Health & Hygiene Training for 1,000 Women in Nepal

It is our pleasure to present the first report to our recent donors on women’s health and hygiene projects in Nepal. The first projects conducted in April and May directly reached 86 women and girls in three urban and rural communities, offering training in health & hygiene and menstrual pad-making. In addition, we conducted surveys and infomration gathering among 74 participants in the village of Palchowk and a local school. 

In 2018, we conducted a livelihood project with a group of Buddhist nuns wanting to learn jewelry-making skills to raise money for the nunnery. During that project we had a short health Q&A session, promising to come back and do a more thorough health and reusable pad-making training. With your contributions we did just that in April. The training included 15 women and girls between 10 and 44 years old. A training presented health and hygiene information followed by an opportunity to ask questions. A reusable pad-making training was also given with each person was receiving a precut cloth that included a pad with wings, three inserts, metal clasps, and a needle and thread.

The following day, the same training and materials were given in the rural Palchowk community. Training attendees included 37 women between 12 and 56 years old. The health and hygiene training presented lessons on menstruation, menstrual hygiene, and reproduction. Most of the community is illiterate making it important to present pictures to describe the topics clearly.

Last year, Aythos conducted health and hygiene training at a carpet factory in Kathmandu. The women that work at the factory often live in small quarters above the factory, making it a suitable location to bring women together for a training. In late May, we went to a similarly structured nearby factory to present the same training to 34 attendees between 12 and 43 years old. Women learned our standard curriculum of health and hygiene, followed by reusable pad-making training an materials. This training was followed by a blood pressure check and discussion of appropriate diet to control blood pressure, with some advised to see a doctor to assess them more thoroughly.

We have many more project to conduct to reach 1,000 women and girls we will need your help! Please join us by making monthly contribution to make sure our projects can reach women and girls with these important programs. Please visit our website, www.aythos.org, for more infomration about Aythos and our programs.