Detailed Needs Assessments- Dhading June-July 2015 Dhading Detailed Needs Assessment Nepal June - July 2015 ACTED HQ 33, rue Godot de Mauroy 75009 Paris,France Tel: +33 1 42653333 [email protected] Page | 1 Detailed Needs Assessments- Dhading June-July 2015 Contents .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 ACRONYMS ....................................................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 6 METHODOLOGY............................................................................................................................... 7 Tools................................................................................................................................................. 7 Sample size ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Data collection and analysis ............................................................................................................. 8 Limitations ....................................................................................................................................... 8 MAP ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Executive summary ............................................................................................................................ 11 Main findings ................................................................................................................................. 11 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 18 MAIN FINDINGS ............................................................................................................................. 27 Demographics .................................................................................................................................... 27 Table 1. Population per VDC ..................................................................................................... 27 Table 2. Number of Households per Caste per VDC ................................................................. 28 Contextual Background...................................................................................................................... 28 Damages caused by the earthquakes .............................................................................................. 28 Ward accessibility .......................................................................................................................... 29 Market Accessibility ...................................................................................................................... 30 Recommendations: ......................................................................................................................... 31 Shelter ................................................................................................................................................ 32 Type of Housing............................................................................................................................. 32 Figure 1: Housing types in Dhading .......................................................................................... 32 Vulnerabilities of Type of Housing ............................................................................................... 34 Assistance Received ....................................................................................................................... 35 Figure 2. Shelter Assistance per VDC (multiple answer) .......................................................... 36 Shelter Needs of the Communities ................................................................................................. 36 Figure 3. Living arrangements in Dhading after the earthquakes .............................................. 36 Women’s Perspective on Shelter Needs ........................................................................................ 37 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 38 Non-Food Items ................................................................................................................................. 39 Assistance Received ....................................................................................................................... 39 Figure 4. Non Food Items Assistance per VDC (multiple answers) .......................................... 40 NFI Needs of the Communities ..................................................................................................... 40 Women’s Perspective on NFI Needs ............................................................................................. 41 Page | 2 Detailed Needs Assessments- Dhading June-July 2015 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 42 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) ........................................................................................... 43 Main Sources of Drinking Water ................................................................................................... 43 Table 3. Number of households per Gravity Water Supply Scheme ......................................... 44 Damages to Water Sources ............................................................................................................ 44 Figure 5: Water availability per VDC ........................................................................................ 45 Women’s Perspective on Damages to Water Sources ................................................................... 46 WASH Needs of the Communities ................................................................................................ 46 Latrines and Hygiene Practices ...................................................................................................... 47 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 48 Food Security ..................................................................................................................................... 49 Assistance Received ....................................................................................................................... 49 Figure 6.1: Food relief received per VDC ................................................................................. 50 Figure 6.2: Food relief received per VDC ................................................................................. 50 Figure 7: How long the food would last after completion of field assessment .......................... 51 Food Needs of the Communities .................................................................................................... 52 Women’s Perspective on Food Needs ........................................................................................... 52 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 53 Livelihoods......................................................................................................................................... 54 Main Livelihoods ........................................................................................................................... 54 Figure 8: Main Livelihoods in Dhading ..................................................................................... 54 Crop agriculture ............................................................................................................................. 55 Plantation and harvesting time ....................................................................................................... 56 Livestock rearing............................................................................................................................ 56 Women’s perspective on Livelihood ............................................................................................. 57 Women in Katunje ward 8, FGD held on 12.06.15 ....................................................................... 57 Division of Labour ......................................................................................................................... 58 Table 4. Division of Labour in Agriculture ............................................................................... 58 Table 5. Division of Labour in Livestock Rearing .................................................................... 59 Women’s perspective on Division of Labour ................................................................................ 59 Assistance Received ....................................................................................................................... 60 Livelihoods Needs of the Communities ........................................................................................