Visiting an earthquake-hit village: This week we visited one of the villages devastated by the earthquakes. It took us two days to reach the area…
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BUY CHRISTMAS CARDS TO HELP NEPAL
Christmas cards now available to purchase on Doctors for Nepal website http://www.doctorsfornepal.org/christmas-cards/ ALL proceeds from the cards…
Devastation in earthquake hit Nepal
Incredibly moved and saddened by the absolute devastation that is earthquake hit Nepal. The world has forgotten and the villages are literally…
Trustees fly out to Nepal
Kate and 2 trustees flew to Nepal on 9th October 2015. Here they are meeting DFN scholarship students in Kathmandu. Look out for Kate’s blog…
Nahakul and Meena pass their exams
Nahakul and Meena, our two 4th year students have successfully passed their exams, allowing them entry into their 5th and final year at Patan…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
Doctors For Nepal – healthcare in rural Nepal video
Dr Lalit helps in aftermath of earthquake
We are proud to report that Dr Lalit (our first doctor) has been recruited by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) to work in areas worst hit by the recent…
The Nepal Appeal
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…
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…
A pregnant woman’s journey
When staying in Lalit’s village we were asked to see a pregnant woman who was unwell. She was 6 months pregnant, and appeared very unwell with…
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…
Morning meeting with Lalit
Leaving civilisation We have woken to the sound of tropical birds, and strange Nepalese throat clearing noises in nepaljung in the west of Nepal….
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…
Preparing for the upcoming trip to Nepal..
Plans are heavily underway for Dr Kate Yarrow (Founder and chairman of Doctors For Nepal) to visit the remote district of Kalikot, along with Gareth…
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 –…