Practical Help Achieving Self Empowerment

PHASE Worldwide (Practical Help Achieving Self Empowerment) is a UK-registered charity that raises funds and provides technical expertise for community development work in remote Nepal. It is part of the wider PHASE family, a cooperation between non-governmental organisations in Nepal, Austria, the United Kingdom and the United States that specialises in improving healthcare, education and income opportunities for disadvantaged populations, mainly in Nepal. The acronym PHASE stands for "Practical Help Achieving Self Empowerment" and summarises the organisation's working ethos. The organisation's journey began in 2005, when a circle of friends with a shared interest in working in Nepal founded PHASE. Over time it established several partnerships and now operates as PHASE Austria, PHASE Nepal, NTTI and PHASE Worldwide. PHASE Worldwide is based in Rotherham, United Kingdom, and is registered with the British Charity Commission. It received project funding from the Department for International Development in 2014, which was still in place in 2017. PHASE Worldwide's work focuses on three main areas: health, education and livelihoods. In health, the organisation supports primary healthcare in regions where services are poor or non-existent, helping Nepali government health centres with better buildings, equipment, medicines and qualified staff. In education, it aims to improve literacy and give children and adults greater opportunities and choices, supporting government schools with teaching materials, buildings, salaries for additional teachers, early childhood development programmes and scholarships. In livelihoods, it works to strengthen resilience and improve nutrition, for example through kitchen garden projects, improved fertiliser methods, market crop cultivation and breeding programmes. PHASE Worldwide operates in some of the most remote districts of Nepal, including Humla and Bajura. In Humla, the most northern district of Karnali Pradesh province, the population is around 50,858 and the district is not connected to the road network at all. In Bajura, with a population of around 134,900, the north of the district where PHASE works is very rural and remote with no road access, and the district has the highest rates of food poverty among all the districts PHASE works in, between 65% and 80%. PHASE's supported Primary Care Centre in Kolti and health centres in Bichhya and Rugin see approximately 25,502 patients per year, including around 10,511 children and 1,233 emergency cases. More recently, PHASE Worldwide has also started working in the UK, developing teaching materials for Global Citizenship education in primary schools and supporting the development of entrepreneurial skills among adolescents. PHASElets is the youth organisation (under-16s) of PHASE Worldwide, aiming to raise awareness of PHASE's goals and collect money for its projects. The organisation also runs emergency appeals, such as the 2026 flood appeal, which received almost £37,000 in donations including gift aid.

