The Randal Foundation is proud to support PHASE Worldwide, a charity dedicated to improving health, education and livelihoods in some of Nepal’s most remote and underserved communities. By working alongside local communities and government partners, PHASE Worldwide delivers sustainable, community-led programmes that improve access to essential services and create lasting change.
Through the Randal Foundation’s funding, PHASE Worldwide is delivering vital maternal, infant and primary healthcare services at the Tumcha Community Health Unit in Jair, Humla, Karnali Province. Located in the isolated Himalayas, the health unit is a five-hour walk from the nearest government-run health post and provides essential healthcare to more than 2,000 people each year.
Our support is helping PHASE Worldwide directly save an estimated 68 lives while significantly improving the lives of a further 1,079 people through improved access to quality healthcare, outreach services and health education.
Two Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs), who live and work within the community, divide their time between providing clinical care and delivering outreach activities, ensuring that even the most isolated families receive medical treatment, advice and preventative healthcare.
The ANMs also strengthen the local health system by sharing their expertise with government health workers at the nearby Jair Health Post through regular training and capacity-building. Within the community, they work closely with mothers’ groups, schools, traditional healers, pregnant women and new mothers, while carrying out home visits to support vulnerable people living in rural poverty. This proactive approach helps ensure that no one is left behind, regardless of how remote their location or the barriers they face due to age, disability or ill health.
By supporting PHASE Worldwide’s work, we are helping to achieve a 95% rate of institutional births in the area – well above Nepal’s national average of 80% and aligned with the country’s Safe Motherhood Strategy. High levels of antenatal care attendance, alongside effective malnutrition monitoring, professional antenatal and postnatal care, skilled birth attendance and emergency response services, are improving health outcomes for mothers, babies and families across the region.
Beyond the immediate health benefits, our funding is contributing to a sustainable model of care that strengthens local capacity and demonstrates the value of community-based healthcare, helping to encourage long-term government investment and ownership of these essential services.
Quote from Lyndsey McLellan, Director
“Life in isolated, mountainous and beautiful Tumcha, Far West Nepal is challenging. With thanks to the Randal Foundation and other supporters our teams will be able to directly save and significantly improve more lives over the next 12 months.”
