Funding needed for charity film
DFN is in the process of finishing off a 60 minute documentary film about healthcare in rural Nepal. It follows the journey of patients trying to urgently access medical care, an anxious and heart-wrenching journey for both the patients and viewer. The filming was undertaken 2 weeks prior to the enormous earthquakes that rocked the country in April of this year; instantly making the footage out of date (pre-earthquake). We are desperate to be able to complete filming, in order to be able to use it to its' full fundraising potential (by taking the film maker back to Nepal, ...
Update from students and doctor in Nepal
There is some good news from 4 months after the enormous earthquakes that rocked Nepal. Dr Lalit has secured a one year training contract with the Nick Simmons Institute (Nepal); an NGO dedicated to further the postgraduate training for health workers in rural Nepal. He is currently enjoying his 70 days of training to do Caesarian sections, and complex deliveries - and will then go back to doing his vital work in a rural area.
Meena and Nahakul have just sat their 4th year exams and are waiting with trepidation to hear if they may progress with their final year of ...
Our students live in fear – an account of life in an earthquake zone, by Prakash
Written by Prakash: 2nd year DFN student:
Namaste !!! I'm safe up until now but the fear of earthquakes are still in my mind. The first earthquake was in 25th April at near 12:00 noon. That was 7.9 on the richter scale, and vibrated for more than a minute. That day was Saturday (holiday), so I was in my hostel room and all the offices and the most of the shops were closed. I was preparing for my upcoming exams. Suddenly, I felt my chair and reading table start to move, and there were sharp creaks from the walls and windows. Most people started to cry and run towards ...
DFN hits the news
Today was a big day for DFN in the UK. We discovered the power of Twitter and social media to raise the awareness the profile of both the charity, and the plight of the Nepalese in the aftermath of the catastrophic recent earthquakes. We were invited for three radio interviews, which you may hear below.
Please do have a listen and let us know what you think. If you haven't recently donated to The Nepal Appeal, perhaps this will motivate further. https://www.justgiving.com/TheNepalAppeal
BBC Radio 5 Live; Listen in 1h 42 minutes in http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tk...
NEWS: Dr Lalit has narrow escape From second huge earthquake
On the morning of May 12th, Nepal was rocked by and another enormous earthquake apparently recording 7.4 on the Richter scale. Our first doctor, Lalit was flying to Namche in the Everest region with MSF, when they saw the land sliding away beneath them. Lalit sent this message; "I was in the Everest area, trying to land helicopter 2 mins before we land we saw houses breaking, landslides, then we stayed in the sky seeing lots of landslides..." This can only mean further devastation for nepal. Please continue to support; nepal needs your help even more.
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