PHASE (Practical Help Achieving Self Empowerment) was founded in 2005 by a circle of friends with a shared interest in working in Nepal. The organisation later established several partnerships and today operates as PHASE Austria, PHASE Nepal, NTTI and PHASE Worldwide. PHASE Worldwide itself is based in Rotherham, United Kingdom, and is registered with the British Charity Commission. It received project funding from the Department for International Development in 2014, which was still in place in 2017. PHASE Nepal implements community-based projects in remote communities in Nepal, aiming to help the most vulnerable in Nepali villages free themselves from poverty. It works with communities and local authorities to create the foundations for a future that does not depend on external funding. PHASE Nepal's headquarters is in Dadhikot, just south of the Araniko Highway between Kathmandu and Bhaktapur, Nepal. In 2017, a new health promotion project was started in cooperation with Doctors of the World. In health, PHASE supports primary medical care in regions where these services function poorly or not at all. It supports Nepali government health centres with better buildings, equipment, medicines and qualified staff. In the first nine years since its founding, PHASE staff treated approximately 140,000 patients, assisted at more than 400 births and built 480 toilets. In the most recent reporting year, more than 100,000 patient contacts and 916 assisted births were recorded at PHASE-supported health posts. In 2009, a grant from the Humanitarian Foundation of the British Medical Association (BMA) enabled PHASE Nepal to publish a handbook for clinical treatment in Nepal, aimed specifically at staff in primary medical care in Nepal. By 2017, PHASE Nepal had around 40 employees in the health sector, working in 21 communities in 6 districts of Nepal. In education, PHASE Nepal aims to improve literacy to give children and adults greater opportunities and decision-making power. PHASE Nepal supports government schools with teaching materials, buildings, salaries for additional teachers, early childhood development programmes and scholarships. Since 2006, PHASE has equipped 10 schools with safe drinking water and toilets, upgraded one school to secondary level so that children can complete their schooling in their home community, supported 60 children in completing a catch-up programme and continuing their education at a normal school, and enabled over 200 women to complete a literacy course. In income generation, PHASE Nepal aims to improve income opportunities. Between 2006 and 2011, it introduced improved fertiliser methods and promoted the cultivation of market crops to improve yields. PHASE Nepal also conducts breeding programmes to improve nutrition through milk, egg and meat production and to create additional income through sales. PHASE Austria (a non-profit association founded in 2007) collects funds to support various aspects of PHASE Nepal's work. Originally focused mainly on education projects, it now also includes income and health programmes. Since 2011, PHASE Austria has been able to secure funding from the City of Vienna, the Swiss NAK-Humanitas Foundation and the Austrian Sports Ministry. After the devastating earthquakes of 2015, PHASE Austria was also able to make significant contributions to PHASE's disaster relief and reconstruction efforts. In 2017, PHASE Austria received the Else Kröner-Fresenius Prize for medical development cooperation for the Integrated Programme to Improve Medical Care for Mothers and Children in Mugu, Western Nepal. PHASE Worldwide raises funds for PHASE Nepal and provides technical expertise. Its headquarters is in Rotherham, UK. It received project funding from the Department for International Development in 2014, which was still in place in 2017. The organisation is registered with the British Charity Commission and is active in the following areas: fundraising through regular donations, events, supporter events and fundraisers, the sale of Nepali goods, campaigns on the GlobalGiving platform and project funding from organisations such as the BMA Humanitarian Fund, The British Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, The Funding Network (TFN) and Lions. It also develops teaching materials for Global Citizenship education in primary schools and for the development of entrepreneurial skills among adolescents in the UK. PHASElets is the youth organisation (under-16s) of PHASE Worldwide, aiming to raise awareness of PHASE's goals and collect money for its projects. PHASE works with individual volunteers and organisations to enable continuous improvement of programme design and implementation. Partnerships include the Child Welfare Scheme, volunteer programmes for NHS staff, cooperation with hospitals, and connections to the University of Sheffield and St George's, University of London, which involve students in...

• 2026

  PHASE Worldwide launches an emergency flood appeal, raising almost £37,000 including gift aid.

• 2017

  PHASE Austria receives the Else Kröner-Fresenius Prize; PHASE Nepal starts a health promotion project with Doctors of the World.

• 2015

  After devastating earthquakes, PHASE Austria contributes significantly to disaster relief and reconstruction.

• 2014

  PHASE Worldwide receives project funding from the Department for International Development.

• 2011

  PHASE Austria begins securing funding from the City of Vienna, NAK-Humanitas and the Austrian Sports Ministry.

• 2009

  BMA Humanitarian Foundation grant enables PHASE Nepal to publish a clinical treatment handbook for Nepal.

• 2007

  PHASE Austria founded as a non-profit association.

• 2006

  PHASE begins equipping schools with safe drinking water and toilets; starts introducing improved fertiliser methods and market crop cultivation.

• 2005

  PHASE founded by a circle of friends with a shared interest in working in Nepal.

A UK-registered charity and part of the PHASE family, focused on integrated community development in remote Nepal and global citizenship education in the UK.

• Primary healthcare support

  Support for Nepali government health centres with buildings, equipment, medicines and qualified staff.

• Education programmes

  Support for government schools with teaching materials, buildings, teacher salaries, early childhood development and scholarships.

• Livelihoods and nutrition projects

  Kitchen garden projects, improved fertiliser methods, market crop cultivation and breeding programmes.

• Global Citizenship teaching materials

  Teaching materials for primary schools and entrepreneurial skills development for adolescents in the UK.

• PHASElets youth organisation

  Youth organisation for under-16s to raise awareness and funds for PHASE projects.

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2. 2About us - PHASE Worldwidephaseworldwide.org
3. 3Humla - PHASE Worldwidephaseworldwide.org
4. 4Bajura - PHASE Worldwidephaseworldwide.org
5. 5Practical Help Achieving Self Empowerment - Wikidatawikidata.org
6. 6PHASE - Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org