List of ongoing and Completed JICA’s Recovery and Rehabilitation Projects HOUSING Project Title Duration Contribution Amount JICA’s Support for ’s Earthquake Recovery Emergency Housing Dec 2015 – March 2021 USD 96 million (Loan) –Build Back Better Reconstruction Emergency School Reconstruction Dec 2015 – August 2019 USD 112 million (Loan) On 25th April 2015, a devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.8 (source: USGS) struck Nepal with its epicenter in the Gorkha District which is approximately Emergency Rehabilitation of Aug 2015 – Sep 2016 USD 2 million (Grant) 77 km northwest of Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. Followed by several Schools Out of target households, major aftershocks, tremendous impacts were caused on various aspects of the Transitional Project Implementation Aug 2015 – March 2017 USD 5.5 million (Technical 2,157 masons, 894 engineers, and 54,443 started Nepalese society. Nearly 9,000 people were killed and 22,000 injured. Over half Support for Emergency Cooperation) 6,518 house owners have been 40,839 (75%) a million houses were fully or partially damaged, with 3 million people rendered Reconstruction Projects trained, and 19,960 participants construction and 17,123 (31.5%) homeless. Further, the earthquake not only damaged infrastructure such as Rehabilitation and Recovery from June 2015 – Dec 2019 USD 16 million (Technical attended community meeting. completed construction. housing, schools, hospitals, cultural heritages, roads and so on, but also severely Nepal Earthquake Cooperation) (as of Mar 2018) (as of Feb 2018) impacted people’s livelihood options and the local economy. Rehabilitation and Recovery from Feb 2016 – Jun 2019 USD 32 million (Grant) Nepal Earthquake (Sub-projects) Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), being a long-time development Assessment of Earthquake Disaster April 2015 – April 2018 USD 5 million (Technical SCHOOLS partner for Nepal, has been supporting the Government of Nepal and its people Risk for the Kathmandu Valley Cooperation) in the post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction, by pursuing the principle of Rehabilitation of the Heritages in July 2016 – July 2021 Approx. USD 3.7 million Build Back Better (BBB). Kathmandu and Patan Durbar (Counterpart Funds) Square Build Back Better (BBB) Integrated Research on Great August 2016 – July 2021 USD 3 million (Technical Earthquakes and Disaster Cooperation) 184 classrooms Total 237 Schools will be Mitigation in Nepal Himalaya (walls, windows, doors, etc.) were reconstructed (83 schools in Phase 1, “Build Back Better” is the guiding principle to use a disaster as a chance to rebuild resilient society by integrating disaster Map of JICA’s major assistance for earthquake recovery repaired in 3 districts through 27 schools in Phase 2 and Map of JICA’s major assistance for earthquake recovery risk reduction into development measures, making nations and emergency rehabilitation grant. 127 schools in Phase 3). communities more resilient to future disasters. It aims to improve LEGEND (as of Mar 2018) Most Affected Districts living, environmental and livelihood conditions, not to recreate the District Boundry Districts JICA Support same vulnerability through the reconstruction process. Other Districts Kathmandu QUICK IMPACT PROJECTS Road (UNISDR, Working Text on Terminology, 2016) Earthquake GORKHA Epicenter

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DHADING Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Rural NUWAKOT SINDHUPALCHOWK Housing, Schools, Hospitals, Cultural 1,556 earthquake victims 1 DOLAKHA Out of 27 Quick Impact Projects Heritages and Other Infrastructure KATHMANDU received livelihood enhancement (QIPs) are being implemented, 11 support such as vegetable LALITPUR Construction and 5 Livelihood BUILD BACK BETTER Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) to restore MAKWANPUR growing skills, quality seed KABHREPALANCHOWK RAMECHHAP Projects were completed. production, and goat raising skills. 2 small public facilities and improve livelihood (as of Mar 2018) of earthquake victims OKHALDHUNGA 80% of them are women.

SINDHULI Development of the Kathmandu Valley 3 Resilience Plan and District Reconstruction For more information Plans Emergency Loan Emergency Grant Emergency JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) NEPAL SUPPORTING NEPAL FOR for Housing for School Rehabilitation Rehabilitation for KB Road National Life Insurance Building, 3rd Floor and Sindhuli Road Disaster risk assessment and Emergency Loan PROGRAM GRANT AID Lazimpat, Kathmandu, Nepal for School Bridge Phone: 01-4425636 Fax: 01-4425658 EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY 4 enhancement of Nepal’s disaster risk Construction Email: [email protected] reduction capacity Water Supply www.jica.go.jp/nepal/english BUILDING RESILIENT NEPAL Hospital Reconstruction www.facebook.com/jicanepal

JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) NEPAL National Life Insurance Building, 3rd Floor, Lazimpat, Kathmandu, Nepal Phone: 01-4425636 Fax: 01-4425658 Email: [email protected]

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LEGEND Most Affected Districts District Boundry Districts JICA Support Other Districts Kathmandu Road Earthquake GORKHA Epicenter

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DHADING NUWAKOT SINDHUPALCHOWK

