AHAH Monthly Program Update - Nepal (April 2022)

NEPAL EARTHQUAKE RELIEF UPDATE APRIL 2022

TOTAL IMPACT

Current Activities

4,628

LAUR A/DEL 74,900+ VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEER DAYS 2,467 TA VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEERS LIVES IMPACTED

2,467

715

DAYS

5,818

STUDENTSJOBS BACKCOMPLETED TO SCHOOL

13,64

24 IN SCHOOL SCHOOLS COMPLETED PROGRESS

The team wished the first cohort of volunteers farewell in mid-March and welcomed the second cohort of excited volunteers! The staff team took the time between cohorts to perform reviews of tools and processes, to ensure the safety of volunteers, masons and staff members.

We’re delighted to have hired five local women as female masons and their training has already begun. The masons have been hard at work at Dudhauli health post, supporting the current work of rebuilding two new buildings and the septic tank. Take a look at the video on the left for an update from our Project Manager and Program Director in Nepal.

Partnerships Spotlight: NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief In addition to improving the physical infrastructure of the Health Post we are collaborating with national and international health care specialists to facilitate training and services to build capacity within the health post, with a focus on Maternal Care.

To provide the appropriate analysis of the requirements and to conduct the training, AHAH has collaborated with NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief.

The training package has been designed in collaboration with the health post and municipality to focus not just on the staff at this health post, but to conduct health-related training that will enhance the capacity of health professionals working around the Dudhauli Municipality. The training covers a variety of areas: -

Training on Public and Reproductive Health Promotion by Alternative; Communication Methods; Training on Ultrasonography (USG); Training for Female Community Health Volunteers; Training On Standard FIRST AID; Training On Psychosocial Aid.

We’re delighted to report that the first training sessions are underway and have been a great success.

Photos: (Top) Ultrasonography training with our partners, NATAN; (Left) Video update from our Project Manager and Program Director in Dudhauli

Disaster Profile On April 25, 2015, a 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal near the capital city of Kathmandu; the worst of its kind in more than 80 years. More than 9,000 people lost their lives, a further 23,000 were injured and there was major destruction of homes and infrastructure. The earthquake resulted in more than 5,000 schools being damaged or completely destroyed. On May 12, 2015, a second 7.3 earthquake struck the country, causing further devastation and loss of lives.

The earthquakes not only devastated homes and schools but severely damaged or destroyed more than 90% of healthcare facilities in disaster-affected districts.

Our Work Thanks to the crucial support of our partners, donors, local community and volunteers from around the world, we have been running impactful programs in Nepal since 2015. We have completed 24 schools to date, serving nearly 6,000 students. We have also implemented Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities, including toilets and water filtration systems at our schools.

In February, we returned to Nepal to build Dudhauli health post, aiming to increase resilience to events like COVID-19 and provide much needed additional medical services to local communities.

Our work involves rebuilding the two existing buildings to expand the capacity of the health post. In addition to these two buildings we will also construct a visitors toilet block, install water filtration, run community-led projects, facilitate healthcare trainings through our partner, NATAN, and complete landscaping works.

Photos: (Top) Volunteers soaking bricks in preparation for bricklaying; (middle) Volunteer compacting the backfilled soil; (bottom) Site Supervisor and volunteers on the construction site

About All Hands and Hearts We effectively and efficiently address the immediate and long-term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters. We communicate directly with local leaders and community members and then deploy our unique model of engaging volunteers to enable direct impact, helping to build safer, more resilient schools, homes and infrastructure.

Our Partners in Nepal

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