Nepal

GM-0013: Child Blindness & Eye Health Program

Through a grant awarded under Advancing Partners & Communities (APC), the Seva Foundation facilitates local expansion and further specialization of the existing low vision capacity building program. Seva Foundation provides equipment, additional training in clinical skills, and community outreach to their programs in Nepal and Cambodia. At the Lumbini Eye Institute in Nepal, Seva Foundation works to improve the pediatric ophthalmology fellowship and fosters continuing medical education through additional trainings.

Seva Foundation

Seva Foundation is an international non-profit organization that supports community outreach and education programs to spread awareness of available eye care services. Seva Foundation’s eye health education programs focus on nutrition, eye injury prevention, and personal hygiene. The foundation has a network of local eye care providers, fieldworkers, female community health volunteers, savings groups, teachers, and others who help spread the word about eye disease prevention and services.

In Nepal, ADRA Improves Access to Reproductive Health Care
July 14, 2009
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In the remote, conflict-ridden communities of Western Nepal, ADRA initiated a project to improve access to and delivery of reproductive health and basic public health services, providing mobile reproductive health camps and other support services for more than 21,000 people in Kalikot district (Mid-Western Region) and Accham (Far-Western Region).

Nepal: ADRA Completes Family Planning Project
January 12, 2010
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In December 2009, ADRA completed a five-year family planning project that benefited nearly 500,000 men and women in mountainous eastern Nepal.

ADRA Nepal hosted monitoring mission
August 15, 2011
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With the assistance of ADRA UK funding through the European Union (EU), the "Action for Social Inclusion of Children Affected by Armed Conflict in Nepal" (ASIC) project is implemented by ADRA Nepal in partnership with the Association for Social Transformation and Humanitarian Assistance (ASTHA) in the Mid-Western districts of Rukum, Rolpa, Salyan, and Surkhet. In August 2011, a delegation from the European Commission of Nepal monitored project activities in the target district of Surkhet.

ADRA Nepal Strategic Planning Workshop
August 29, 2011
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ADRA Nepal is committed to constant improvement and believes in the importance of taking time to evaluate its current position and its goals for the future. The strategic planning workshop focused on re-evaluating and reformulating ADRA Nepal’s Vision Statement, Extended Vision, Strategic Objectives and Strategic Map for 2012-2014.

Inauguration of Regional Office in Butwal
June 27, 2014
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The new ADRA regional office in Butwal was inaugurated by Simon Lewis, Country Director, ADRA Nepal, on May 13, 2014 with participation of project staff and board members from partner NGOs.

GM-0042: Integration of Family Planning Services into Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Programs, Food Assistance Programs, or other Non-health Sector Programs

Through a grant awarded under Advancing Partners & Communities (APC), ADRA will implement and expand family planning (FP) services in the Palpa, Rupandehi, and Kapilvastu Districts in the Western Development Region of Nepal. Activities under this award will increase access to FP services through the integration of FP into the Develop Local Economy to Eradicate Poverty (DEEP) Project. The DEEP project focuses on women’s empowerment through entrepreneurship programs, business and vocational classes, small savings and microcredit groups, and strengthening cooperatives.

Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA)

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that provides individual and community development and disaster relief in over 120 countries worldwide. ADRA’s community development efforts promote health, provide food and water, and empower children through education. Their disaster relief projects coordinate with local governments to deliver medical care, food, water, and shelter to affected populations.

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