At every crisis, CREASION has always come at the forefront to provide assistance to the affected. The COVID-19 global pandemic and its consequences has uprooted the lives of many including waste workers. CREASION acknowledges the hardships and contributions of waste workers and has initiated the Waste Workers Emergency Relief Project (WWERP) in support of The Coca-Cola Foundation.
The WWERP has partnered with different waste management organisations to reach out to more waste workers. Through ration packages, safety gears and awareness, the project aims to ensure the safety and well-being of waste workers affected by the ongoing pandemic and the lockdown.
Hospitals and Isolation Centres
Provinces
PPE Suits
N95 Masks
Pairs of Surgical Gloves
Front line workers who invest their day and night to fight COVID-19 have been denied basic necessities required to survive the outbreak themselves. Basic necessities such as protective gears, masks, gloves, goggles required for them to continue with their work without any hurdles have been insufficient. This has put their lives at risk as well as jeopardized the safety of others as well.
CREASION in support from the Bhrikuti Devi Trust came forward with assistance for the front liners working during the COVID-19. To support them, PPE suits, N95 Masks, Surgical Gloves, Safety Goggles, Shoe Covers and Hair Covers were provided to the front liners working in 24 hospitals and isolation centres of Province 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7. Security personnel were also assisted by providing safety gears.
Hospitals and Isolation Centres
Waste Workers Reached
Waste workers stationed to manage hospital waste are at a greater risk. They are already devoid of proper knowledge for safe waste management and the risky situation brought by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened their situation and exposed them to more vulnerabilities.
As part of the Waste Workers Emergency Relief Project (WWERP), the team was also actively engaged in providing assistance to the waste workers who were stationed at hospitals. The awareness sessions were mainly targeted at ensuring that the waste workers who directly worked in sensitive area to COVID-19 such as hospitals were aware of the right safety measures and followed them thoroughly. The sessions by our Medical Officer for Hospitals were conducted in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Chitwan.