Location: Dhading district, ( 1 day jeep drive & 1.5 day walk from the main roadhead town of Dhading)
Date: August  2009
Partner: Hilly Region Development Club/ Duscheni  village committee
Beneficiaries: Appx 100 households in Duscheni village
Objective: To supply water piping and materials for tap stands to replace old and damaged water infrastructure system already in place.
Details: The village applied for funding assistance and in November 2009 a NAFA member visited the area and checked the piping all the way to the source and found many breaks in the line.  After a report was submitted, the NAFA committee approved funds which were transferred to the local HRDC.
Outcomes:  When members visited the area in January 2010 the work that the villagers had completed was checked and found to be well done. They had laid over 1 km of new pipe from the new spring and cemented in new tap stand through the village for easy access for all residents.

Keshab from NAHOH conducting primary ear care

Location: Kathmandu, Tawal village and VSN School, Thimi.

Date: From January 2010, with initial approval period of three years.

Partner: Local NGO Nepal Association Hard of Hearing (NAHOH  www.nahoh.org.np), which provides education regarding hearing difficulties, primary ear care screening and treatment services to people in Nepal.

Objectives:
1. To deliver primary ear care and hearing services to disadvantaged people throughout Nepal by providing clinics, hearing assessment, education regarding prevention of hearing difficulties, and hearing devices.
2. To support the work of NAHOH through subsidy of office rent, training of NAHOH staff and supply of audiology equipment.

Working in the field - Tawal

Outcomes: As of September 2011, the HearingNEPAL team have made two visits to the remote village of Tawal where they conducted a primary ear care clinic for 450 school children and provided hearing assessments, hearing aids, listening devices and specialist ENT referrals, for adults. Primary ear care clinics, hearing assessments and treatment have been provided for students at VSN School, Thimi and for adults in the Thimi community. At Tawal, the senior health worker Beg has been trained in the use of hearing medical equipment left with the health clinic to provide preventative, assessment, primary treatment and follow up service.

Keshab is trained in using lastest ear care technology

Details: Sue and Lew Tuck from Whitsunday Hearing initiated HearingNEPAL in conjunction with NAFA and NAHOH. Activities undertaken in conjunction with NAFA focus on supporting NAHOH to deliver valued primary ear care services in schools and other organizations and continuing hearing testing and fitting of hearing aids when needed. Lew and Sue will travel to Nepal on a regular basis to: review progress of individuals fitted with hearing devices, work with NAHOH to provide hearing assessment and primary ear care camps, and assess and assist new clients. HearingNEPAL also provides services to other areas of Nepal e.g. Solu Khumbu and the Tsum Valley in addition to its NAFA targeted areas.

Please see HearingNEPAL website: http://hearingnepal.org/ for details of particular activities in different areas of Nepal.

Location: Okhaldunga district, 3 days walk from Salleri village in the Lower Solu Khumbu
Date:  July 2010
Partner: Shree Patale Lower Secondary School, Patale
Beneficiaries: 200 students and teaching staff
Objective: Construct 3 school toilets (girls, boys and staff)
Details: There were no toilets at this school for over 200 children and school staff.  They were forced to use the surrounding bush which was not a hygienic situation.  The school applied for A$2,420 to construct this toilet building when NAFA members visited the school in early 2010.
Outcomes:   The application was approved at the NAFA July 2010 meeting. In January 2011 NAFA members visited the school  and viewed the completed toilet block which was well constructed.

3 toilets