{"id":159,"date":"2014-06-16T14:29:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T14:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nlt.ie\/?p=159"},"modified":"2020-07-24T19:49:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T19:49:03","slug":"village-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Village alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drinking clean water, washing your hands, seeking treatment for infections: such things\u00a0may be second nature in Ireland. But for many villagers in rural Nepal, a lack of education hinders their knowledge and ability to live healthy and ward off preventable diseases.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a 3-year grant from Irish Aid<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and effect:hope The Leprosy Mission Canada<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, Nepal Leprosy Trust Ireland\u00a0is now supporting some of the very poorest in Nepal to live more productive lives in a project called Village Alive Programme<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0or VAP.<\/p>\n

NLT has organised groups in two Dalit villages (a group of people traditionally regarded as untouchable) to effect and promote health improvements. After training and support from NLT staff, a volunteer in each village qualifies as a Rural Health Facilitator, who helps the groups to identify major health problems and tackle them through health education: the use of clean water, and improved sanitation.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Vera \u00a9 NLT Ireland 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The project also includes a micro-finance element, which encourages men and women to develop their own small businesses.<\/p>\n

Measurements will be taken to gauge the success of the project, and it is hoped that the\u00a0long term\u00a0incidence of Leprosy will reduce as a result of improvements in the standard of living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drinking clean water, washing your hands, seeking treatment for infections: such things\u00a0may be second nature in Ireland. But for many villagers in rural Nepal, a lack of education hinders their knowledge and ability to live healthy and ward off preventable diseases. Thanks to a 3-year grant from Irish Aid and effect:hope The Leprosy Mission Canada, … <\/p>\n

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