Crowdfunding to finish important fundraising documentary
Have you ever contemplated or thought about how easy it is for you to see a doctor? I know we have all, at times, complained about the NHS (or our equivalent Health care system). We moan when we can't get a same-day appointment for a sore throat. But what if you were told you had to walk for 9 days to get to see your family doctor? Over enormous mountains, sleeping in mud huts, not really knowing if the doctor might be there at the end of your journey, and you risk dying on route? This is the reality for millions of people living in rural Nepal.
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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2 weeks prior to the enormous earthquakes that rocked the country in April of this year; instantly making the footage out of date (pre-earthquake).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...