Disabled persons in Nepal
Especially in poor countries such as Nepal, disabled persons have enormous difficulties. In fact, there is nearly no medical care available. In social communities disabled persons reside in the lowest social group.
Many disabled persons are hardly appreciated and respected in their own family and do not attend school. However, school is the only chance for those children to escape destitution.
In comparison to Western countries, the average percentage of disabled persons in Nepal is much higher. Many disabilities result from missing inoculations, poor food, lack of hygiene, and untreated injuries.
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Official name:
State of Nepal (formerly Kingdom of Nepal)
Size:
147,182 km² (half the size of Germany)
Population:
Approx. 25 million inhabitants
Religion:
Formerly the world’s only constitutionally declared Hindu state; Hinduism (approx. 80%), Buddhism (15%), Islam (3%), Christianity (2%), proselytisation forbidden - since 2006 a secular state
Language:
Nepali and 50 other minor languages or dialects
Capital:
Kathmandu (ca. 1.1 mio. inhabitants)
Geography:
Located at the south edge of the middle Himalaya
Climate:
Monsoon, milder climate in the north, moderate winter (0° to -20°C), much rain in summer (25° to 32°C)
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany)
A wheelchair can change your life…
Help for disabled children in Nepal
Most families cannot afford a wheelchair
Nepal is one of the poorest countries worldwide.
Countless children suffering from a walking disability live in the Himalayan state.
Their families are too poor to buy a wheelchair. If these children want to move, they use boards or planks to haul themselves across the floor. If they want to leave home, they need to be carried. However, in many cases nobody is there who could carry them. As a consequence, thousands of boys and girls with a walking disability become stunted in isolation because they cannot leave the house – sometimes for years.
New mobility leads to humane life
Words are not enough to describe how a wheelchair can change the life of a child not able to walk. The newly gained mobility also brings back zest for life, and the freedom of movement offers new possibilities. For example, children are able to attend school and learn so that they can get a job later in spite of their disability. So, for many disabled persons, the wheelchair represents both an escape from isolation and the chance for a humane life and a better future.
This is how the Peter Ustinov Foundation helps
The German Association “Nepal-Hilfe Aachen e.V.“ and the Peter Ustinov Foundation jointly fulfilled the greatest wish of roundly 1000 children suffering from a walking disability by presenting each of them a wheelchair manufactured in Nepal. A single customized wheelchair made in Nepal costs 180 EUR only, the same chair made in Germany would cost seven times as much. In addition to this price, the manufacture in special local production sites offers many people in Nepal a job.
The Peter Ustinov Foundation supports this and other projects contributing to the well-being of destitute children and their families. Please help us to realise our humanitarian efforts and aims, and give those children a hopeful future.
Donation account: 901 801 301 Bank code: 250 100 30 Bank: Deutsche Postbank AG
