Tearfund Nepal Earthquake Response: Mid-Term External Evaluation Nov - Dec 2016

Over 8,790 people were killed and more than 22,300 injured when a 7.8 Magnitude earthquake struck Nepal’s Gorkha district on Sat 25 April 2015. A second earthquake measuring 7.3 Magnitude followed on Tue 12 May, close to Mount Everest. Tearfund had an existing presence in Nepal prior to the earthquake and after the disaster they launched a major response through new and existing Partners. 

The focus of the mid-term external evaluation was Tearfund’s DEC Phase 2a programme in Makwanpur District, where they are working semi-operationally with four national NGOs; Community Energy and Ecology Development Forum (CEEDF), Child Welfare Society (CWS), Multi-dimensional Resource Centre Nepal (MRC-N) and Rural Awareness Development Organisation (RADO). Partner interventions are in WASH, shelter, livelihoods, protection, child friendly schools, disaster risk reduction and resilience building. The goal of this evaluation was to assess the contribution that Tearfund and Partners' Phase 2 DEC funded projects have made in promoting recovery and building resilience and what can be added or strengthened to ensure that impact is sustainable and replicable.