Health
NAFA has a strong track record in supporting health-related projects in Nepal.
Our first funded project in 1991 was the funding of a remote cataract surgery eye clinics conducted by the Tilganga eye hospital in Kathmandu. NAFA has funded these clinics annually ever since.
NAFA also supports primary ear clinics through annual financial assistance to Himalayan Health and Hearing and the Nepalese Association of Hard of Hearing, based in Kirtipur near Kathmandu.
NAFA co-funded the construction of a remote health clinic with Ausaid in Tawal, which services 5 villages in the area. It supports the salaries of the three health workers there, including two with midwife training. One of the workers, Sunita Tamang, is the most qualified midwife in that local government area comprising more than 25 villages.
NAFA also funds regular health clinics targeting low income families who work in a carpet factory in Thimi.
Disability
NAFA has been proud to support, sometimes in partnership with Joy Foundation Nepal, a number of projects targeting people with a disability.
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 [...]