Day 1 – Getting in the groove

Providing free medical care in rural Nepal With the sun just rising from the mists, we set to work registering waiting patients of all ages for the first full and official day of consultations. Elderly couples came together and left with sunglasses, mothers came with children and left with medicine, men and women came with […]

Setting out and getting organised

Providing free medical care in rural Nepal On a bus filled with good people, good humour and medical supplies, we careened out of Kathmandu and on towards Ale Gaun, a small village perched in the hills out west and the setting for our first health camp. The sky, thick and swirling overhead, brought a cleansing […]

Team 2015 is born

Providing free medical care in rural Nepal Yesterday, Saturday 11th April the 2015 Health Camp Team came together for the first time for the pre camp meeting. It was wonderful to see a group of individual volunteers and health providers from 5 different countries unite and bond to become, what we hope will be a […]

Village School Library Project

“I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.” — Jorge Luis Borges Himalayan Quests in thrilled to be working with Shree Bal Shikshya Niketan Lower Secondary School, Gabde, Syanja, in mid west Nepal, in order to help them establish and run a school library.  This small government school was established in […]

A New Year, a new series of health camps

Providing free medical care in rural Nepal With the dawning of the New Year, planning for our 2015 Health Camps steps up a gear as our team starts coming together, and the list of things ‘to do’ gets ever longer. While a little early to confirm the Nepali healthcare team, our international medical team is […]