Health Awareness project 2011
An article written by Pradeep Tamang induced us to propose a Health Awareness project. In that article Pradeep Tamang described the bad situation concerning health care in Duble and he stipulated that better education was one of the possibilities which could help to improve this situation.
For projects in health care we do not have the knowledge neither the capacity, but supporting an educational project perfectly fits our objectives.
Our point of view is: if you cannot be of help in health care then you concentrate on prevention of health care problems. More education and more care for cleanliness can halve the sickness occurrences.
When we gave notice that we were prepared to sponsor such a project the people of the local foundation Dublelee Milijuli Samuha (DMG) started to work on it. The project proposal is formulated by Mr. Pradeep Kumar Tamang and Mr. Kame Sherpa.
They found the experts, who could carry out the project. That was Ms. Lhakpa Doma Sherpa of the Rural Community Health Service Center Nepal in the neighbour village Ragani and a team of the hospital in the town Okhaldhunga (Public Health Unit Ragani), i.e. Mr. Dilli Karki, the team coordinator, and two of his assistants (Health Workers) Mr. Dipak Khatri and Miss Chandra Kumari Rai.
Also the chairperson and the treasurer of the Rural Community Health Service Center, Mr. Ang Kaji Sherpa en Mr. Namgyal Sherpa, were present.
Rural Community Health Service Center in VDC Ragani 9 is founded with financial support of Micro Projects Nepal in The Netherlands ( http://www.microprojectsnepal.org/).
- The program provides 3 days instruction which conforms to national programs in health care,
- From each household in the VDC one person is attending. Care is taken that the so called key persons (natural leaders, lamas, sjamans, teachers, representatives of some organisations) will be present.
That brings the total number of participants to 152.
- On the occasion of this project we give the community two stretchers and each participant will be given 2 strips of Paracetamol and 2 sachets ORS (to make drink to be used during diarrhoea).
- Cleanliness
- HIV/AIDS
- Typhoid and respiratory problems
- Gender Violence
- Diarrhoea
- Safe motherhood
- Parasite worms
- Immunization and family planning
- Tuberculosis
- Medicines.
The article of Mr. Pradeep Tamang about health care in Duble, that gave rise to the project is available at the website of Stichting Nijmegen Sherpaland ( http://www.nijmegen-sherpaland.nl/en/youtube-channel/77-health-care.html).
- it was appreciated that from each house in VDC-9 one person could participate,
- it was a good idea that each morning the program started with a discussion of the matter learned the day before.
- also the relaxed attitude during the three days was much appreciated.
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The experts
Participants
Participants
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