Doctors for Nepal has launched The Nepal Appeal, to raise funds in the immediate aftermatch of the recent earthquake, and to aid with the assistance…
Fundraising
Clinging to life
The reality of being born in Nepal is that statistically speaking, you have a one in 20 chance of dying in infancy. In rural areas, where…
Treacherous roads
Travel in nepal is notoriously dangerous. The tiny planes that serve the far reaches of the country do not infrequently fall out of the sky, and the…
Lalits home
It was a complete honour to be able to spend some time with Lalits family in his mountainside village. We walked for 2 days over incredibly steep…
The hardest journey…
It is hard to describe in a handful of words the journey we have take over the last few days. On Sunday we left behind the relative safety and…
Meeting the smiling orphaned children
This afternoons journey to the West by jeep bought a lovely surprise. We came across Kopila valley school, where an amazing young American woman has…
Meeting the students
We arrived in Kathmandu yesterday, and after a blessing at Bouddha Stupa, we had the pleasure of having lunch with DFN’s 3 new students today…
Dr Lalit makes remarkable impact on remote health post
DFN’s first graduate, Dr Lalit, is making an incredible impact on his community. He has been posted to Kumalgaun Primary Health Centre –…
A UK medical students elective in Nepal
Experiences of a UK 4th year medical student on elective in Manma District Hospital, Nepal “When the hospital was first established by Medecin…
Fundraising Charity Event 11/05/14
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT THE DOCTORS FOR NEPAL CHARITY EVENT: The evening comprises of the Premiere of a fascinating and thought provoking…
A WARM WELCOME FOR OUR NEW STUDENT!
We are very pleased to announce that we have selected a new student for full scholarship at Patan Academy: Prakash Thakulla is 18 years old, and…
LALIT GRADUATES
Reflections on Nepal trip December 2013 Dr Kate Yarrow I have just spent 9 days in Nepal filming a documentary for the charity, and celebrating our…
Well done runners!
Well done and thank-you to our runners who took part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon. They did a sterling job and raised nearly £3000 between them!…
Well done to the Outdoor cinema event Sunday 25th August!
Update: What a great evening! We raised nearly £1,125 – so well done to everyone who came along and to the organisers. Especially big thanks…
Support our runners in the Royal Parks half marathon
We have 7 dedicated runners currently training for the Royal Parks Half Marathon on October 6th. We wish them lots of luck with their training. To…
News from Medical student Meena
Namaste! I am doing very well. My First year results came and I passed it with pretty good score. My Second year is running quite smoothly. We are…
OUR LATEST NEWS
2012 has been a very special year for Doctors for Nepal, as we now have our very first Doctor for Nepal. Lalit was overjoyed in September to learn…
WHO RAISED WHAT IN 2012?
A huge thank you to the following people who completed various feats to raise money for our students this year. Natalie Thurtle and two others…
NEW STUDENTS TO BE SELECTED
We are in the process of selecting two new students to commence studies in 2013. This will require £60,000 in total so please contact us of you have…
INTREPID HIKERS RAISE £690
Nat (a Doctors for Nepal trustee), Darryl and Mike 1km outside of Alice Springs, the end of the 230km Larapinta Trail in the Central Australian…