Global: Social Workers in Nepal

Nepal: Social Workers at Frontline – Update

IFSW (2015). Retrieved from: http://ifsw.org/news/nepal-social-workers-at-frontline-update/

Since the Nepal earthquake struck on the 25th April social workers have been responding and engaging fully in the rescue and recovery efforts. Mr Om Krishna Shrestha, Secretary General of the Social Workers’ Association Nepal (SWAN) has been in regular contact with IFSW throughout this period providing updates on the challenges the social workers face and their responses.

IFSW Secretary General, Dr Rory Truell has congratulated SWAN on behalf of the international community:  Nepalese social workers have also suffered trauma and homelessness and find themselves in a very chaotic and uncoordinated environment where at times, the multiple agencies attempts to provide aid have caused more harm than good. But the social workers have organised to provide social work assessment services that guide the aid agencies and government to provide the right aid to the right people. The SWAN social workers along with the social work educators and students are demonstrating the power and significant contributions of the social work profession. IFSW stands in support and solidarity with Nepalese social workers in this challenging time. We honour their skills and contributions and wish them the greatest strength’, he said.

To see the first update from Mr Om Krishna Shrestha and Ms Pradipta Kadambari of the Nepal Schools of Social WorkUpdate, see this link

Read all of the updates here: http://ifsw.org/news/nepal-social-workers-at-frontline-update/