Friends of Nepal Pariwar Foundation

For many years, Nepal has had one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in Asia.  Friends of Nepal Pariwar Foundation, for the past 13 years, has provided assistance for salaries of nurse-midwives in four rural clinics in Nepal, and for in-service training and transportation expenses for the nurse-midwives, through the Friends’ partner organization in Nepal, BBP-Pariwar.  With the $72,000 of grants from the  AllPeopleBeHappy foundation in 2010 to 2023, Friends has 1) added 4 nurse-midwives to the 4 clinics, 2) upgraded the in-patient delivery facilities, and 3) built another remote clinic.  Each nurse-midwife provides reproductive health services to an average of 1400 persons per year, so the addition of 4 nurse-midwives strongly impacts the community.