ASIA 2023

Mobile maternal and child health unit in Calcuta, India
With Colores de Calcuta Foundation

Living conditions in the Pilkhana neighbourhood in Calcutta are extremely harsh: precarious infrastructure, families living in shanties, in unsafe buildings with minimal substandard housing without light, without ventilation and without water. In this fourth collaboration, we have financed the launch of two mobile maternal and child health units for 6 months. The project includes the salary of a doctor and a nursing person, care and nutrition for more than 150 children under 2 years of age and 150 mothers with nutritional deficiencies and anaemia, as well as medication, vaccines and diagnostic tests. On the other hand, the fixed health care and nutrition unit for mothers and children at the Talapark clinic identifies and follows up on pregnant women and their babies. In addition to receiving specialized medical care, the beneficiary population has also received nutrition and hygiene kits and training sessions in health, parenting and family planning.

Contribution: 14.409€

Promote feminine hygiene for girls in Nepal
With Bahadur Social Project

This 2023 we have joined forces with the Bahadur Social Project Association with the main objective of promoting children’s and youth feminine hygiene in rural indigenous communities in the Gorkha district, Nepal. The Nuria García Foundation is financing the distribution of feminine hygiene kits and school uniforms for 455 girls under 16 years of age in four primary and secondary schools, as well as training to deal with common health situations that will help them follow up on their education during the menstruation. These kits will be delivered with the aim of improving girls’ hygiene and will be accompanied by training. In turn, this improvement in their hygiene will encourage girls’ school enrolment and attendance during menstruation. Each kit contains: hygienic material, reusable pads, underwear, hot water bottle (for pain during menstruation), thermometer, basic medications and school uniforms for the participants.

Contribution: 3.389€ + 2nd phase 2024: 3.389€