Victims for Victims: Exemplary Resilience of Community People in the aftermath of Nepal Earthquake 2015
Journal Title: IOSR journal of Business and Management - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 1
Abstract
Role of community people in the post-disaster scenario has always proved to be crucially important. In the aftermath of Nepal Earthquake 2015, all walks of Nepali people displayed a high degree of resilience from the beginning of the ‘Response Operation’ there. Appreciably, despite loss of lives of near and dear ones and even much before outside help began to arrive, community people used their local resources, knowledge and skills to cope with the catastrophe. The strong relationships between community members and joint family structures of Nepal appeared to be a strong social capital that led them to get involved with response efforts rising above the self-interest. The study revealed that on the first and second day of initial response, it had been the community people who dominated the response operation with their contribution as 91% and 51% respectively while on the third day, their contribution had significantly reduced since other agencies gradually took over. Importantly, the community people showed such bravery despite the fact they had hardly any training in this respect and they themselves had been facing many difficulties. As such, the capacity and potential of community people should not be overlooked, and they need to be made very part and parcel of any disaster risk reduction programme.
Authors and Affiliations
Md Mahbub Jahan Khan, Md Momenul Islam, Mashroor Faiyaz Khan
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