Advocacy Forum in coordination with Tamu Dhee, Women Human Rights Network and Psychosocial Counselling Forum of Pokhara Kaski district provided psychosocial counselling and immediate relief materials to the earthquake victims of Larpak and Barpak of Gorkha taking shelter in Tamu Dhee center, Pokhara Kaski. The materials provided included mosquito nets, soaps, under garments, needle and threads, slippers, nail clippers etc..

Kathmandu: Advocacy Forum- Nepal, in response to the devastating situation in aftermath of the Nepal Earthquake, provided immediate relief to the survivors of the hardest-hit remote village of Gorkha District. On 10 May 2015, AF team visited to the quake survivors of Swara VDC (Ten hours walking distance from district headquarter) of Gorkha district and distributed immediate relief materials (i.e Rice, Daal, Salt, Noodles, Biscuits, cooking oil, sugar, beaten rice and tarpaulin) to the families who were in desperate need of basic needs and were beyond the reach of the Government aid. The relief materials were distributed to the 65 families in the presence of local authority of the Government.

On 25 April 2015 at 11:56 local time, a deadly (7.8) earthquake struck Nepal with an epicenter in Barpak, a mountain village of Gorkha district (144 km northwest) of Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. The earthquake severely affected 14 districts, out of 75 districts of Nepal, in the central and western regions of Nepal which includes hilly and mountainous regions including Kathmandu valley. Most affected districts are Sindhupalchowk, Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dolakha, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Kathmandu in the central region; Gorkha, Kaski, Lamjung and Palpa in the western region. The earthquake was followed by many powerful aftershocks including a powerful aftershock (6.7) on Sunday 26 April.

On May 12 another powerful earthquake (7.3) magnitude struck Nepal again with an epicenter in Dolakha district (75 km east from Kathmandu) which further caused extensive damage to buildings, historical property and physical structure due to which daily life of people has been completely paralyzed. Many (historic) buildings collapsed, temples have been ruined, roads destroyed and transportation halted. The ongoing aftershocks across the country further increased trauma amongst those affected. According to the national media, more than 8000 people lost their lives and hundreds of Nepalese and foreigners are still missing.