Country Risk Reduction Profile: Disaster Risk Reduction in Nepal

Nepal is at the mercy of significant natural hazards, and The UNDP report ‘National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management in Nepal’ ranks the country very high in terms of vulnerability to natural calamities. Save the Children’s programmes in Nepal focus strongly on building resilience amongst children and communities through preparedness, adaptation and mitigation. Collectively the programmes have directly reached over 151,700 children and over 219,000 community members.