According to Arun Basnet, president of the organization, as soon as the 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on 25, generous people started showing concern, with many contacting them with offers of support.
"So far, we've received around Rs 60 million for quake relief efforts from generous Nepalese people across the globe," said Basnet. "We've used the money to buy various relief materials, including food items, mattress, and medicines, and distributed them in 12 worst quake-hit districts, including Kathmandu, Gorkha, Sindhupalchowk, Kavre, Nuwakot, Bhaktapur and Patan among others."More than 300 volunteers are actively participating in various quake relief works across the quake-affected areas benefiting more than 300,000 victims, according to the organization.
HeNN Health Coordinator Lata Ghimire said they recently changed their focus from relief distribution to sanitation and personal hygiene keeping in view the possible outbreak of epidemic during the upcoming monsoon.
"The demand for relief materials have decreased considerably compared to the first few weeks of the disaster. People living in crowded areas are vulnerable to epidemics as many may have been ignoring sanitation and personal hygiene," said Ghimire. "We've set up health camps in many places including Lalitpur and we've also been sending teams of doctors to Sindhupalchowk and other quake-hit districts," added Ghimire.
The donations and support comes not just from Nepalese but also from foreigners. A former HeNN coordinator for Korea, Ragan Tripathi said 32 doctors and 12 rescuers from Korea had arrived in Nepal through the organization. The Korean doctors are working in various quake-hit areas alongside Nepalese doctors.
According to Basnet, their next mission will be to repair schools established by them. "Out of 40 schools established by us, six of them have been destroyed completely. We plan to rebuild them at the earliest," he said.
Despite numerous organizations and government bodies making efforts to better the condition of the victims, reports however say that many people are still deprived of essential needs.
Victims have complained of duplication in relief distribution and those from remote region lament that all the donors have limited themselves to accessible areas.
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