Nepal continues to have one of the highest rates of confirmed deaths per capita anywhere in Asia during this tragic second wave of COVID-19. Test positivity is still high, and only around 10% of the population has gotten a COVID vaccine. According to a report study by One Heart Worldwide , 37.7% of 100 PCR tests yielded positive results. This figure is  three times greater than India’s.

Hospitals continue to be severely impacted, and the economic effects of the lockdown continue to have an impact on vulnerable people. The situation has been described as “near-apocalyptic” by health professionals and front-line medical personnel, who are facing shortages of hospital beds and oxygen, the national vaccination program has come to a standstill, and the number of dead has risen to the point that mass cremations are being held.

CURRENT NEEDS.

FSF-IHCE goal is to assist frontline health professionals and institutions in their response to the corona virus pandemic. Our mission is to empower and help local communities through this trying period. FSF-IHCE response through your support and donation includes:

• -Medical supplies and emergency safety equipment
• -Food and sanitation materials support to residents
• -Psycho-counselling support (After the 2nd wave of COVID-19, many children have been orphan and many family members are loosing their relatives)
• -Awareness creation about COVID-19 and other communicable/ non communicable diseases (As Delta variant is spreading rapidly at community level, information provided by the government is limited) and
• -Social assistance support ( COVID-19 has impacted the most of the people including small trader. Mainly daily wage worker’s situation is vulnerable. Due to lack of economic opportunity, they are not able to fulfill their daily needs)