Earthquake Response

Bimala Tamang speaks up - Credit: Bed Prasad Dhakal/Oxfam

"Just because we don't have certificates you cannot ignore us"

How a rural woman leader challenges high level officials during a policy dialogue about Oxfam's policy paper Building Back Right

Restoring life after earthquake

Saroj Bista from Salyantar in Dhading district lost his house in the 2015 earthquake. His brother got trapped under the rubble but Saroj managed to pull him out. The young farmer got hired as a…

Bimala Balami features the front cover of the Annual Report - Credit: Kieran Doherty

Oxfam's Annual Report 2015/16

This Annual Report covers Oxfam in Nepal's most challenging year so far. After the devastating earthquake of April 2015, a massive response was organised to support close to half a million survivors…

Oxfam volunteer Shekhou Khadka (23) works to off load latrines being delivered to the Tundikhel IDP camp in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is one of 500 volunteers trained to react in the event of an earthquake during the urban risk management program - Aubrey Wade/Oxfam

Oxfam helps close to half a million earthquake survivors

In the span of a year, Oxfam in Nepal and its local partners provided life saving support to close to half a million people across seven districts in the wake of the devastating 2015 earthquake. …

Bimala Balami participates in a Cash for Work programme in her hometown Dakchinkali, restoring an irrigation channel after the devastating earthquake of 2015 - Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

Cash for Work empowers women earthquake survivors

Investment is at the heart of Oxfam’s cash-for-work programs, which engage villagers in short-term community improvement projects.

The female friendly toilets in Khoplang, Gorkha - Credit: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

Oxfam supports adolescent girl students after earthquake

Sunita Maharjan

In Nepal countless adolescent girls stop going to school when they have their monthly period. Oxfam is supporting them with female friendly toilets.

Oxfam volunteer Shekhar Khadka (23) works to off load latrines being delivered to the Tundikhel IDP camp in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is one of 500 volunteers trained to react in the event of an earthquake during the urban risk management program - Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam

Oxfam helps close to half a million earthquake survivors

After the devastating earthquake, Oxfam and its partners provided life saving support to close to half a million people across seven districts.

Woman mason in Gorkha district - Credit: Abdullah Ampilan/Oxfam

Women in a men’s world

Abdullah Ampilan

In a workforce dominated by men, I was surprised to see two ladies in the training of masons in Gorkha district. I went with the WASH team to witness their activities in the field particularly in…

ost her house in Sanagaun village during the April 25 earthquake. After the earthquake, she lived in a tent built with plastic sheets in front of her old house - Pablo Tosco/Oxfam

Building Back Right

'Building Back Right' explores the challenges and opportunities to ensure that reconstruction and resettlement policies and programmes are inclusive of women and those who are…

Elderly earthquake survivor waits for transport after receiving a Winterization Kit - Credit: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

Nepal’s most vulnerable risk exclusion from recovery one year on from earthquake, Oxfam says

A year on from the catastrophic earthquake, some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in Nepal risk being excluded from the reconstruction process, said Oxfam in a new report released today.

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