Our first female DFN sponsored student, Dr Meena, has shared the extraordinary story of how she saved the life of a mother and baby, whilst working…
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Yuna’s life as a student nurse
Yuna is in her third year of study to become a nurse. She was recently given a 2 week placement in the labour and maternity ward at Patan Hospital…
Royal Parks Half Marathon 2019
Team DFN, led by our founder Dr Kate Yarrow will be pounding the parks of London in this year’s Royal Parks Half Marathon, all in aid of…
New DFN nursing student Neelam
We are very happy to announce that, thanks to your generous donations, we are able to offer additional funds to a new DFN nursing student, Neelam…
Santosh tells us about his home life
Our youngest medical student is Santosh. We asked him to tell us a bit more about his reasons to want to train to become a doctor, and also about…
DFN supports first midwifery degree-level course in Nepal
Our Founder, Dr Kate Yarrow, has just returned from an extremely busy and successful week in Nepal. We can now proudly announce that Doctors for…
Purna is on a placement in southern Nepal
Purna is now in his 4th year of medical studies and is currently on a placement in a Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC) in Manhari, Makawanpur. He…
Kamal can sing!
Despite working flat out with their medical studies, our amazing students always find time to relax. Here’s Kamal in 2 videos showing us his…
Congratulations Binita and Apsara
We have just heard that both Binita and Apsara have passed their second year nursing exams. They have only three months left before their final…
Prakash shows us around Patan Hospital WATCH THE VIDEO
During the last DFN Trustee visit to Nepal, we filmed Prakash giving us a guided tour around Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, when he introduced us to…
Kamal starts at Gorkha District Hospital
Kamal and Apsara, our 4th year students, have just finished their end of year exams and are now working in 2 different rural hospitals for the next…
News from Meena in Mugu District Hospital
We have just heard from Meena who tells us about two different emergency cases she has been involved with at Mugu District Hospital. Her encounters…
Huge congratulations to Dr Prakash!
We are hugely proud to announce that our 4th scholarship recipient has passed his medical finals to become our 4th Doctor For Nepal; congratulations…
Concert in aid of Doctors for Nepal
HAYDN’S NELSON MASS A fabulous concert is being held on SATURDAY 9 MARCH 2019 at 7pm in St Mark’s Church, Alma Road, Reigate RH2 0DA…
CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAMDFN
Huge congratulations to TEAMDFN who ran for us in the Brighton Half Marathon yesterday. It was a beautiful sunny day and our five runners –…
News from medical student Jeevan
Jeevan has just sent us some great pictures and news. We have been fundraising in Australia to be able to purchase Littmann stethoscopes for our…
DFN CHARITY BIKE RIDE JUNE 2019
29th – 30th JUNE 2019 ARE YOU AN EXPERIENCED CYCLIST? FANCY FUNDRAISING FOR DOCTORS FOR NEPAL? We are looking for 15 experienced cyclists to…
Student nurse Apsara at work on the ward
Apsara is one of our two nursing students in their second year of studies for a 3-year nursing degree course at the Nepal Institute of Health…
News from medical student Santosh
Santosh recently received the results for his latest 1st Year exam – we are pleased to announce that he passed with flying colours, gaining…
Free Places in Royal Parks Half Marathon
***** CALLING ALL RUNNERS ***** MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO HEALTHCARE IN RURAL NEPAL BY RUNNING FOR DOCTORS FOR NEPAL. We have 5 free places to give away…
Trustee visit to Nepal
In November/December 2018 Dr Kate Yarrow, founder, Nigel Lewers, Trustee and Cesca Eaton, UK administrator, flew to Kathmandu to visit all our…
Congratulations Kamal
We are very proud to announce that one of our third year medical students KAMAL has passed his 3rd year final exams with flying colours. We are…
Latest news from Santosh, Purna and Dhanendra
All our medical students are hard at work, but here’s our most recent news from three of them – Purna, Dhanendra and Santosh:…
Nursing student news
We can now share the excellent news that two of our nurses, Binita and Apsara, have passed their first year exams with excellent results. …