Disaster Response Nepal Project #20313

Earthquake shocks Nepal

by Journey Home Foundation

Project Report | Jan 2, 2018
End of Year 2017!

By Bikash Gurung | Vice President

2017 T H A N K Y O U

Journey Home Foundation wants to thank all of you for helping us provide Community Medical Assistant (CMA) training for six grateful candidates. Six women, each from a remote Nepali village, are currently engaged in the program and are working as interns in the field. When they complete the next three months of training they will begin instructing new candidates in basic health care. In Nepal, medical doctors often migrate to other countries. Those that stay, typically work in the urban areas rather that attempting to serve incredibly remote locations. Poor pay, the lack of medical facilities, 123 different languages and the intransigence of rural superstitions make medical work a herculean task. The Journey Home staff and volunteers are native to the districts served therefore uniquely positioned to reintegrate the CMA graduates into the villages. In the new year our six woman team will successfully provide needed health care and midwifery in their regions.

2018 Education Drive for Midwifery, Health Care and Hygiene

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Nepal is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, with 30.8 percent of its population living below the poverty line. The country has been ranked at the 144th position in the Human Development Report*. Regarding gender equality, it ranks a bleak 110th out of 114.

The measure of a country's health is the degree to which the citizens are physically and mentally fit, and it is a vital part of its infrastructure and capacity for development. Education, in the absence of good health, becomes impossible.

Nepal lacks hospitals, health posts and health centers in its remote areas. Medical treatment is virtually non-existent and often accessible only with substantial travel on foot. These isolated villages rely on witch doctors, or Dhami Jhankri (Shamans). Consequently, the people do not seek treatment at a distant heath post, and the expense and difficulty of going to an urban hospital is insurmountable, especially in a debilitated state.

In partnership with the Circle of Health International (COHI) the Journey Home Foundation is providing six women with training as Community Medicine Assistants. Today we are in need of funds to cover our current expenses for their training in midwifery and medicine. In addition, we seek help with the costs of housing, food and the medical needs of our Kathmandu shelter.

A Look Back at 2017

JHF is dedicated to strengthening the communities most vulnerable to human traffickers. Healthy, supportive conditions in the villages improve the chances that the women can remain there and find meaningful work through JHF's vocational courses. As part of its overall effort to this effect, JHF is building bathrooms, establishing clean water systems and delivering hygiene supplies for the villages we serve. Please click for more information! http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102230220448&ca=eda63ccb-5f91-49af-87d0-b7c650d7e95d

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