Given the scale of destruction wreaked by the earthquake, rebuilding is likely to require a lot of investment.
The earthquake has revealed the importance of public/community spaces as hundreds of people found safety and refuge in these limited spaces.
The operations of many BFIs have been impacted due to physical damage to their properties and ensuring that the offices are fit for people to work from.
The Haiti quake provides a useful insight into the problems of coordination of relief.
Recovery and reconstruction almost always takes much longer than the affected population would imagine.
Connecting people to people, without the politics of government or the bureaucratization of the traditional aid community is the best hope for Nepal’s recovery.