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Fantastic Festive Fundraising!

Our event 'A Christmas Carol by Candlelight' raised almost £2000, which will directly support our doctors, nurses, midwives and students complete their training and go on to improve and save lives in rural Nepal. The event was a resounding success, with masterful storyteller, Ashley Ramsden, generously donating his time and skills to perform the Christmas classic. Singing, laughing and lots of festive cheer, with the backdrop of the ancient Hamsey church lit up by candles made this a truly enjoyable afternoon. The gift shop and mulled wine also proved popular leading to extra fundraising for DFN and many people going home with someone ticked ...

Christmas Shopping? New Stock in our Online Shop!

Our online shop is freshly stocked with beautiful gifts for you and your family from children's clothes, to hand painted baubles to 100% Cashmere scarves. All stock comes to us straight from suppliers that we have personally selected in Nepal and all proceeds from the shop will go towards scholarships for our doctors, nurses and midwives, so that they can provide healthcare to their remote communities in rural Nepal. Stock is very limited, having already sold well at our recent event, so get your gifts now in time for Christmas! https://doctorsfornepal.org/shop/

Lalit qualifies as a consultant doctor

We are excited to announce that our very first doctor to graduate has completed his post graduate studies in Cairo, Egypt, and is now a qualified consultant, specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS LALIT - we are all so very proud of you. All your hard, hard work has paid off and now you can settle into your new job at Karnali Province Hospital in Surkhet.Lalit says "I have started a new chapter in my health professional life. I have started working as a maternity and gynaecologist specialist at Karnali Provincial Hospital, Surkhet. I thank all my parents, relatives, friends and Doctors For Nepal." Dr Lalit scans a ...

Dr Kate Yarrow wins an award

In the presence of the Honorable President Mrs. Bidhya Devi Bhandarijiu, Dr Kate Yarrow, founder and chair of Doctors For Nepal has received an award at the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) in Jumla, as recognition for the charity's work in rural Nepal. Sadly Kate was unable to accept the award in person, but Dr Kamal Hamal, one of our graduated doctors now working at KAHS, accepted the award on behalf of Doctors For Nepal. Kate says "It's amazing to see the result of our years of hard work training our doctors and nurses in Nepal. We now know that we are truly making a difference to so many lives. I am astonished and humbled to have been ...

EQUIPMENT APPEAL

https://vimeo.com/656135824 Please watch this special video made by Dr Nahakul, Dr Apsara and Dr Lalit CLICK HERE TO DONATE We have launched an appeal for much needed medical equipment. Until now, we have focused our fundraising attention on establishing scholarships; but now we have 6 doctors and a number of nurses working back in their remote mountain hospitals, it is vital they have essential equipment available to diagnose and treat their patients. Relatively basic equipment such as finger prick tests to measure the blood sugar and haemoglobin, pulse oximeters to measure the oxygen circulating in the blood and machines to reliably ...