Kathmandu: Zonta Club Kathmandu has completed a targeted emergency relief campaign benefiting 250 disaster-affected families. The initiative provided direct relief to households in Bidur Municipality Ward No. 7 (Tupche, Nuwakot), including displaced families performing final rites in Kathmandu following the recent catastrophic flash floods.
The recent flooding along the Trishuli corridor caused severe damage in Bidur Ward No. 7. Local assessments indicate that approximately 250 households and 400 individuals have been affected in this ward alone. Among those impacted are 50 women who have lost their husbands or whose spouses remain missing, and 3 children who have lost both parents.
On September 7, a team from Zonta Club Kathmandu undertook an arduous 18-hour journey through damaged road networks to personally hand over emergency kits to families in Ward 7, Tupche. Prior to this, on September 6, the organization distributed 65 relief packages to displaced families temporarily staying across various mourning shelters in Kathmandu while performing final rites for loved ones lost in the disaster.
“While immediate survival needs and basic food supplies are being addressed, our focus must now rapidly move toward long-term recovery,” said the President of Zonta Club Kathmandu. “In Tupche, we witnessed extraordinary community dignity and unity despite immense tragedy. Moving forward, we must ask: How do we empower the women who have lost their livelihoods so they can stand on their own two feet again? How do we support children who have lost their parents, easing their trauma and motivating them to return to the classroom? Restoring their education, dignity, and hope is vital.”
The Club expressed its gratitude to local guides Krishna Bahadur KC and Rajan Prasad Adhikari, and all participating club members whose support made the rapid logistics possible. Following this relief effort, Zonta Club Kathmandu is developing long-term rehabilitation strategies focused on female economic empowerment and educational continuity for children in the affected region.
