Children's Voices, Children's Rights

Over one million children are estimated to have been affected by the earthquakes in Nepal on 25 April and 12 May 2015 which resulted in massive destruction and the death of almsot 9,000 people. Children, who represent 40 percent of the population, suffered trauma and loss.

This report is based on consultations with 680 children in five of the most severely affected 14 districts, and interviews with 36 officials at central and district levels. The consultations highlight the high rate of penetration of the Nepal earthquakes response (97.5 percent of consulted children acknowledged to have benefitted from relief assistance), likely due to the ‘blanket approach’ adopted by the government and the humanitarian community. Despite this breadth of assistance, the overall activities for recovery and reconstruction need to be substantially accelerated. Pledges made at the June 2015 donor conference remain to be fully utilised. Restrictions in movement of materials and supplies following protests against provisions contained within the newly promulgated constitution compounded this.