Pokhora to Thapathana Ward ICO Day 3

Today we drove to a few villages that have been subsidized by the Government to receive induction stove plates. The community members had to pay for a portion and the Rotary as well as ICO donated many as well. There are approx. 700 homes with these units. These villages have stable electricity so we're a good fit. They also have gas stoves used some of the time and they still light fires in the homes for heating. They have educated the villagers on the dangers to their air quality and respiratory health with the smoke in their homes and have started monitoring for baseline data. We were brought to several homes to see their stoves. They have a maintenance team consisting of a technician and electrician to support in case their induction stove doesn't work or the electricity does go out. After our lunch in the village, we drove to the school to present some sports balls, jersies and pens/pencils. We visited a few classrooms of various grades. They go to school 6 days a week with Saturdays off.
The ride to the villages was up a mountain, though a hill for the Nepalese!! We drove through several new landslide areas. Rocks the size of cars had come down. Then you see that the slide went ALL the way to the valley bottom, and the van tire is right on the edge of the road. The roads are so narrow, though today we had the first road with a center line!! A mere suggestion!!Read more