Health Awareness Programme, Nepal

NRN-NL and Guide Nepal, an NGO based in Janakpur, Nepal, have agreed to implement a Health Awareness Programme in two villages of Dhanusha district in Nepal during July-August 2009. With the financial support from SEVA Network Foundation, Netherlands (www.sevanetwork.net), the programme will provide a basic health and sanitation orientation to 300 marginalized and poor residents of Benga Shivpur and Sinurjora villages, close to Janakpur. The orientation will cover the topics such as: neatness and cleanness; safe motherhood; bird flue; and first aid help. A first aid kit will also be donated to each participant. Building up on this first step, which focuses on the basic awareness regarding health/sanitation, this joint undertaking envisions to be extended in the future to encompass a full first aid course including resuscitation by involving the local Red Cross organ and to run such programmes in other villages while building the capacity of the local trainers who can give first-aid courses in the primary and secondary schools.

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Non Resident Nepali Association has adopted the Devghat Briddhashram as its charity project and has appointed Mr. Jiba Lamichane and myself as co chairs of the project and we are working very hard to make it a reality with renewed vigor. I am working on fundraising in the USA and Canada while Jibaji is raising funds in other countries.

Devghat Briddhashram project is dedicated to building home for the Nepali Elderly in Devghat, Nepal. When completed, it will have 200 beds and will be built in phases, the first phase being a 50 bed housing unit for the elderly. It will have some private rooms, (one person per room), some semiprivate room (2 persons to a room) and some dormitory rooms (4-10 beds in a large room) and fee structures including “no charge” will be structured by the local organization with a view to make it self-sustainable.

Fund raising
Funds or building the Devghat Briddhashram will be raised by soliciting contributions from the Non Resident Nepalis (NRN) all across the world. Depending upon the donation in US dollars, the donors will be classified as:

Daiamond
$10,000 and over will have 2 private rooms dedicated in memory of those they choose.
Platinum:
$5,000 to $9,999 will have 1 private room dedicated in memory of those they choose.
Gold:
$2,500 to $4,999 will have one semiprivate room dedicated in memory of those they choose.
Silver:
$1,000 to $2,499 will have one bed in the dormitory will be dedicated in memory of those they choose.
General Supporter:
$1 to $9,999 will be listed as a general supporter and a receipt will be given to those contributing $100 or more.

Contributions can be made by any individual, family, a group or an organization and can be made in installments;
50% First year, 25% Second year, 25% Third year

Project Schedule
Foundation laying: October 11, 2006
Inauguration of 50 bed home: October11, 2007
Expansion to 100 beds; October 11, 2008
Completion of project: October 11, 2009.