Health & Disability
NAFA has a strong track record in supporting Health & Disability related projects in Nepal.
NAFA has a strong track record in supporting both ongoing health and disability programs and one-off health-related projects.
Ongoing Health and Disability Programs
Our first funded project in 1991 was the funding of a remote cataract surgery eye clinic conducted by the Tilganga eye hospital in Kathmandu. NAFA has funded these clinics annually ever since.
In 2001-2, NAFA co-funded the construction of a remote health post with Ausaid in Tawal, which services 5 villages in the Gangajamuna Rural Municipality in the Dhading district. It supports the salaries of the two health workers there, including one with midwife qualifications.
NAFA also supports primary ear clinics through annual allocations to Himalayan Health and Hearing and the Nepal Association of the Hard of Hearing (NAHOH), based in Kirtipur in the Kathmandu Valley.
More recently, NAFA has taken on operational support for the Sungava Home for young women with an intellectual disability near Swayambhunath temple complex in Kathmandu.
One-off Health and Disability Projects
NAFA has supported a significant number of one-off health and disability projects, including:
- primary ear care and treatment clinics in several districts
- a five-year oral health program in the Gangajamuna Rural Municipality in the Dhading district
- health clinics targeting families who work in a carpet factory in Thimi in the Kathmandu Valley
- water infrastructure projects in several villages in eastern Nepal, in the Kathmandu Valley and in the Gangajamuna Rural Municipality in the Dhading district.
- a range of other initiatives, sometimes in partnership with Joy Foundation Nepal
Villagers in Tawal area see their first Dentist ever!
Dr Smita with grade 10 students dental hygiene talk Five female Nepali dentists from Kathmandu-based Kantipur Dental College Teaching Hospital and Research Centre, led by Dr Smita Dhakal, Dental Surgeon, conducted the first [...]
Biogas – Kophu
A deep hole dug for the cement fermentation and gas tanks, Kophu Solu Khumbu Location: Solu Khumbu Date: 2012 ongoing Partner: Shanti Youth Family, Kanku 6 Kophu Beneficiaries: 30 households comprising 168 [...]
Water infrastructure Kodari
The Griffin family at the school water tap, Kodari Location: Kodari – Sindhupalchok district Date: 2013 Partner: Shree Singa Devi Primary School Beneficiaries: 105 students in Grades 1 to 5 and 15 [...]
Improved cooking stoves for 9 rural villages in Ri VDC
Meeting of 300 villagers Location: Ri VDC, co-ordinated by Hilly Region Development Committee (HRDC), based at Tawal Date: November 2013 ongoing Beneficiaries: up to 1,000 households in 9 villages in Ri VDC [...]
High altitude fuel efficient stoves – Solu Khumbu
High altitude fuel efficient stove Location: Lumsa, Gernapur, Mulkarka and Narjing villages - Solu Khumbu Date: 2013 Beneficiaries: 173 households / 665 people Objective: To install fuel efficient high altitude stoves [...]
Water Infrastructure Chhermading
Location: Chhermading Okhaldunga Date: 2013 Partner: The Himali Lali Gurans Youth Club, Chhermading Beneficiaries: 200 people from 35 households and students from the local school. Objective: Construct water/surge tanks and relay pipe for better [...]