But the short-term relief efforts also lay the groundwork for returning to a better, more resilient life later.
This is where our support for reconstruction comes in.
Our guiding principle of “helping people to help themselves” is also central to disaster relief – wherever possible, we involve those affected in the needs-based planning and implementation of our relief measures.
Our disaster relief is based on the humanitarian imperative as well as the internationally applied standards of humanitarian aid.
Earthquake region Nepal
The Indian and Eurasian continental plates meet in the Himalayas.
Their movement creates tensions in the earth’s crust that are repeatedly discharged in quakes.
Larger earthquakes like the one in 2015 typically occur about every 100 years.
A prediction is not possible according to the current state of science.
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Nuwakot after the earthquake. We never give up hope
On April 25, 2015, the earth shook in Nepal. There was a severe aftershock on May 12th. Back to Life was there as quickly as possible to provide help where it was worst. Nuwakot thus became the new project area and remains so to this day [...]
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Kimri on fire
19 families, 112 people and a fire that destroys everything. In Kimri, a remote, Buddhist village in Mugu, we carried out our largest construction project after a fire disaster. A reconstruction that mobilized special forces. -
Never dangerous again
A few weeks ago, before the onset of winter in the Mugu mountains, we returned to the small village of Kimri. The project visit was originally planned for spring, but due to the corona crisis we had to postpone our plans to autumn 2020. Good timing, because now the promised solar lighting systems were produced and could be installed by our employees.
