NEPAL FLOODS 2017

The rains are over but the problems aren’t

“I was in the kitchen, ready to serve the meal when the water flooded my house,” recalls Gulab Devi Khand from Sakalpura of Saptari district, “I screamed as the water level rose up to my chin, and my family members and neighbors gathered around to clear the debris that had already been around by...

Temporary shelters set up people whose houses were damaged by the floods in Dalwa of Rampur Malhaniya in Saptari district

Responding to the Terai Floods

Oxfam in Nepal, together with its partner organisations, supported people who were affected by the floods in Saptari, Sarlahi, Rautahat and Banke districts by providing them with emergency supplies. The damaged caused by the monsoon rains of 2017 left 159 people dead, 28 missing, and 45 injured.