Four months since the 25 April earthquake, affected communities continue to face multiple hazard risks and remain in need of aid. Heavy rains brought by the monsoon over the past month continued to trigger landslides and floods across the country. While in general the humanitarian situation has improved, hundreds of thousands of people still need shelter, food, access to water and sanitation, medical care, education and protection. During the monsoon season, there has been an increase in water borne disease cases. According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health and Population, 29 cases of cholera have been confirmed in the Kathmandu Valley. In collaboration with the Government, the WASH Cluster has provided some 2 million people with emergency water assistance and 435,400 people with sustained water through the provision of emergency repairs to damaged water systems.
An estimated 1.4 million people continue to require food assistance to meet their daily dietary requirements while 1 million people need to protect and restore their agri-based livelihoods. Of the over 700,000 households whose homes have been destroyed or damaged, just over 50 per cent have been provided with emergency shelter – durable shelter solutions are urgently needed.
Early recovery activities and restoration of livelihood continue to be implemented across the affected districts. Out of the 2 million people targeted by the Early Recovery Cluster, 871,000 has been reached. An estimated 36,000 households have benefitted from safe demolition and debris removal and some 200,000 people, including 109,000 women, benefitted from rehabilitated community infrastructure.