CGI Sheets distribution to landslide affected families of Myagdi

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On 14 April 2021, ACN has supported landslide-affected families with Corrugated Galvanized Iron (CGI) sheets (tin sheet for roofing) in Dhawalagiri Rural Municipality-7, Myagdi District, despite many challenges caused by COVID-19.  There were 42 families who received CGI sheets as support to reconstruct their home.  Each family received 3 bundles of CGI sheets and 3 kg of needles for roofing purposes.

Before this, ACN had distributed food relief packages to 85 landslide affected families as requested by the local government in Dhawalagiri Rural Municipality-7, Myagdi District. After the food relief packages distribution, we have seen some families in need of support for the reconstruction of the house. Therefore, as per the observed need and request of the local government, we planned for CGI sheets distribution program which went well in the participation of local ward Chairman, Mr. Kalanidhi Sharma, local representatives and ACN team including ACN’s treasurer, Mr. Purna Lal Kayestha.

A local Newspaper ‘ Dhaulagiri Khabar’ has published news on the distribution of CGI sheets to landslide-affected families by ACN in Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality-7 Myagdi District.

 

Find the link below https://dhaulagirikhabar.com/6212/?fbclid=IwAR0SqvdStFVukaSWThw6EJSr5dVNdQ5-HRSG0CfEHu486nmx_Dhog_EHIaA

Newly Constructed Bhirsingh Community Health Unit handed over in Gorkha

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On 19th February 2021 ACN has handed over the newly constructed Bhirsingh Community Health Unit building with the essential medicine, equipment, and furniture to the local health post, Siranchowk Rural Municipality, and community in Gorkha district.

The building has been jointly inaugurated by Chief Guest Mr. Ashok Kumar Gurung, (Chief, Office of the District Coordination Committee), Mr. Raju Gurung (Chairman of Siranchowk RM), Ps. Hari Ram Ghimire (Chairman of Pokhara Christian Community and Mr. Bharat Bahadur Gurung (Chairman of Asal Chhimekee Nepal) in the presence of other government officials and representatives, ACN Executive Board members and Executive Director and community people.

Immediately after the Inaugural and Handover of the building, Bhirsingh Community Health Unit commenced health service with checking blood pressure of the Chief Guest and other local community people which was very great to see. 

All the villagers and local stakeholders are very grateful to ACN for providing basic health service in their own place. From now they do not have to walk hours to reach the distance health post for a very basic health facility. This newly constructed Bhirsingh Community Health Unit will benefit approximately 170 households in Siranchowk Rural Muncipality-1, Kerabari, Gorkha.

We would like to thank our funding partners and Siranchowk Rural Municipality for their support and cooperation in this construction project. ,

Food and warm clothes support to 170 Families

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On 22 January 2021, ACN has provided food and warm cloth packages to 170 poor Chepang (a marginalized ethnic group) families in Raksirang Rural Municipality, Makwanpur district in cooperation with the local government.

The Chepang community is known as a marginalized ethnic group in Nepal and this most vulnerable marginalized ethnic group also got an impact of COVID-19 lockdown.

Raksirang is a village located in the north of the East-West highway. Most Chepang families of Raksirang collect wild potatoes and honey etc. They also do maize and millet farming and they do fishing and collect and sell sand of a nearby river seasonally.

This Chepang community has one of the lowest literacy rates and lack of access to basic public services such as drinking water, electricity, education, and health care. In this context, the COVID-19 lockdown had an impact on this vulnerable marginalized community. Due to their characteristic of socio-economic and cultural settings they cannot be left out from the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Therefore local government of Raksirang village requested to ACN for support to poor Chepang families of Raksirang. As per the need assessment, we (ACN) has been able to support 170 poor Chepang families in ward no 2 & 5 of Raksirang Rural Municipality. 

Each family received food packages including 25 kg of rice, 3 kg of lentil, 2 kg of beans, 1 kg of salt, 2 liters of oil, 2 pcs of cloth washing soap, 2 pcs of handwashing soap, 4 pcs of toothbrushes, and toothpaste. In addition, each family received warm cloth packages including 2 blankets, a muffler (Dhaka Shawl), and a cap. 

