Social Activist Jyoti Gaire Shares Experience Managing Flood Victims' Holding Center in Bidur
Summary
Social activist Jyoti Gaire helped run a holding center for more than three weeks in Bidur after the devastating Bhote Koshi flood, providing food, shelter, health services, sanitation, and psychosocial support to more than 230 displaced people. She described the disaster as one of the most destructive her generation has seen and said the experience left her deeply traumatized.
Key Points
- Jyoti Gaire and the Golyan Foundation operated a holding center at Chandrayoti Secondary School in Bidur for 25 days after the Bhote Koshi flood.
- More than 230 displaced residents received food, shelter, health care, sanitation, and psychosocial counseling at the center.
- Gaire said the destruction and human suffering were unlike anything she had seen, including the 2072 earthquake and the COVID pandemic.
- She said her team decided to go to the disaster area and take direct responsibility instead of only announcing aid from Kathmandu.
