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Community Responses to the Impact of Activities Conducted by DIPECHO-CPDRR
(Community Preparedness for Disaster Risk Reduction in Central and Eastern Nepal)

(2007, 20 mins, DV-Cam).

Language:	Nepali
Subtitle:	English
Production Coordinator:	Megh Ranjani Rai
	Kul Bahadur Moktan
	Anil Maharjan
Narration:	Sonam Dolkar Lama
Edited by:	Deepak Rauniyar
	Tsering Rhitar Sherpa
Assistant Director:	Deepak Rauniyar
Produced & Directed by:	Tsering Rhitar Sherpa

 

A Mila Productions film produced
for
DIPECHO-Lutheran World Federation, Nepal
and The European Commission

Nepal is a landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia bordered by Tibet to the north and by India to the south, east and west. Nepal boasts eight of the world's top ten highest mountains, including Mount Everest, and is famous for its tourism, trekking, and national wildlife parks, and its many beautiful temples and places of worship.

However, Nepal is also one of the most natural disaster prone countries in the world.

Variable climatic conditions and active tectonic processes have made her vulnerable to various types of natural disasters. In addition, other man-made factors such as unplanned settlement, lack of public awareness, increasing population, weak economic condition and low literacy rate have also made her vulnerable to various types of natural disasters. With these factors in view, DIPECHO put into operation a project called "CPDRR - Community Preparedness for Disaster Risk Reduction" - in 4 municipalities in Kathmandu, one municipality and four VDCs each in Jhapa and Rautahat. DIPECHO-CPDRR focused on flood and earthquake, and contributed to disaster risk reduction by enhancing awareness, capacity building, community preparedness and institutional responsiveness.

This film documents the community responses to the impact of activities conducted by DIPECHO-CPDRR.