NINTH PROJECT COMPLETED

Basa Health Post

At a site in the Solukhumbu (Everest) district there’s a Health Post in a village called BASA. Recently, with the support from the Nepal Government, a new building has been constructed with thirteen rooms. The health post has been providing general health service in the village such as:

• Daily OPD service
• Immunisation for children and pregnant women
• Family planning services
• Health and sanitation program
• Health education training and orientation program to villagers.

If the local health post staff have any serious patients who they cannot help in the health post then they refer them to Phaplu Hospital, the main hospital in the area. On many occasions the health post receives emergency cases in the evening and it’s very difficult for them to provide even the first aid service due to the lack of electricity. Sometimes they have to work with flashlights and kerosene lamps which is very difficult for them.

The Basa villagers have been requesting for the solar lights for many years. The total population of the BASA village is about 4500 but the health post receives villagers from the surrounding such as: Beni, Kaku, Juvin, Takshindu and Waku. The Basa solar lighting project was successfully completed on 7 December. As part of the same funding two solar cookers and two fuel-efficient (smoke-free) cooking stoves have also been provided to this village.

Project partner, HLF’s Manager, Yadav Gurung, said: “Thank you so much for supporting the health post with solar lights. Now the lights have made it easier both for the health staff and the patients who come here for treatment. Thank you once again to all EGFA members who have contributed to support this installation.”

This project was partly funded by sales from the following 'Snow Leopard' jackets: numbers 63, 61, 57, 65, 68, 66, 67 and 64. See exactly where your contribution has helped by clicking HERE.

The health post	Basa villagers
Basa villagers	Basa villagers
Installed solar panels	Solar panels
Installing lights	Installing lights
Installing lights	Wiring up
Trying the lights	Trying the lights
Job completed.	Thank you EGFA!

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