Available, Affordable and Accessible Reproductive Health for all!

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RELIEFFollowing the April 25th earthquake,three teams were mobilized to visit alltemporary settlements in and aroundthe Kathmandu valley to conduct aNeeds Assessment. Using a tooldeveloped with technical supportfrom School of Public Health, UAB,the assessment was essential tounderstand the situation and the typeof response we would be able toprovide.Using the findings of the assessmentalong with cross cluster coordination,it was decided that apart from therelief materials donated, NFCC wouldfocus on providing menstrual hygienemanagement materials, soap andwater purification supplies.The 5 districts NFCC worked in wereallocated by the Ministry of Health.Each of our five teams consisting ofapproximately 7 volunteers led by anNFCC core team member. The teamspent close to two weeks in theirallocated districts coordinating closelywith the District Public Health Office.Despite the May 12th earthquaketesting the morale and spirit of ourteams out on mission, they continuedto work and complete distribution intheir allocated areas.

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14114

Women Reached

Sanitary napkins distributed

Soaps distributed

AWARENESSAwareness and education were key components of the NFCC response. As per standard protocol, every team member working with NFCC in the response was trained on how to conduct an orientation session prior to every relief distribution event. A typical session conducted by NFCC included the following:1. The need for proper

hygiene and sanitation post earthquake

2. How to maintain hygiene3. Basic hand-washing4. Basic menstrual hygiene

management5. How to purify waterAs per standard protocol, every individual was provided relief only after attending a hygiene session conducted by our team and was registered into our database with contact details and signatures acknowledging them having received the aid. All documentation of our beneficiaries is available on request by any of our donors.

12427

186848

14114

Women Reached

Sanitary napkins distributed

Soaps distributed

In the first week of

August, cholera was first

detected in Kalimati area

in the Kathmandu valley

and slowly spread to more

than a dozen places in the

Valley, including Bagmati

corridor, Kuleshwor,

Soalteemode, Kalanki, etc.

The National Public

Health Laboratory, Teku

confirmed the first cholera

case on August 2, 2015. A

total of 972 Acute

Gastroenteritis cases were

recorded.. The last

reported case of Cholera

was on September 10, 2015.

Following the report,

NFCC mobilized teams to

assist and support the local

public health offices in the

12 affected areas. Two

teams, on for disinfection

and one for awareness

raising on sanitation and

hygiene were mobilized

and dispatched

Epidemic Control D i s i n f e c t i o n C a m p a i g n

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Rounds completed

Wards disinfected

Families protected

Epidemic Control Water purifier & soap distribution

The Distribution team wentto the affected areas andfocused on distributingsupplies like water purifiersand soap. The teammembers taught familieshow to purify drinkingwater and keep theirsurrounding clean.The Disinfection team wasequipped with disinfectionsupplies and worked withthe local public healthoffices to disinfect choleraaffected areas andtemporary settlements.Our teams visited eachhousehold, conductedonsite observation of theirwater storage facilities andtaught them how tomaintain it.All work by NFCC in theaffected areas was donedirectly in coordinationwith the local DistrictPublic Health Office andthe Urban Health Clinicsservicing the affectedwards.

Piyush - generic name for

packaged liquid chlorine

solution (0.5 calcium

hypocholorite) used to

disinfect water for

household purposes.

Recommended dose: 3

drops for every litre of

water

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Households reached

Individuals benefitted

Piyush distributed

Water Purifier Distribution

SumiGauchan,aNepalibased

intheUSexpressedher interest

to distribute Lifestraws and

educational materials to

students in our working areas. A

total of 102 students from

grades 1-10 of Suntakhana

Madhyamik Vidhyalaya in

Baluwa VDC, Kathmandu

District received a Lifestraw and

abackpackkitwithstationary.

R E BU I L D I N GS c h o o l T o i l e t f o r g i r l s

Jana Udhar Higher Secondary School is a community schoollocated in Ward No.17, Buddhanilkantha, North ofKathmandu was established in 1990. The earthquakedestroyed most of the school infrastructure including toiletsand water supply. Most of the classrooms were rebuilt withpre-fab materials by other donors but since the toilet facilitiesrebuilt were not adequate, girls in the school were facing a lotof problems. A teacher of the school contact NFCC andrequested help. Handwashing stations to meet the needs ofall students was also absent. With funds raised by Manjari andHridai Moktan’s children, NFCC committed to buildingtoilets for girls and handwashing stations that would cater tothe needs of all students. Due to the blockade in Nepal,completion took long and became expensive. We were able tochannel funds from the earthquake fund to complete thecommitment. On March 21, 2016, the toilets and handwashingstations were handed over to the school.

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Handwashing stations built

Private toilet units for girls built

Students benefitted (Girls 95 Boys 65)

THANK YOUto all our

individual donors

Special appreciation to theSchool of Public Health, University of Alabama

at Birmingham which provided a huge platform

to NFCC to gather more support for our response.

Your contribution has made all

of this possible!