Health Camp Day 1- Ale Gaun

First things first. Meet the team! Front Left to Right: Tila Ale, Jhalak Narayan Khanal, Dipanjali Pradhan, Soniya Pradhan, Bidhya Basnet, Rija Mahajan, Jyoti Sharna, Eileen Waldow, Petal Niles, Carol Thompson, Min Bdr Ale, Dinesh Bika, Kazi Sherpa, Amrit Ale, Diwas Back Left to Right: Durga Prasad Chapagain, Bibek Yogal, Mamata Dhimal, Sunita Adhikari, Deepa […]

The Count Down Begins

As the countdown begins for this year’s free health camps, it is wonderful to welcome our international team to Kathmandu.  We can’t thank them enough for giving up their time to support us on this project. From left to right – Dr Marian Shaw, Eileen Waldow, Dr Del Endres (camp Medical Director), Carol Thompson and […]

Almost all done – ENT, hydroceles and a neurological assessment

On Thursday, our local health workers Tilar and Kumar escorted 20 patients and their carers to Manipal Hospital in Pokhara for their post health camp follow-ups.  17 saw an ENT specialist, 2 were referred to have their hydroceles looked at and Arjun for a neurological assessment. It was a long day of doctors, assessments, tests […]

Giving the gift of sight

On June 7th, 25 cataract patients and their carers boarded 2 buses and headed to Pokhara, accompanied by our two amazing local health care providers, Tila Ale and Kumar Rana in order to finally undergo surgery to rectify the cataracts that were identified during April’s free health camps. Everyone was registered and rescreened to confirm […]

Days 4 -7 Sirkot

Providing free medical care in rural Nepal Day 4 saw the Team, minus 2 who had gone down with a nasty case of the flu, pack up and start the long, hot hike up to Sirkot in readiness for the second camp. Days 5 – 7 and it was back to normal – long queues […]