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4,844

People attended by the health service in Waku

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2,629

Females of reproductive age helped via Solukhumbu Women’s Health Project

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100%

Increase in understanding of contraception among health staff

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.

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EDUCATION

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ENVIRONMENT

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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