Namaste, a Himalayan Journey wins Award of Excellence at Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards
We are very pleased to announce that our feature documentary NAMASTE, A HIMALAYAN JOURNEY, has just won the Feature Documentary Award of Excellence at the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards. We are very pleased, as the main purpose of making our documentary is to spread the word and work of Doctors for Nepal around the globe - this award goes some way towards doing just that. Thank you to everyone who helped us to get the film made - and to all those who came to our screenings around the UK. If you missed the screenings, watch this space for DVD ...
Welcome to our new scholarship students!
We are enormously pleased to welcome Dhanendra Shahi, and Purna Adhikari to the DFN family. Both come from impoverished backgrounds in the far west of Nepal, and are absolutely delighted to be sponsored, as they would otherwise be unable to fulfil their dreams of studying to become doctors. Both have commenced the first year, and we wish them the best luck for their next few years of study.
On the recent visit to Nepal, the trustees were able to spend some time with all of our students who are flourishing in their studies. We were also able to deliver a large number of ...
Welcome to our new students, and student update
We are enormously pleased to welcome Dhanendra Shahi, and Purna Adhikari to the DFN family. Both come from impoverished backgrounds in the far west of Nepal, and are absolutely delighted to be sponsored, as they would otherwise be unable to fulfil their dreams of studying to become doctors. Both have commenced the first year, and we wish them the best luck for their next few years of study.
On the recent visit to Nepal, the trustees were able to spend some time with all of our students who are flourishing in their studies. We were also able to deliver a large number of ...
DFN appears on popular Nepal TV show
Dr Kate Yarrow was invited onto NAMASTE TV SHOW on Nepal TV+ as their special guest for a 90 minute live programme. Kate was the only guest on their new feature, "Agents of Change". It was a great opportunity to let the whole of Nepal know about the work of Doctors for Nepal and her experiences in Nepal since her first visit in 2006. Kate and host Sahana Bajracharya discuss the problems still facing Nepal and how Doctors for Nepal is trying to solve the problems of healthcare in rural Nepal. Towards the end of the clip, 43.05, there is a short film that Namaste TV ...
DFN TO FEATURE ON NEPAL TV
Doctors for Nepal was invited on to a 90 minute live TV show today. They were there to talk about the work we do but also to share the plight of 2 young sisters we have befriended in a displacement camp in Kathmandu. In October 2015, Kate and Gareth (director/cameraman) filmed 15 year old Susmita and 11 year old Santhi in their tent in the camp. Their house had been destroyed in the April 2015 earthquake. Kate promised them she would return when she was next in Nepal - she has kept her promise and managed to find them again, still living in squalor - same tent, ...