Mobile Teams Delivering Child Protection and Education in Emergencies: A Case Study from the Nepal 2015 Earthquake Response

This case study describes how mobile teams deployed by Plan International after the 2015 Nepal earthquake provided critical information and emergency child protection and education services to young children and adolescents in the most remote mountainous areas.

In the aftermath of the 2015 Nepal earthquake, Plan International deployed mobile teams of community volunteers to reach the most remote mountain villages, isolated from humanitarian services due to landslides or distance to provide children, adolescents and their families with important information and multi-sectoral support to recover from the earthquake. A total of 59 teams of 4 volunteers were established. These mobile teams reached a total of 18,123 girls and 17,342 boys in the districts of Dolakha, Sindhupalchowk, Sindhuli and Makwanpur during the first 6 months of the response, from May to October 2015.