Early Recovery in disaster response: The Need and Strategy: Nepal experience

Submitted by Ms Megh ranjani Rai

Consultant DRR

Early recovery focuses on stabilizing communities from the impact of disasters, ensuring

means of livelihood are established and rehabilitation focuses taking into account the

principles of build back better. In Nepal the absence of coordinated support, and the

diversity in the ecological regions, and difficult terrain all compound to make it a

challenging task in ensuring that early recovery augment the ongoing emergency

assistance, improves coordination among responders both from the Government and the

humanitarian sector; that gender concerns are understood and mainstreamed in the

strategy and plans developed.

Some of the challenges encountered have been the need to advocate for an integrated

outlook on early recovery as a part of disaster mitigation and risk reduction to be

advocated for agencies and organizations beyond those working in humanitarian response

and strategically institutionalized within the State response system.

This paper intends to “walk through’’ these concerns culminating in the suggestions for

mainstreaming Early Recovery in State response systems.