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Summary

This video is a glimpse of the initiation taken by DPNet Nepal to localize Sphere in Nepal. The video focuses on the impact of landslides on the Siranchok Rural Municipality in Gorkha and the community's efforts to mitigate these risks. The landslide affected agriculture, posed a threat to settlements, and disrupted public transportation. The community actively engaged in utilizing local resources, including human resources and indigenous knowledge, with coordination from the local government and support from DPNet. The mitigation actions involved cleaning debris, constructing drains and walls, and employing indigenous technologies. Challenges included distrust in indigenous knowledge and ensuring community participation. However, through sensitization programs, publications, and replicating successful approaches, the community successfully mitigated landslides. The positive outcomes include no recorded landslide events after mitigation, a sense of safety, resumption of agricultural production, and uninterrupted public transportation. The full video can be viewed as Video on Low cost Landslide Mitigation on the YouTube channel of DPNet Nepal.