Disaster management

Rescue, Relief, and Rehabilitate — standing with communities during their most challenging times.

From relief to rehabilitation

Nepal is vulnerable to a wide spectrum of natural disasters due to its varied topography, ranking it among the 10 most disaster-prone countries in the world. Sewa International Nepal believes in serving humanity by incorporating the ideology of ‘3Rs: Rescue, Relief and Rehabilitate’.

From the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake to the Jajarkot earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic, our 588+ volunteers have been at the forefront of disaster response, distributing tens of thousands of relief items and establishing isolation centres across Nepal.

What we do

  • Rehabilitation
  • Relief distribution
  • Medical support
  • Volunteering
  1. Rescue

    Immediate efforts to save lives and evacuate people from natural or man-made disasters.

  2. Relief

    Essential aid, including food, shelter and medical assistance, to relieve immediate suffering and meet basic needs.

  3. Rehabilitate

    Restoring, rebuilding and resettling communities, physically and psychologically, so they can recover for the long term.

Our COVID-19 pandemic impact

Under the Help Nepal Combat COVID-19: Second Wave project, Sewa International Nepal worked with local governments and partner organisations to run quarantine and isolation centres, supply hospitals with oxygen and medicines, and distribute food and grocery kits where they were needed.

Sewa International Nepal COVID-19 relief poster: 21,960 cooked meals served, 361 isolation beds, 1,153 grocery kits, 800 oxygen cylinders, 32 oxygen concentrators, 588 Sewa volunteers, 7 isolation centres and 7,725 medical kits distributed
Sewa’s COVID-19 relief in Nepal, in numbers.

Areas of response

Serving across multiple disaster fronts with dedication and speed.

  1. Earthquake rehabilitation

    2015 Gorkha Earthquake

    After the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Sewa International Nepal built Aamako Maya Chhatrabas — a 4-story hostel in Bidur-2, Nuwakot — housing 50 earthquake-affected children with food and education. We also reconstructed schools in Charikot (Dolakha), Dhadingbesi (Dhading), and Chitwan.

  2. COVID-19 relief

    2020–2021 Pandemic

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, we executed a massive response under the “Help Nepal Combat COVID-19” campaign. We operated 7 isolation centres, distributed 1,153 grocery kits, supplied 800 O₂ cylinders and 32 concentrators to hospitals. A total of 588 Sewa volunteers served tirelessly.

  3. Jajarkot earthquake relief

    Following the devastating Jajarkot and West-Rukum earthquake, Sewa International Nepal immediately deployed relief teams. We distributed blankets (1,090 pcs), double blankets (300 pcs), tents (1,300 pcs), and grocery kits (300 pcs) across the affected districts.

Help us respond to disasters faster

Your support helps us provide timely rescue, relief, and rehabilitation to communities in need across Nepal.