Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) living in remote Himalayan districts of Nepal have little or no access to physiotherapy or assistive devices. People have to walk days to reach the nearest health facility. One can only imagine what the situation is for PWDs who are confined to their homes. This project targets those 1000 PWDs who are in compelling need of basic health, physiotherapy and assistive services close to their homes, hence, improving their overall social, mental and physical health.

PHASE Nepal works in remote and isolated areas of Nepal supporting free primary health care, livelihood and education improvement, supporting PWDs, disaster risk reduction, research and now Covid-19 response. PHASE Nepal provides direct health services to more than 90,000 patients/year in remote Humla, Mugu, Bajura, Sindhupalchok and Gorkha. Thus, this project aims to save lives of health workers and community workers by supporting their treatment incase of possible infection & complication.

PHASE has been strengthening basic primary care and maternity services via government health posts with a team of its medical staff in remote regions of Mugu, Humla and Bajura of Karnali area along with remote areas of Gorkha and Sindhupalchok districts. Recently these remote villages have become the hotspot of covid-19with several hundred people ill and several deaths. PHASE aims to provide lifesaving support to them by setting up resourceful isolation beds with oxygen, medicine & staff support

Provide essential healthcare services to a remote Himalayan community. There is no other health provision in a 60km radius for a population of over 5000: PHASE health workers are saving lives in Nepal. At the moment of the current crisis of COVID-19, the project team will provide essential emergency services. In addition, the project team will work to support the community to prevent the infection, identify suspicious cases and refer to the locally made quarantine houses.

Education is one of the greatest tools we have to tackle poverty and gender inequality, yet in rural Nepal less than 30% of children complete primary school. We believe that one of the first steps to empowering communities and improving education is to ensure that teachers are trained, supported and equipped to deliver excellent standards of education in an environment where children can effectively learn. We need your help to deliver this vision.

Last year, a powerful earthquake caused devastation in many areas of Nepal. Remote regions, such as Gorkha and Sindhulpalchok, were among the worst-affected, with some people losing everything. PHASE had been working in these areas for many years, and within days was coordinating an emergency response to hand out relief and keep essential services running. Now, PHASE is supporting permanent rebuilding and long term recovery of these communities so they can again become self-sustainable.