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Nepal
After the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal, the dōTERRA Healing Hands
Foundation ® began providing humanitarian aid and has been hard
at work in the country ever
since. Because Nepal has
such limited access to
resources, it has taken
the country many
years to rebuild
from the devastating
earthquakes. For
this reason, many
of the dōTERRA
Healing Hands
Foundation
projects in Nepal
have been focused
primarily on
rebuilding efforts.
Clean Water
Makwanpur
Villagers in the Thaha Municipality, where Wintergreen is sourced, are accustomed to collecting
unfiltered water from rivers, or use handcrafted pipes to direct unclean water to living areas. In 2018,
the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation, with the help of the Nepalese government and CHOICE
Humanitarian-Nepal, worked to install an integrated water supply system that will provide clean water
to over 41,000 people in this area of Nepal, including rural communities and schools. This project is
anticipated to be completed in 2019.
Health Post
Narayani
The health post in the village of Agara served as the first point of contact for basic health services
for about 9,000 people in Nepal before it was destroyed in the 2015 Nepal earthquakes. In 2018, the
dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation and CHOICE Humanitarian-Nepal began plans to rebuild Agara’s
health post. The new two story building will be earthquake resilient, and constructed on land donated by
the community. The project is expected to be completed in 2019.
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