As a response to the 2015 Nepal earthquakes Shock Safe Nepal was founded to function as platform intended to contribute to the development of knowledge on earthquake safe housing. The project started on initiative of the Consul General of Nepal to The Netherlands Cas de Stoppelaar and the faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CiTG) of Delft University of Technology. Five students went to Nepal; our purpose was twofold what resulted in two reports. The goal of report one is to serve as a base that can be used and expanded by future Shock Safe Nepal groups. Literature study, field work and interviews have been performed resulting in main findings serving as an exploratory introduction on the context of Nepal, and potential future research topics. In the second report we explored one of these research topics ourselves; construction on slopes in ribbon developments. To perform our tasks we spend 8 weeks in Nepal; 7 weeks in Kathmandu and surroundings for interviews and fieldwork, and 1 week trekking through the epicentre of the second major earthquake.