Preparing Civil Society Organizations in Responding Post Traumatic Institutional Stress during Disaster

Two days training workshops for civil society organizations in Gandaki Provience was completed. There were total of 30 participants representing different civil society organizations who are connected with the work of different disaster and disaster related program. There were the participants from Syangja, Rupandehi and Kaski who are working the civil society organizations.

The participants appreciated the workshop very much. They discussed the underlying causes and key issues of human resource management as well as to explore its strategies during disaster. They reflected on the post traumatic institutional stress and its management   in harnessing CSOs’ human capital and secure institutional knowledge from disappearance. They drafted strategy for the CSOs to capacitate themselves to continue working during and after disasters. Formed an organizational network to support each other during disaster response .  and possible access to Danish Emergency Relief Fund, Denmark (DERF) for further support to Nepal based CSOs.