BungdiKali, Nawalpur. Chinese international development organization, China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) in association with ‘Give 2 Aisa’ on Sunday provided essential medical support to the Emergency Community Oxygen Station for Free Isolation Center BungdiKali Rural Municipality, Nawalpur, some 200km west of Kathmandu.
Durgabahadur Rana Chairperson of Bungdikali Rural Municipality received five oxygen cylinders (40L capacity each) along with the other essential medical supplies like 50 personal protective equipment (PPEs), 50 face shields, 1000 pcs of masks and 1000 pcs of gloves from CFPA representative Binod Ojha.
Rana commended CFPA for providing the essential health items at the time of need. ‘China’s help means a lot for us at this difficult time,’ Rana told at the handover ceremony, ‘we couldn’t get oxygen supplies and even can’t purchase, this will he very helpful for the rural community.’
Following second wave of Covid-19 in Nepal, CFPA Nepal Office already conducted several emergency community oxygen station center such Bundikali, Nawalput, in Lanbandi, Sarlahi in Province No.2 and Ward – 17, Chhetrapatti, Ward – 19, Dakshinkali in Bagmati Province.
Emergency Community Food Pack Distribution Opening Ceremony already held Dhanusha and in Bagmati province and distributed food pack in 4 different wards of Kathmandu Valley.In the program.
Following this Relief Program, CFPA Nepal Office has carried out several programs to help the low-income people of the province no. 2 of Dhanusha and Sarlahi like Emergency Community Food Pack Distribution Program after the second wave of COVID in Nepal.
The country director Zou Zhiqiang from the CFPA Nepal Office expressed her views regarding the program, saying ‘This program has been carried out as a prompt response to the second wave of Covid-19 in Nepal. With the second wave of COVID-19 cases surging rapidly across Nepal, Nepal is wavering towards an unprecedented health emergency with the continuing spike in the number of COVID-19 cases and related casualties.
The doctors working in the front-line have reported that they have failed to save several lives due to the lack of basic healthcare facilities: oxygen cylinder, biomedical equipment, medicines. Chinese people have shown their empathy to the worries of Nepalese. In coordination with the local government, CFPA supported more than 10 communities with the medical equipment in Nepal.’
In 2020, when Nepal was dealing with the first wave of the pandemic, CFPA Nepal Office carried out several programs to help the low-income people of the country. They conducted the food package distribution program in province no. 2., Bagmati province and some other areas of the country to support the students from low-income daily wage workers families who were gravely affected by the imposition of a nation-wide lockdown.
Under this program, the targeted students were provided with groceries, including rice, oil, other cooking items, and sanitation items like sanitizers and masks.
Likewise, in several densely populated areas of Province no. 2 and Bagmati province, handwash stations were established to help the locals, including security personnel, maintain proper sanitation to avoid the contraction of the virus. Amid pandemic, the school bag and food pack distribution program were also carried out following all the safety protocols. The program was targeted to the children of low-income families in various regions of Nepal.
