KOICA volunteer with the support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) completed the project “Renovation of counseling room of Antenatal and Postnatal care in Hetauda Hospital. The total budget of the project is USD 15,734/-

KOICA has been partnering with the Hetauda Hospital for a period of over 2 years and the project completion ceremony was held at Hetauda Hospital, Hetauda on April 2, 2018. Furthermore, the project was successfully completed by renovating the counseling room of Antenatal and Postnatal Care.

According to a press release issued by KOICA,  the main objective of this project is to deliver the ANC and PNC counseling services to the patient. This project has also supported to acknowledge education of ANC and PNC care by publishing books and provided training materials. Thus in coming days, volunteer will initiate training programs and books will be distributed to the patient who attends counseling class in Hetauda Hospital.

KOICA’s volunteer program is one of the main programs to contribute to socio-economic development of the partner countries at the grass root level. KOICA dispatches Korean national volunteers to partner government organizations as per the need of expertise, knowledge, and experience. Each volunteer serves in Nepal for 2 years in various fields such as education, health, agriculture, ICT etc. Currently, 2 advisors & 22 KOICA volunteers are actively working in various government sectors in accordance with an agreement between the governments of Korea and Nepal.