Every six months we have a small scheme to help with the general health and hygine of the schools that we try to help.

In the villages of Nepal, food hygine is not a priority and as a result almost every child suffers badly from various types of intestinal worms.  The worms cause the children to suffer all sort of medical problems, which causes their imune systems to be debilitated and therefore their abilty to fight deseases reduced significantly.  The “Human Touch” has been giving worm tablets to about 500 children from the schools that we support every six months. This has had a profound effect on school attendance and the general health of the school children. At the same time we give each child a Vitamin “A” tablet to compensate in some way for their poor nutrition.

During this time we also give each child a new toothbrush.  The teachers at the schools have “BEST TEETH” competitions for each class to ensure that the message of heathy teeth and gums is working. The pictures that you see is of the children at the school assembly recieving the tablets, you will notice how smart they are in their school uniforms. The other two pictures are of the parents in the poor village that the children come from. The children often teach the parents about “Hygine”