In collaboration with the Good Shepherd International Foundation, Italy, and with the help of a grant from BEGECA and MISEREOR, Germany, Opportunity Village Nepal (OVN) has handed over health equipment/materials to the Department of Health Services.

The health equipment/materials were handed over by Sanu Amatya, President of Opportunity Village Nepal, Bhagwati Sangraula, Acting Director of Social Welfare Council and Sister Taskila Nicholas, Country Director of Good Shepherd International Foundation Nepal to Upendra Dhungana, Head of Management Division, Department of Health Services Teku, Kathmandu. The handed over equipment includes 25 oxygen concentrators, 3200 face masks and 80 nasal oxygen concentrators.

The health equipment/materials handed over to the Department of Health Services will be made available to 13 government hospitals in 9 districts, namely, Kanchanpur, Bake, Gulmi, Rupandehi, Dhading, Baglung, Tanahu, Syangja and Kaski.

Sister Taskila Nichols, Country Director of the Good Shepherd International Foundation Nepal, said that the materials received from Germany for the response to Covid-19 should be reached to the concerned government hospitals on time and be used and managed effectively.

Durga Shrestha, the director from Opportunity Village Nepal expressed her sincere gratitude to the Ministry of Health and Population, Department of Health Services, Social Welfare Council and Good Shepherd International Foundation Nepal for their support on campaign of responding to Covid-19 initiated by Opportunity Village Nepal (OVN), Kathmandu.

Sanu Amatya, President of OVN added, “OVN has provided these materials to government hospitals with the objective of supporting the Government of Nepal in Responding to Covid-19.