2015–2017 Nepal humanitarian crisis

The 2015–2017 Nepal humanitarian crisis developed out of lack of action following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake and its aftershocks and the compounding political factors of the 2015 Nepal blockade. As of July 7, 2016, the National Reconstruction Authority has not yet devised a plan for how to develop nor relocate the quake struck living in temporary and flimsy shelters. Therefore, the humanitarian crisis in ongoing and is likely to see a rerun into winter 2017 and beyond, especially in remote areas. In Sindhupalchok, the worst affected zone from the 2015 quake, the situation going into winter 2016-17 essentially the same as the prior year. Development indicators have dropped, Nepal was among the countries who had seen remarkable development gains pre-quake, post-quake reversal of gains has led to some 43% of the urban population lacks access to a toilet. It has been reported that one of the primary reasons for dropout and irregularity of girls in school attendance is the lack of toilets.

The US embassy in early November 2015 sounded the warning of a humanitarian crisis in Nepal, echoing non-governmental organizations. The issue of post-quake vulnerability has become lost in the increasingly vocal information war between Kathmandu and New Delhi, which has seen public denouncements at various United Nations offices.UNICEF has followed with a warning echoing US embassy statements.

A major humanitarian problem being overlooked by all governments—Nepali Indian or international—is that the most ignored communities, in the most inaccessible regions of Nepal and clinging to high mountain passes have yet to see any quake aid from Kathmandu, and while Kathmandu focuses on the immediate needs of people in the vicinity of cities, sadly the hardest-hit areas of Nepal by the earthquake, such as Gorkha District , sindhupalchowk District and Dolakha District the former where 90% of houses were destroyed, are likely to suffer most as Kathmandu has historically shown very little interest in them and transport is by mule in treacherous mountainous terrain as no roads exist. In particular Tamang and Chepang children were before the fuel crisis already were suffering from severe malnutrition as they were worst off. Having waited until winter is in full swing, the government in Kathmandu, now finally in December gearing for action, is lamenting it cannot efficiently deliver supplies to remote locations without helicopters. By Christmas 2015, snow had already fallen inhabited many parts of the country.

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