By Christina Madden | US Director
Dear Friends,
Himalayan HealthCare (HHC) has just completed its 25th anniversary trek to Nepal’s Northern Dhading region, where nearly 600 patients were treated in medical camps in Tipling and Lapa. Eight international doctors, one pharmacist and three volunteers joined our staff in Nepal and the local health providers. Their work was supported by a team of 15 porters, cooks and scores of local volunteers.
HHC has been conducting medical camps in Nepal’s remote mountain villages since 1992, providing care to populations that, due to their remoteness and the legacy of Nepal’s caste system, otherwise have no options for treatment. International health providers work with our staff and the local communities to provide training, medical care and other support to those who need it most.
In the past 25 years, HHC has treated more than 293,000 patients and supported public health, education and income-generation programs for some of Nepal’s most marginalized communities.
During our fall trek, HHC handed over completed health posts to the local government in Tipling and Lapa, with the District Health Officer and local leaders in attendance. The health posts were reconstructed as part of a collaboration between HHC and AmeriCares to repair and rebuild Dhading District’s health clinics following the 2015 earthquake that devasted the region.
HHC also handed over the first of four school buildings in Lapa, which was built with the generous support of Brother’s Brother Foundation and the Nepalese Community of Pittsburgh.
As part of our ongoing disaster relief to the region, HHC helped secure land deeds for sixteen earthquake-affected Dalit families in Northern Dhading. Without the deeds, these families were ineligible to apply for the housing reconstruction aid offered by Nepal’s National Reconstruction Authority and had been living on public land.
As we reflect on our 25 years of service to the people of Nepal, we are grateful for donors like you who make our work possible.
We thank you for your support,
Himalayan HealthCare
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