Last year, PHASE Worldwide launched a programme aimed at tackling causes of malnutrition in women and children living in Mugu, where the number of children with global acute malnutrition is extremely high. Funded by the department for international development (DFID), the project will last three years, during which time we…
In 2015, Nepal was hit by two devastating earthquakes. One of the areas most badly affected was Gorkha. The earthquake cut off most of Gorkha’s villages, destroyed infrastructure and left many communities vulnerable to poverty. Following the earthquakes in 2015, the Big Lottery Fund (BLF) committed £2 million to rebuilding…
PHASE Worldwide’s director Tom has just got back from Nepal and, while there, he visited our project in Mugu that focuses on increasing food production and improving levels of nutrition. This is what he had to say… “I’ve spent the last two weeks over in Nepal – visiting our partner…
PHASE has recently finished running a three-year project (July 2014 – July 2017) funded by DFID which aimed to reduce maternal and child mortality among the marginalised populations of 18,000 people in far west Nepal. Through improving access to nutritious food and basic health services, and furthering women’s empowerment, we…
This project aims to fight malnutrition in Mugu – an extremely remote, rural and hard to reach area of Nepal. It will do this through increasing skills training opportunities, increasing awareness of nutrition and increasing pressure on local government and opinion leaders to invest both emotionally and financially in this…
World Health Day is celebrated on April 7th every year. This year, the World Health Organisation has chosen to focus on universal health coverage. That is, ensuring health services for all, without discrimination. While many countries have made brilliant progress towards providing universal health coverage, at least half the world’s population…