Post-Earthquake Child Education Program in Nepal

Globemed at Tufts University has partnered up with PHASE Nepal to create a Child’s health Education program. PHASE believes that poor health, low educational levels and poverty are all aspects of the same problem, and create a cycle preventing people from taking control of their own futures. This Child’s Health Education Program would help children in the regions of Nepal near PHASE develop healthy behaviors. The program has focused on health sanitation, hygiene, and promoting healthy behaviors among the youth.

In the last few months GlobeMed at Tufts University has amped up their fundraising efforts on campus and online. We were amazed and inspired by the support received in response to these efforts. Your support has helped PHASE Nepal create a Child’s Health Education Program. As a result GlobeMed was able to cover the cost of salary, living expenses, and training of facilitators as well as allocate funds for clubs and extracurricular activities. While our fundraising goal for this school year has been met, we strive to exceed our target. Thanks to your generosity our organization can truly affect change by encouraging the priceless development of healthy behavior among Nepali youth. Your support also helped us send aid to the Nepalese quickly after the devastating earthquake which helped infrastructure and services at our partner organization's base.

Moving forward GlobeMed at Tufts is focusing on what we can do for our local community.  We are organizing a panel to speak about voluntourism on campus in order to start a campus-wide discussion on the morality of different tourism practices. We are also planning other on campus fundraisers, such as another Trivia Night, and in-restaurant fundraising near Tufts University’s campus.Furthermore, we are ramping up with new campaigns specific to the holiday season.

Over the past few months, GlobeMed at Tufts wrapped up a successful year of fundraising and has begun to plan for the coming year. As news of the earthquakes in Nepal fades from the headlines, GlobeMed at Tufts maintains a strong commitment to supporting PHASE relief and rebuilding efforts. PHASE has focused extraordinary amounts of time, energy, and effort on recovery efforts. While these important recovery efforts continue, PHASE has stressed that support of education remains critical to their mission of breaking the cycle of poverty. As we plan our next semester, we hope to increase and strengthen our support of PHASE's education initiatives in this critical time. 

Links:

• http://phasenepal.org/2015/06/two-months-after-the-earthquake/
• http://phasenepal.org/2015/07/resumption-of-regular-services/
• https://tuftsglobemed.wordpress.com/