Thanks to our funding partners and Raksirang Rural Municipality for their cooperation and support.

Food support for 85 Magdi landslide affected families

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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, July monsoon caused landslide and flood in many parts of the country.  Among many affected places, Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality of Myagdi district was one of the worst affected place. Due to the landslide, many families lost their homes, livestock and all their cropland were washed away. In this situation, Myagdi Rural Municipality requested ACN to support the worst affected families in this difficult time.

On this early November 2020, ACN reached the affected area with food relief packages for 85 poor and marginalized and people with disability families in coordination with the local government authorities. However, this food distribution program was delayed by one and a half months due to COVID-19 and road blockages by the continuous rainfall. The distribution of the packages was done with carefully following safety measures of COVID-19.

Each family received 25 kg of rice, 3 kg of lentil (big grain), 1 kg of salt, 1 liter of oil, 2 kg of peas and 2 hand washing and 2 laundry soap and 4 toothbrush and a tooth paste. All the beneficiaries were thankful for the generous support in this pandemic situation.

The Ward Chairman (local government authority) Mr. Kalanidhi Sharma thanked ACN for providing food relief packages to the landslide affected families in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic.  

With this, we have been able to reach out to 544 landslide and flood affected families with essential food supplies in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you everyone for making this possible with us.

OPEN BLOOD DONATION PROGRAM

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Social Service Week Ends Here With the Blood Donation Program.

Asal Chhimekee Nepal (ACN) and Pokhara Christian Community (PCC) have jointly organized Open Blood Donation Program in collaboration with Nepal Red Cross Society and in coordination with Pokhara Metropolitan Office. Chief Guest; Mr. Man Bahadur G. C, Mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan city, expressed his gratitude to the organizers for conducting the event during this pandemic. ACN conducted blood donation event today after a series of other events from 22 Sept.2020 on the occasion of Social Service Week on the call of Social Welfare Council (SWC).

 

Altogether, there were 57 blood donors participated in the program.

Weekly celebration of Social Service Day is going on!

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As a part of celebration of week-long 41st Social Service Day, ACN is also participating in the celebration organizing various events. On 24th Sept 2020 we have provided education materials; stationeries and uniforms to government school students. So far, we have provided 18 students out of 800.

Similarly, On 25 Sept. 2020 Asal Chhimekee Nepal (ACN) and Pokhara Christian Community (PCC) have jointly organized a Discussion program titled, ”Role of Christian Community in Process of Social transformation”.

The program moderated by Mr. Rajendra Kumar Adhikari (ACN executive director). Three thematic experts facilitated the program; Dr. Kamal Phuyal facilitated the session “role of ACN and PCC in community transformation”, Mr. Ganga Datta (Prem) Subedi facilitated the session “role of the church in social service and Dr. Budhi Bahadur Thapa has briefed the overall program. Lastly the program concluded by Mr. Hariram Ghimire (Chairman of PCC). The program went very well. Some of the participants asked questions to facilitators and answered by the facilitators.

Altogether, there were 80 participants from ACN executive board members, staff, and PCC representative leaders, among them, 50 participants from virtual online.

 

Again, we would like to remind you about our blood donation program. Please join us on 12 Asoj 2077 (28 Sept.2020), Pokhara Kaski. 

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41th Social Service Day

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On the occasion of 41th Social Service Day, Asal Chhimekee Nepal (ACN) has provided 850 pieces of surgical masks and 10 liters of Sanitizer to Blood Bank staff of Nepal Red Cross Society who are working in the frontline to collect/supply the blood. The event was coordinated by NGO Federation Kaski.

We, ACN family, have been able to participate Virtual Inaugural Event of Social Service Day (inaugurated by Honourable Prime Minister) that was organized by Social Welfare Council (SWC).

In addition, we have also planned the distribution of education materials; stationeries and uniforms, to the children from economically weak families in order to encourage them to continue their studies in the midst of COVID -19 Pandemic. And, we are also organizing a blood donation program jointly with the Pokhara Christian community in Pokhara.

We would like to welcome you to join us in the blood donation program on 12 Asoj 2077, Pokhara Kaski. 

Happy Social Service Day!

