Paul Pholeros Foundation Nepal Sanitation Fellowship 2024
In November 2024 plumbers Andrew Craine and Danny Hoekstra worked in partnership with the Dhulikhel Hospital technical and maintenance team to implement necessary works identified in the sanitation plan developed in 2023 by Andrew and Shane Marshall.
PPF and Dhulikhel Hospital teams – Sanil Makaju, Danny, Shanker Shrestha, Andrew, Pramesh Koju
The Work
Andrew’s return in 2024 facilitated continuity of relationships and the shared understanding about sanitation improvement needs in the Hospital. During the past year the Hospital team had continued with sanitation improvement works identified in 2023.
The 2024 team’s work focussed on removing hot water supply from public bathrooms, installing combination taps to cold water isolators to allow for more accesssible filling of buckets by Hospital staff, testing run-off water into nearby agricultural areas, and finalising the pipe installation/configuration of a roof top tank farm. This last activity will minimise water consumption by stopping overflow of tanks, and will free up maintenance staff for other tasks.
Andrew, Shanker and Danny
A Little Bit Extra Work
PPF Nepal Coordinator Bishnu Shrestha was on hand to help with local logistics and communications. The PPF team also worked on helping nearby villagers develop a practical plan to restore local water supply, which had been cut off after landslides earlier this year. Dr Dilip from the Hospital Dental Team has shown great interest in PPF’s portable hand washing unit and has used the trial units extensively in his remote outreach dental programs.
PPF Team with Dr Dilip Prajapati, Community Dentist at Dhulikhel Hospital and Bishnu
Thank you
A huge thanks to all the team members for their spirited coooperation in improving sanitation conditions, sharing skills, and identifying future collaborative projects. Namaste!!
