With CDC Foundation’s grants not only were we able to provide important community service such as Nepali-Speaking volunteers and easy access to the COVID-19 Vaccine but we were also able to partner with different organizational stakeholders and community based organizations such as ours.
October 30th, 2021: In collaboration with Pacific Northwest Black Business Coalition we hosted this initiative. Our whole team went to Kent to provide not only the COVID vaccine and booster but also chili and hot cocoa to the community. Kent Library’s staff came to greet us while providing free library books to the people walking by and greeting us. This was during the Halloween weekend so we appreciated the creative costumes of people visiting our campsite.
December 8th, 2021: For this event, we partnered with Columbia Basin College. Our Program Manager, Leema Pradhan drove down to Pasco to receive her booster too. We were able to vaccinate a Nepali father and son!
Special shoutout to our NSS Health Committee leaders Dr. Maya Magarati, PHD and Dr. Nitin Thapa, ND who also participated to help out another DOH Care-a-Van event and representing NSS(see pictures below).
December 26th, 2021: This event was hosted in Northgate where our Public Health Officer, Shraddha Malla went to participate, support, and volunteer. Idris Mosque’s leadership teams have been great collaborators and partners with NSS and this event helped strengthen the relationship.
Two of our UW students were there to get their boosters too. They received their shots in Nepal and they were still able to receive boosters here after talking to the representative of DOH and the Somali Health Board.
