Physical Health Nepal Project #19113

MOSQUITO NET TO THE 600 POOREST FAMILIES IN NEPAL

by Nepal Village Foundation, UK

Project Report | May 4, 2016
The Project Completion Report

By Krit Sharma | Project Leader

The mosquito net beneficiary

Hurrrrrray! the project is completed. We purchased 1200 long lasting insecticide mosquito net from Tamilnadu India in April 2015. The project was scheduled to be completed by July 2015. But it didn’t due to import duty issue with Nepalese Government, the 6 months long political agitation in the country and the painful Indian Customs. However, the project is completed now and the 870 families are sleeping in the net safely and peacefully.

Need of the project;

The three villages where, currently we are working are in malaria high risk area and it is difficult for the poorest to afford any protection against malaria. Economic loss, particularly to the poorest is severe when the malaria mosquito infects them. This also affects the children's health and progress in their studies.

Activity we carried out;

Hired and trained six outreach workers to work on the project
Assessed the situation of livelihoods of people in Bhagawatpur, Mahadewa and Bathanaha village panchayats of Saptari district, Nepal
Installed the 1200 Nets in 870 families in the village panchayats. The families include whose daughters are in the education scheme through the girls’ education project.
Raised awareness about prevention of malaria and other mosquito borne diseases in the 870 families by organising various meetings and family visit.

Expected outcomes;

School attendance of 101 girls in the education scheme will be improved in the years ahead
The 870 families are more aware about the prevention of mosquito borne diseases, leading to an improvement in health and wellbeing
Economic loss to the families when they are infected by malaria mosquito will be minimised, leading to an improvement in the livelihoods

The net lasts for five years. So, the situation of livelihoods of the families will be re-assessed after five years to measure real impact of the project. This will determine continuity of the project in the future. Please sign up to hear from us by visiting our website [www.nvf.org.uk]

Thank you for your support

Meeting with beneficiaries

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Feb 9, 2016
The painful Customs

By Krit Sharma | Project Leader

After seven attempts over the last three months, finally the Indian Customs have released the 1200 long lasting insecticide mosquito nets that we purchased from Tamilnadu, India. It took over one hundred phone calls and emails to come this far with the seller, transportation company, Indian and Nepalese Customs and the partner organisations. However, the nets are now with the partner organisation safely stored.

The project was scheduled to be completed by 1st week of July 2015 but it will be completed by the mid-April 2016. This is due to the ongoing political issue in the country, hassle at the Indian Customs for documents and import duty issues with Nepalese Customs. We will be holding the nets until the end of March to install in the homes because it is winter in Nepal now and nets are not required to sleep in winter.

800 the poorest of the poor and Dalit families from Bhagawatpur, Mahadewa and Bathanaha village panchayats have been selected to benefit from the project. These village panchayats are in malaria affected zone so the 800 families will be able to sleep safely and peacefully from this April for the next five years.

The total budgeted cost to this project is £3,500, fundraising from various sources so far totalling to £2,135, spending on the project so far £3,110 and an estimated £800 more is needed to complete the project. Any deficit has and will come from our reserve and the reserve is not very healthy at the moment.

You can still make donation to this project and your donation will be much appreciated.
• £50 will cost to deliver the nets from stored place to the beneficiary’s house
• £100 will cost to print posters and pamphlets about mosquito born-diseases
• £150 will cost to buy tools and fitting materials to install the nets
• £300 will pay the wages of volunteers who will install the net in the beneficiary’s house
• £200 will cover the cost of monitoring and reporting of the project

Thank you for believing our project and your support

Attachments:

Progress Report- Mosquito Net Project (PDF)

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Nov 10, 2015
THE LONGEST STRIKE IN NEPAL

By Krit Sharma | Project Leader

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