By Sarah Galvin | Director
Although two weeks have passed since the devastating earthquake in Nepal many communities are still in desperate need of help. Over the coming weeks and months, as this disaster starts to fall out of the news, the situation will only worsen in remote areas.
In some PHASE project areas over 90% of buildings have been destroyed – people have lost everything. As people run out of food and the monsoon rains worsen, they become more and more vulnerable – communities in Nepal need us now more than ever.
Sindhulpalchok and Gorkha, two main PHASE project areas were among the worst affected areas. The earthquake, subsequent heavy rain and landslides have made it very difficult to access these regions, but we are working hard to get support there and have been one of the first organisations to do this. Our current priority is to get supplies of food and shelter to those most in need. We also want to get medical supplies to the villages. Although 8 of our 16 health post building collapsed, we have managed to keep all health posts in affected areas running (from tents) and provide urgent medical support.
Our young female health workers continue to help communities despite desperate circumstances – in the days following the quake many of them dug out medical supplies from under the rubble in order to help the injured.
Dr Elena Hazelgrove-Planel one of our of our GP volunteers was in Kashigaun village, Gorkha at the time of the earthquake. Elena reported that in the days following the earthquake they saw a mother who had very recently given birth but had a retained placenta, a life threatening complication of childbirth. PHASE health worker Anita was able to remove this. Had PHASE not been there to respond to this emergency the mother may very likely not have survived, putting her new born baby at huge risk (there is no formula milk available in these cut off communities).
The survivors of the earthquake in Gorkha and other badly affected areas are extremely vulnerable right now and we are concerned about access to food and water. The situation remains critical and our main need is funds, both for emergency response and long term rebuilding.
Please help us to continue to support remote communites in Nepal by sharing this project with your friends and family.
In friendship,
The PHASE team
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