case study ofcase study of Nepal
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devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Nepal, on April 25, 2015, injuring over 22,000 people and killing over 8,0001 in addition to causing significant infrastructure damage. The quake caused an avalanche on Mount Everest that killed at least 18 climbers, injured 41 others and trapped hundreds2 , making it the deadliest day on the mountain to date.3 Hundreds of impacted people required safeguarding and evacuation. In addition, intermittent electricity, cell tower and landline outages meant a number of people were stranded without a means of contacting help.
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The WorldAware team provided up to the minute situational intelligence to client organizations and conducted several operations to locate, validate proof of life, safeguard and evacuate impacted people country-wide in Nepal. WorldAware’s team monitored the unfolding situation in Kathmandu and the surrounding region to ensure all affected people were sheltered in place during multiple strong aftershocks that brought on mudslides and further infrastructure damage, making some roads impassable.
WorldAware in Action
When the 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Kathmandu, Nepal on April 25, 2015, WorldAware’s Global Integrated Operations Center team issued an alert to all clients. WorldAware raised its global readiness level to Alert and began triaging calls for assistance from organizations with impacted people in Nepal. An incident management team was assigned and immediately began coordinating with local resources to assess the situation on the ground in Nepal, conduct route surveys, identify locations for safe havens and planning to recover and assist people countrywide with evacuation or emergency relocation.
Situational Assessment: researched all information that could help verify proof of life and establish communications with impacted people.
Safety Check-in Protocols: initiated an electronic lifeline for people, even for those stranded in remote villages like the Himalaya Mountain area.
Communications: enabled electronic methods, and in some cases, note-passing to make contact to arrange safe havens and transport.
Safe-haven: removed people from impacted areas and ensured they were sheltered in place with basic necessities and provided secure transport to the airport once safe to do so.
Critical Intelligence Alerts: monitored post-disaster law-and-order conditions and threats, as well as, provided ground related and healthrelated advice. WorldAware’s Global Integrated Operations Center team pushed 11 critical alerts to clients during the Nepal earthquake.