At 7 am, five of us from the Himalayan Quests Foundation office left the bustling streets of Kathmandu, full of excitement and anticipation. Our destination was Sirkot, a remote village in Syangja district, perched at 1,616 meters, where Mt Dhaulagiri towers majestically in the distance. The journey, we knew, would take 8-9 hours or more, […]
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Following our recent eye screening camps, we referred 20 patients from the lower village, Parchang Naukunda and 38 from Yarsa, the upper village for cataract surgery. We had two options: bring all patients to Kathmandu or support them through the Red Cross surgical camp in Rasuwa. After discussions with the rural municipality, we collectively decided […]
After a warm breakfast and hot tea provided by our wonderful host families, we made our way to the Yarsha village health post, our designated location for the day’s clinic, to find patients already eagerly waiting for us. Setup was swift, however, with rain on way on the way, we relocated the outdoor registration and […]
Early Friday morning, April 11th, the team woke up to a warm breakfast generously prepared by their host families. Due to the team’s late arrival the previous night and being spread across neighbouring villages, everyone gathered at a nearby school, the location for that day’s health camp. As always, the first job of the day […]
We started the journey from Kathmandu to the Yarsha and Parchang Naukunda villages in rural Rasuwa yesterday, Thursday April 10th, picking up our team of 15 along the way in an electric bus for the journey out of the bustling city of Kathmandu to the rural countryside. The trip that would normally take 3 hours […]