. However, this attempt to avoid corruption and mismanagement in NGOs has resulted in many NGOs simply giving up on their house rebuilding plans, or allo- cating funds to other recovery activities. It is estimated that less than 2% of the rebuilding...”
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“...beneficial school. This story illustrates that if better coordination existed among NGOs, we could distribute resources wisely and widely so that more schools could be benefited faster. The sustainability of the top-down reconstruction approach has been a serious concern. In our two-year observation, the coordination between the State, the NGOs and INGOs, as well as local communities, has been very limited. Instead of simply offering financial resources in an efficient way, we believe that good governance and effective coordination will determine whether Nepal can be rebuild. Our NGO experience in post-disaster recon- struction clearly demonstrates that there is reason hope for revitalization as well as immense hopelessness. Hope and Hopelessness: Future Village Housing Reconstruction Experiences The earthquake caused extensive damage in the rural vil- lages outside of Kathmandu, and the Future Village project area was no exception. All the houses had collapsed, and some people were killed....”
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“...well into the future. We talk about equality in rebuilding, but not about justice for the most vulnerable. These man-made aspects of the disaster that hinder revitalization of communities after natural calamities can only be resolved when all social institutions work together cohesively to create a better human society. By mobilizing earthquake victims, it is possible to rebuild houses and revitalize communities; conversely, little progress to rebuild Nepal can be made so long as both poor governance, and poor or no coordination between major reconstruction actors, prevail. Postscript After two years, the reconstruction process remains onerous. Out of the 750 affected national heritage sites, the NRA has completed the reconstruction of 20, while 132 are still under construction. In the private housing sector, 554,996 households (86% of eligible households) have received their first reconstruction installment, 14,466 households have been verified for their second install- ment, and 595 ...”
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