Flood Relief 2025
In October 2025, continuous heavy rainfall caused severe flooding across Garuda, Durgabhagwati, and Rajdevi Municipalities in Rautahat District of Madhesh Province. Overflowing rivers and drainage channels submerged homes and farmland, disrupted transportation, and placed significant strain on essential services. Hundreds of families were displaced, and health facilities—particularly those providing maternal and newborn care—faced major disruptions. In response, Chay Ya Nepal...[ read more ]
Rebuilding And Knowledge Transfer
Nepal is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. In the last decade, earthquakes and floods have destroyed more than a million homes. This project will focus on west Nepal where 79,000 families are in urgent need of safe houses after the recent earthquake in November 2023. The situation is very challenging. The location is remote, transportation is difficult and...[ read more ]
Flood Relief 2024
Summer is monsoon season in Nepal – from June to September, 70 – 80 % of the annual rainfall occurs. Floods and landslides are therefore not uncommon during this time. However, such unrelentless downpours drowning two thirds of the country at the same time is extreme. From 27/09 – 29/09/2024, torrential rains hit Nepal so hard that some areas were...[ read more ]
Earthquake Relief, Jajarkot Rukum
On the night of November 3 to 4, 2023, the earth shook in the province of Karnali (magnitude 6.4). Over 150 people died in the districts of Jajarkot and Rukum. Over 8,000 houses were destroyed and thousands of families were left with nothing from one moment to the next. In addition, winter is approaching and the nights are already freezing...[ read more ]
COVID-19 Relief
The year 2020 will be marked by the worldwide spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus and the subsequent severe lung disease COVID-19. What originated in China at the turn of 2019/20 spread from Asia to Europe, then to North and South America, Africa, the Arab world and back to the South Asian countries. Already on 11 March 2020 the WHO...[ read more ]
Flood Relief Support 2019
Heavy rainfall in mid July 2019 caused landslides and flooding in 32 Districts across Nepal. Flooding was most severe in 11 Terai districts of Provinces 1 and 2. A large loss of life and damages to assets, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, food stocks, crop and livestock all have a significant impact on food security in the region. An estimated...[ read more ]
Earthquake Relief
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake triggered on 25 April 2015, followed by many aftershocks caused devastation in mid hills and mountain of Nepal. Almost 9,000 people have been killed, with more than 22,000 people injured. Nearly 800,000 houses have been destroyed or damaged, along with 30,000 classrooms, government offices and heritage sites. Chay Ya operated relief distribution after this devastating earthquake...[ read more ]
Flood Relief
The incessant rainfall from 11 to 14 August in 2017 caused terrible floods and huge landslides in 31 districts of Nepal. Among them 19 districts were severely affected. As of As of 20 September, there were 160 reported deaths, along with 43,400 destroyed homes and 191,700 others partially damaged. Nearly 21,000 households were still displaced.
Rebuilding And Knowledge Transfer
Nepal is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. In the last decade, earthquakes and floods have destroyed more than a million homes. This project will focus on west Nepal where 79,000 families are in urgent need of safe houses after the recent earthquake in November 2023. The situation is very challenging. The location is remote, transportation is difficult and...[ read more ]
Flood Relief 2025
In October 2025, continuous heavy rainfall caused severe flooding across Garuda, Durgabhagwati, and Rajdevi Municipalities in Rautahat District of Madhesh Province. Overflowing rivers and drainage channels submerged homes and farmland, disrupted transportation, and placed significant strain on essential services. Hundreds of families were displaced, and health facilities—particularly those providing maternal and newborn care—faced major disruptions. In response, Chay Ya Nepal...[ read more ]
Flood Relief 2024
Summer is monsoon season in Nepal – from June to September, 70 – 80 % of the annual rainfall occurs. Floods and landslides are therefore not uncommon during this time. However, such unrelentless downpours drowning two thirds of the country at the same time is extreme. From 27/09 – 29/09/2024, torrential rains hit Nepal so hard that some areas were...[ read more ]
Earthquake Relief, Jajarkot Rukum
On the night of November 3 to 4, 2023, the earth shook in the province of Karnali (magnitude 6.4). Over 150 people died in the districts of Jajarkot and Rukum. Over 8,000 houses were destroyed and thousands of families were left with nothing from one moment to the next. In addition, winter is approaching and the nights are already freezing...[ read more ]
COVID-19 Relief
The year 2020 will be marked by the worldwide spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus and the subsequent severe lung disease COVID-19. What originated in China at the turn of 2019/20 spread from Asia to Europe, then to North and South America, Africa, the Arab world and back to the South Asian countries. Already on 11 March 2020 the WHO...[ read more ]
Flood Relief Support 2019
Heavy rainfall in mid July 2019 caused landslides and flooding in 32 Districts across Nepal. Flooding was most severe in 11 Terai districts of Provinces 1 and 2. A large loss of life and damages to assets, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, food stocks, crop and livestock all have a significant impact on food security in the region. An estimated...[ read more ]
Earthquake Relief
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake triggered on 25 April 2015, followed by many aftershocks caused devastation in mid hills and mountain of Nepal. Almost 9,000 people have been killed, with more than 22,000 people injured. Nearly 800,000 houses have been destroyed or damaged, along with 30,000 classrooms, government offices and heritage sites. Chay Ya operated relief distribution after this devastating earthquake...[ read more ]
Flood Relief
The incessant rainfall from 11 to 14 August in 2017 caused terrible floods and huge landslides in 31 districts of Nepal. Among them 19 districts were severely affected. As of As of 20 September, there were 160 reported deaths, along with 43,400 destroyed homes and 191,700 others partially damaged. Nearly 21,000 households were still displaced.