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This paper explores the channels, media, and tools used for communication during the reconstruction of private houses after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal, their effectiveness in providing quality information to the beneficiaries, and their correlation with the reconstruction outcome of the construction time period. With the aid of both qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches, three target groups (beneficiary, implementation, and policy levels) were surveyed for this study. Comprehensive communication strategies and programs with ample resources, especially at the local and community levels for local mass media and person-to-person information sharing was done to disseminate information to end-users on time.