DOLAKHA KATHMANDU

BHAKTAPUR LALITPUR MAKWANPUR KABHREPALANCHOWK RAMECHHAP

OKHALDHUNGA

SINDHULI

Emergency Loan Emergency Grant Emergency for Housing for School Rehabilitation Rehabilitation for KB Road and Sindhuli Road Emergency Loan PROGRAM GRANT AID for School Bridge Construction Schools WaterH SupplyOther Infrastructure Cultural Heritage Livelihood Recovery JICA places a high priority on rehabilitation and reconstruction of ImmediatelyHospital after the earthquake, JICA undertook a quick rehabilitation of damaged JICA is also providing Japanese expertise for rehabilitation of cultural JICA also provides technical support for improving livelihood for schools, as providing adequate learning environment will lead to securing Kathmandu-Bhaktapur Road and Sindhuli Road, both of which were constructed heritages which have been damaged by the earthquake. A heritage community members in Gorkha and Sindhupalchowk whose children’s future. Immediately after the earthquake, JICA provided emergency through JapaneseReconstruction grant schemes. JICA is also undertaking reconstruction of expert has been assigned to the Department of Archaeology for supporting the livelihood options were either lost or damaged due to the earthquake. Some of assistance for rehabilitating partially damaged school facilities and quickly repaired other infrastructure such as hospitals, roads, and bridges through the following rehabilitation work of the following sites. The cooperation is also expected to the initiatives are as follows. 184 classrooms in total. The ongoing project supports reconstruction of disaster- Grant schemes. enhance the overall capacity of the Department of Archaeology to effectively resilient schools, based on the earthquake-resistant type design guidelines for schools implement reconstruction and rehabilitation of cultural heritages of Nepal. • Goat farming for women’s groups in Barpak VDC, Gorkha formulated by JICA. The rebuilt schools are expected to serve as potential regional • Reconstruction of hospitals in Kathmandu • Improvement in vegetable farming practices for women’s groups hubs for improving the quality of education. • Reconstruction of drinking water transmission system in Chautara, Sindhupalchowk • Shiva temple, Aganche temple and Hanuman Dhoka Gate in Kathmandu • Improvement in maize and potato farming practices for poor farmers • Construction of 5 bridges along the Barhakilo-Barpak Road in Gorkha Durbar Square • Improvement of production quality by providing better quality seeds Dharmodaya Secondary School- • Degu Talle temple in Patan Durbar Square Gorkha(under construction)

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Aganche Temple, Basantapur National Life Insurance Building, 3rd Floor, Lazimpat,Paropakar Kathmandu, Maternity Hospital Model Image Nepal Newly Constructed Path Pradarshak Secondary School, Phone: Badikhel, Lalitpur 01-4425636 Fax: 01-4425658 Email: [email protected] Degu Talle Temple, Patan Vegetable farmers from Sindhupalchowk Housing Small-Scale Public Infrastructure JICA aims to restore and improve the living condition of earthquake victims through providing funds for the Government’s housing To improve the quality of public services in earthquake affected reconstruction scheme. Under the scheme, benefi ciarywww.jica.go.jp/nepal/english households receive grants areas, JICA is reconstructing various types of small-scale public in 3 tranches if they are on track to reconstruct a seismic-resilient house. JICA has infrastructure through its Quick Impact Projects, including the following. supported formulation of guidelines for building earthquake-resistant houses, as well as the actual reconstruction of housing by following the guidelines. Furthermore, JICA • Buildings of Maneshwara and VDCs in Sindhupalchowk, and is conducting training for masons, engineers and house owners on safer building Barpak and VDCs in Gorkha Daraudi Khola Bridge(Under Construction) in Dhodeni, Gorkha. skills. Currently JICA’s assistance is targeted in Gorkha and Sindhupalchowk. • District Agriculture Development Offi ce building in Chautara, Sindhupalchowk • Women and Children Offi ce building in Chautara, Sindhupalchowk, and in Barpak, Gorkha • Health Post building in Barpak, Gorkha GUIDEBOOK FOR High quality seed production in Sindhupalchowk Goat handover to women in Barpak RECONSTRUCTION OF EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT HOUSES • Amppipal Hospital in Municipality, Gorkha

Supporting Compliance with the National Building Code, Nepal For House owners Recovery Planning and Disaster Preparedness

Roof Band: RCC: Concrete 1:1.5:3 Vertical reinforcement: Reinforcement mainbar 12mm*4, reinforcement 12mm rebar Foop6mm@150mm

Wall: Stone masonry in cement mortar 1:4

Lintel Band: RCC: Concrete 1:1.5:3 Reinforcement mainbar 12mm*4, Foop 6mm@150mm Sill Band: RCC: Concrete 1:1.5:3 JICA supports Gorkha and Sindhupalchowk districts to develop a BBB- Reinforcement mainbar 12mm*2, Foop6mm@150mm

Plinth Band: RCC: Concrete 1:1.5:3 Reinforcement mainbar 12mm*4, Foop6mm@150mm

Foundation: Stone masonry in cement mortar 1:41 based district Recovery and Rehabilitation Plan (RRP). A Kathmandu Valley Resilience Plan (KVRP) is also prepared to serve as a comprehensive policy framework for disaster risk reduction. Further, JICA projects have developed Masons Training January, 2016 landslide hazard maps for these two districts, and conducted an earthquake risk assessment for the Kathmandu Valley. It analyzes potential human, infrastructural, Government of Nepal Ministry of Urban Development Department of Urban Development 1 and Building Construction and economic damages against future earthquakes and provides a scientifi c Babarmahal, Kathmandu Guidebook for Earthquake Resistant Houses Newly Constructed District Agriculture Development Offi ce, Chautara, Sindhupalchowk. basis for the above-mentioned plan. Newly Constructed Palungtar Area Police offi ce in Gorkha