Targeting the emergency, LIFE Nepal has been implementing Risk Communication and Community Engagement, Nutrition, Education, Child Protection, Shock Responsive Social Protection and Flood Preparedness Programme in Madhesh Province with the support of UNICEF. The purpose of the programme is to establish community led approach to promote and sustain public health safety measures by preventing the loss of life to COVID-19 through supporting responses in risk communication and psychosocial support, addressing urgent humanitarian needs of children, adolescents, PwD, and families arising from the secondary impacts of renewed lockdown measures leading to malnutrition, protection issues, and disruption of learning, and preparing for response to the 2021 monsoon season within the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. The major achievements are:

Risk Communication and Community Engagement
– Improved access of communities for the adoption of Covid-19 preventive measures and services

Nutrition
– Reduced specific vulnerability of infants and children in context of COVID-19
– Sensitized caregivers, adolescent, pregnant and lactating women (PLW) on micronutrient needs

Education
– Learning continuity of children ensured through self-learning materials distribution and implementation of safe school protocols
– Developed alternative education plan to ensure continuity of learning

Child Protection
– Improved child protection mechanism through psychosocial support
– Improved services to GBV young survivors in regards with COVID-19 pandemic
– Improved child protection response services in regards with COVID-19 pandemic
– Improved mobilization of youth violence against children and border transits against trafficking in women and children
– Improved coordination and monitoring by stakeholders at provincial level

Shock Responsive Social Protection
– Community people are aware and responsive for social protection services provided by the government of Nepal
– People who do not have account in bank started to open account
– People realized the necessity of identity card for opening bank account, hence they processed for getting their identity cards

Flood Preparedness
– Staffs prepared for effective performance in disaster situation
– Capacity of community people enhanced to anticipate and cope with flood hazards
– A strategy for the flood affected areas with reference to mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery formulated
– Efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of disaster emergency response mechanisms increased at the local level