Final Evaluation of Flood Operation 2014 supported by the IFRC in Nepal

In August 2014, torrential rains caused heavy floods and landslides in 23 districts throughout Nepal. A total of 202 people were reported dead, and 36,949 families (184,745 people) were affected. 10,193 families (50,965 people) were displaced as their houses were destroyed and 26,756 houses were partially destroyed. Four of the 23 districts: Banke, Bardiya, Dang and Surkhet were the worst affected and became the focus of the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) response. The operation, with a total budget of CHF 1.55 million, sought to provide immediate assistance to meet the humanitarian and recovery needs of a total of 8,000 families displaced by floods and landslides through the provision of emergency shelter assistance, water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, non-food relief items and early recovery assistance. The American, Austrian, British (UK Gov), Canadian (Can Gov), China (Hong Kong Branch), Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian, Macao and Swedish Red Cross Societies as well as VERF/WHO voluntary emergency relief gave cash contributions. Swiss Red Cross, Belgian Red Cross/Flanders, USAID, UNICEF and WFP also supported the operation in kind.

This is the evaluation of that response. It is based on document reviews, key informant interviews at national and local level and field data collection in one of the four most affected districts. It was commissioned by the Nepal Red Cross Society and IFRC Country Office and implemented in December of 2015.