Did the humanitarian response to the Nepal earthquake ensure no one was left behind? A case study on the experience of marginalised groups in humanitarian action

This report considers whether the\ua0humanitarian response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake successfully met the\ua0needs of vulnerable groups. \ua0It finds that two components of the response were particularly significant in exacerbating the challenges faced by vulnerable and marginalised groups: (i)\ua0the selection of beneficiaries, and specifically, the lack of a multi-sector needs assessment and agreed vulnerability-based targeting criteria, and (ii)\ua0the way in which distributions were conducted, specifically, the lack of information provided to vulnerable groups prior to distributions taking place, and the often prohibitive distance that vulnerable individuals were required to walk to distribution sites, which in many cases made it difficult for them to benefit from the distributions