HelpAge International

The seed fund will be used to test assumptions of the value in bringing generations together for collective action on climate Change, and methods to support this. It is recognised that each context may require different approaches. Outcomes and learnings from this small project will be used to inform develop a bigger project. We will be building on HAI's and Restless' learning from the Bringing Generations Together for Change initiative, and learning what are the shared (and distinct) concerns and suggested actions across the generations when it comes to responding to the climate crisis/climate change.

The project aims to respond to three key challenges: the increase in disaster risk in the South Asia region, specifically in Bangladesh and Nepal; the growing numbers of older people who are particularly vulnerable to such disasters; and the current lack of inclusion of this vulnerable group in Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) initiatives. It will address these issues by: working with communities to increase their capacity to assess and mitigate disaster risk faced by older people; improving the ability of actors to deliver inclusive humanitarian assistance; and establishing a Regional Emergency Fund (REF) to make seed funding more readily available for low profile natural disasters.

4010 older women and men and their families (16,040 people) in Bangladesh and Nepal have built disaster prepared livelihoods in order to lessen the immediate impact of disasters.

As a storyteller, HelpAge will identify and secure participation from a primary storyteller in Nepal who will be able to explain the impact the disaster had on their life and what efforts made by HelpAge and their partners were most critical. In addition, HelpAge will identify and secure participation from additional storytellers as appropriate and requested.

Development of evidence-based analysis of immediate needs and priorities and impact of earthquake

To provide appropriate, winter-proof transitional shelter for people in Nuwakot district (including older people households) whose homes were destroyed or badly damaged by the earthquake through the provision of a pack of shelter materials, tools, blankets, a cash grant and orientation and information on how to winterise the shelter using locally available materials.