 

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Food support for 429 flood and landslide affected families

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Nepal went on almost three months of continuous lockdown to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, and Coronavirus pandemic is getting even more severe in recent days. When the nation has been dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic, the monsoon season has brought devastating floods and landslides in many districts in Nepal. Since the monsoon began in mid-June and it is still affecting many parts of the country. 278 people have been killed, 101 have gone missing and 202 are injured following landslides and floods events all over the country according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Authority (NDRRMA, 6 Sept 2020).

In July, monsoon has triggered landslides and floods in many districts and among them, Tanahun district was affected by landslides and Nawalparasi district was affected by floods. Which led to the loss of many lives, homes, and livelihoods.

 

ACN continues to stand with the poorest and the most disadvantaged communities in this crisis. For this, recently, we have delivered essential food relief packages to the flood and landslide affected families in order to support them in this difficult time.  

Nawalparasi district

ACN has delivered essential food relief packages to 400 flood-affected families in six villages of Sarawal Rural Municipality, Nawalparasi district in coordination with the Sarawal Rural Municipality. The relief distribution program was conducted from 3 Sept 2020 to 4 Sept 2020. All the affected families are poor farmers, sadly their cropland was washed due to flood water. Each household received 25 kg of rice, 5 kg of flour, 2 kg of lentil, 1 kg of salt, 2 liters of oil, 4 pcs of washing soap and 3 pcs of handwashing soap, toothpaste, brush and mosquito net. 

Tanahun district

On 24 July, just a day after the landslide incident, ACN reached the village with the essential food relief packages for 29 landslide affected families in coordination with the local authorities of Tanahun district. These family houses were either damaged or swept away by the landslide so they are staying with their relatives, nearby schools, and other temporary shelters. Thus shelter is one of the top priorities. In addition, there were also damaged footways and water drinking facilities. These families were also affected by the prolonged COVID-19 lockdown and they had not received any supports during the lockdown. Most of the families are belong to the Dalit group (so-called untouchable caste). All the families were so thankful for providing food packages at the time of crisis and local and government leaders were also thankful for the earliest response.  Each family received food items that would last a month for the family of four-member.

ACN’s COVID-19 Relief Response update: 2,049 most vulnerable families have been reached out with the relief packages

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COVID-19 outbreak has been affecting the lives of people around the world, and Nepal is no exception. With the identification of 2nd positive case of COVID-19, Nepal government enforced the nationwide lockdown on  24th March 2020, which continued almost three months. Though COVID-19 cases are increasing, on 11th  June 2020 the government decided to ease the lockdown in three phases with some restrictions and guidelines after the widespread criticism regarding prolonged nationwide lockdown. With the easing of the lockdown, people started getting back to their daily activities. People are learning to live life with COVID-19 following safety measures and guideline provided by government Nepal. So far Nepal has reported 38 deaths, 16,801 infections and 8,589 recovered (source: Ministry of Health and Population, 12th July 2020).

When every sector of country has been affected, poor and marginalized are affected more severely. Lockdown has deprived the livelihoods of poor and marginalized including daily wage earners. They were in fear of hunger more than a virus. Many temporary migrant workers who ran out of money, were forced to head to their hometown on foot. Many people working in India were stuck on Nepal- India border. 

In this crisis of COVID-19 outbreak, the social initiative of Pokhara Chrisitan Community, Asal Chhimekee Nepal (ACN) stands with the needy and most vulnerable people and communities in order to help them sustain in this crisis. From the 11th day of lockdown, we have started to reach out the doorsteps of people in need with relief packages in coordination with the local governments. Our relief package consists of essential food supplies (rice, lentil, oil, salt etc. and hand washing soap etc.)

 We carried out our COVID-19 relief work in our regular working areas Kaski, Nawalparasi and Gorkha district.

Kaski district

We were able to provide the recommended relief package of Pokhara Metropolitan Office to 703 needy families including 273 people with disability in Pokhara, Kaski district in coordination with the local government. Our relief package of Kaski consist of essential food supplies that would last a month for the family of four-member. We contributed financially to the Pokhara Metropolitan COVID-19 Relief fund by handing a cheque of NPR 25,000. In addition, we also distributed informative pamphlets and posters of COVID-19.

