Construction of Memorial Park in Name of Departed Souls of Gorkha Earthquake 2015

Prepared and Presented byYouth’s UNESCO Club

Youth Federation Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal

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30th October 2015

Background

• 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Gorkha, Nepal on 25th April 2015 at Gorkha, Nepal.

• 8,956 people lost their life including Nepalese and Foreigner.

• Most of National Heritage Sites are completely damaged.

• Major governmental buildings were also damaged.• 22,000 + people were injured.• Millions of private property was damaged.7th Youth Looking Beyond Disaster in Kathmandu, Nepal , Youth Action Plan, Youth’s UNESCO

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Objectives

The major objectives of the project is constructing a theme park to demonstrate losses due to Gorkha Earthquake for future generation:

More specifically, this is research project that focuses on:• Constructing a memorial park in name of departed souls.• Plant and grow one tree in name of one departed soul.• Construct smaller models of heritage sites describing the

damage that occurred• Establish a learning center and museum presenting

major disasters in Nepal.

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Implementation Strategy

• Youth’s UNESCCO Club will implement the pre- construction and construction phase with support from Youth Federation of Nepal.

• Youth Federation Nepal will manage post-construction and operational phases.

• Implementation of Project involves experts from Youth’s UNESCO Club/Youth Federation Nepal, Family member of departed ones, Local youth clubs and concerned Government line agencies

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Roles and Persons Involved

S. No Name Designation Roles Remark

1 Rimesh Khanal President, YUC Project Coordinator

2 Ramji Sapkota Vice President Public Relation/Coordination with GoN & YFN/Planning

3 Bibek Adhikari General Secretary

Office Management and Administration

4 Nirmal Karki Secretary Project Designing and Planning

5 Ranjan Aryal General Secretary/HERI

Project Designing and Planning

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Beneficiaries

• Demonstrating loss from disaster will provide a lesson for upcoming generations

• In addition, planting trees in name of departed ones will provide relief for family members.

• It shall be a learning center to understand loss of lives and heritage sites for everyone.

• Memorial park will be a center for Biodiversity, Employment and Revenue Generation.

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Implementing Organization

• Youth’s UNESCO Club shall be responsible in coordinating and implementation for all activities for the project.

Institutional Partners• Implementation of the proposal will require

additional partners other than local bodies like metropolitan city from:– Youth Federation Nepal – Family members of departed souls – Government of Nepal

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Duration & Timeframe

• Duration of the project will be 2 years. • Earlier 6 months in research for land selection, Project

planning and preparing Detailed Project Report (DPR)• Next 6 months for construction of physical

Infrastructure • Plantation of trees will be done after construction of

physical infrastructure.• At the end of the 2nd year, the park will be open for

everyone

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Overall Budgets

• Overall budget for the implementation for proposal is estimated to be 205,000 USD including all kinds of lab test implementation works as presented below:

S. No List of Activities Estimated Cost (USD)

1 Feasibility study and preparing of DPR 15,000

2 Construction of Physical infrastructure including models of heritage sites

150,000

3 Purchase of trees (50% aid from govt) 20,000

4 Misc 15,000

5 Land Purchase Subsidy from Government

Total 205,0007th Youth Looking Beyond Disaster in Kathmandu, Nepal , Youth Action Plan, Youth’s UNESCO

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Monitoring and reporting Modalities

• Youth’s UNESCO Club shall establish internal monitoring mechanism to ensure project is moving on good track.

• If project is seen to be deviated, internal mechanism will alert and find any faults.

• Internal monitoring mechanism team will submit its regular progress to partner organization in bi-monthly basis.

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