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“...had been wrenched apart by the
disaster and its aftermath.
Conclusion
The Nepal earthquakes of 2015 and their aftershocks
exposed gaps in the state’s institutional ability and will-
ingness to address catastrophe, despite the work that
has been done on earthquake preparedness. The events
which have unfolded in the aftermath of Spring 2015 have
exacerbated the lack of trust between Nepali citizens
and the state. While the government has made efforts to
organize earthquake reconstruction through the National
Reconstruction Authority, the success of the govern-
ment’s claim to ‘build back better’ remains to be seen. In
this Perspectives piece, I have highlighted the ways that
different kinds of citizen and volunteer responses to the
2015 earthquake helped fill gaps created by institutional
dysfunction, and how social media and more traditional
forms of media played crucial roles in these efforts. The
government would be wise to study these grassroots
responses as a model for rebuilding and...”
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“...As a way of illustrating these points, let us return, in
closing, to the example of Tsering Tamang. Upon discharge
from Bir Trauma Center, she was refereed to an impro-
vised rehabilitation facility run by an organization called
the Nepal Healthcare Equipment Development Foundation
(NHEDF). Tellingly, this home, organized by volunteers
and supported through informal networks, was a citizen
response to non-functional and non-existent state insti-
tutions. Despite the free treatment Tsering received at
the Trauma Center, she did not have access to any state-
funded rehabilitation center. When I last visited Tsering
at the NHEDF rehabilitation center,13 14 she was all smiles,
having taken her fist tentative steps on her newly healed
leg. This moment represented the collective first steps of
all earthquake-affected people in Nepal: tentative, hopeful,
forward looking, and with a strong sense of determination.
Robert E. Beazley (M.S. Natural Resources, Cornell
University, 2013) is a PhD candidate...”
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1(1): 1-22.
Henley, Robert. 2005. Helping Children Overcome Disaster Trauma
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Kathmandu: Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
Hume, Tim. 2015. Nepal Earthquake’s Victims Overwhelm
Hospitals. CNN, 15/07/2015.
(Accessed on 3 September 2015).
Kathmandu Post. 2015a. Counselling Service...”
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“... A Study of the Challenges Faced by Persons with
Disabilities in Post-Earthquake Nepal. Kathmandu: Social
Science Baha and the United Nations Development Program.
Maharjan, Uttam. 2015. Psychological Counseling for
Quake Victims. The Rising Nepal, 21/05/2015. (Accessed on 3 September 2016).
Maru, Duncan, Kalaunee, S. P., and Shanta Bahadur
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Murton, Galen, Austin Lord and Robert Beazley. 2016. A
Handshake Across the Himalayas: Chinese Investment,
Hydropower Development, and State Formation in Nepal.
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