Baseline Survey of Nepal Floods and Landslides Recovery Operation Report

Heavy rainfall since 10 August 2017 led to floods and landslides across 31 districts in Nepal that affected over 1.7 million people. After the rescue, relief and response phase, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and in country Partner National Societies (PNS) have started the early recovery activities. The purpose of this baseline study is to assess the existing situation of shelter; livelihood and basic needs; health; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); protection, gender and inclusion (PGI); and disaster risk reduction (DRR). The study provides baseline information on the outcome indicators of floods recovery operations of the Flood and Landslides Operation Project of the target municipal areas in 7 flood affected districts including Bardiya, Mahottari, Rautahat, Saptari, Siraha, Sunsari and Udayapur. The information will be used as benchmarks to measure the changes/progress of achievements on verifiable indicators presented in the recovery phase of IFRC Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA). The baseline values will be further utilized to compare with end-line values during the final evaluation of the project.