Nawalparasi district

In Nawalparasi we provided relief packages of essential food supplies as per the recommendation of local governments to 1,340 needy families in coordination with the local government in two phases. We provided 100 sets of Virus Transport Medium (VTM) kit to Kawasoti municipality. In addition we also distributed informative posters and pamphlets of COVID-19.

 I Phase

180 needy families received relief packages in Kawasoti Municipality, East Nawalparasi. Our relief packages consist of 15 kg of rice, 2 kg of lentil, 1 kg of salt, 500 ml oil and one piece of Dettol soap.

155 needy families received relief packages in Madhyabindu Municipality, East Nawalparasi. Our relief packages consist of 20 kg of rice, 3 kg of lentil, 1 kg of salt, 2 ltr oil, and 3 pieces of Dettol soap.

400 needy families received relief packages in Palhinandan Rural Municipality, West Nawalparasi. Our relief packages consist of 10 kg of rice, 1 kg of lentil, 1 kg of salt, 1 kg of sugar, and 1 ltr of oil.

 II phase

We were able to provide relief packages to 605 needy families in Nawalparasi in 2nd phase in coordination with the local government. 103 needy families in Kawasoti Municiapltiy, 102 needy families in Madhyabindu Municipality, and 400 needy families in Palhinandan Rural Municipality. Our relief packages consist of 20 kg of rice, 2 kg of lentil, 1 kg of salt, 1 kg of sugar, 1 ltr oil, and 1 piece of hand washing soap.

Gorkha district

We were able to provide 2000 face mask and 2000 pair of disposable gloves to Siranchowk Municipality, Gorkha district as per the request received, though we faced difficulties to deliver the supplies due to lockdown. The objective of sending these items was to support Siranchowk Muncipality to carry out immunization services regularly. We provided informative poster and pamphlets of COVID-19 to the municipality. In addition, we also provided essential food supplies to 6 families with disabilities who spent their life on street in Gorkha.

 

So far we have reached out to the 2,049 most vulnerable families with the relief packages for their support to basic needs in this lockdown.

 

We would like to thank our funding partners and government authorities for their support in this crisis. We will continue to help people in need by your support and prayer. 

ACN’s COVID-19 Response update: 1,381 most vulnerable families have been reached out with the relief packages

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Nepal has completed almost two months of COVID 19 lockdown which was first enforced on March 24. Lockdown is likely to be further extended as the number of COVID-19 cases is increasing.

Due to this continuous lockdown people are losing their livelihood and their income. In this crisis of COVID -19, we are with the most vulnerable families (daily wage earners, poor, elderly, and single women-headed families and people with disability and their families) who are impacted more severely. We are helping them by providing essential food supplies in coordination with the local government.

 

We have been reaching the doorsteps of 667 most vulnerable families with the relief package in Kaski, Pokhara in coordination with the local government. Our relief packages of Kaski consist of essential food supplies that will be enough for a month to family of four-member.

 

East Nawalparasi

We have provided relief package as recommended by the local government to 315 needy families in East Nawalparasi.

180 needy families received relief packages in Kawasoti municipality, East Nawalparasi in coordination with the local government. Relief package that was standardized by the government, consisted of 15 kg of rice, 2 kg of lentil, 1 kg of salt, 500 ml oil, and one piece of Dettol soap.

135 needy families received relief package in Madhyabindu Municipality, East Nawalparasi in coordination with the local government. Relief packages recommended by the government consisted of 20 kg of rice, 3 kg of lentil, 1 kg salt, 2 ltr oil, and 3 pieces of Dettol soap.

 

West Nawalparasi

Recently, we have provided relief packages as recommended by the local government to 400 needy families in Palhinandan Rural Municipality, West Nawalparasi. Relief packages consist of 10 kg of rice, 1 kg of lentil, 1 kg of salt, 1 kg of sugar, and 1 ltr of oil.

 

 

So far we have reached out to the 1,381 most vulnerable families with the relief package of essential food supplies in order to sustain them in this crisis of COVID-19 lockdown.

We would like to thank our funding partners and government authorities for their supports for helping us. We will continue to do this as along as we are together in this crisis.