People (7,625 women) benefitted from improved health services focusing on maternal and reproductive health in Nepal
275
People attended Primary Health Care Outreach Clinics, including antenatal care
12
Health facilities including 1 birthing centre received medical equipment and supplies
HOW WE SUPPORT HEALTH
Health services are extremely basic in the remote lower Solukhumbu, so many health issues go unattended. In partnership with local organisation Action for Nepal, we’ve been working to improve the health of the people—particularly women and children—living in Waku and Chheskam wards in Solukhumbu.
Vital medical supplies and equipment have been provided to the community health centres most desperately lacking in support. Local healthcare workers have received crucial training in primary healthcare, maternal and child health, and emergency medical care.
Our nurses have attended mothers’ group meetings to share information around safe maternal and child healthcare practices, and have supported the local Female Community Health Volunteers.
They have also conducted health education sessions in the schools of Waku and Chheskam, covering topics such as handwashing, oral hygiene, menstrual hygiene, and changes in adolescence.
EDUCATION
Education is the single, most important tool for lifting children out of poverty and every child has the right to access it
ENVIRONMENT
Through partnerships with local communities, we support local wildlife conservation and community-led responses to the effects of climate change
HOW YOU CAN HELP
We rely heavily on the generosity of supporters to reach the most vulnerable people in the Himalaya. Thank you for your support to provide life-changing opportunities for remote communities