Disaster Preparedness for Safer Schools in Nepal 2
Supporting Agency: American Red Cross and Nepal Red Cross SocietyLocation within Country: Bhaktapur, Nuwakot and Rasuwa
Project Period: 2011-2014
DPSS-2is based on the learning from the Disaster Preparedness for Safer School in Nepal which was implemented jointly by NRCS and NSET with the funding support and guidance from American Red Cross. Key approaches, modalities and lessons learned from DPSS 1 will be applied during the project activities. To make disaster preparedness a school priority, focus will be given to share the school safer concept at the district, regional and national levels. The program is conceptualized for scaling up and consolidating the experiences and lessons of previous efforts. This project covers 30 schools from three districts namely; Bhaktapur, Nuwakot and Rasuwa. The main objective of this project is the establishment of preparedness in schools and schools to the local communities.
