Mother and Child Health Clinic in Rural Nepal

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Mother and Child Health Clinic in Rural Nepal

Summary

Karing for Kids runs a clinic in the rural mountain communities of Gatlang, Goljung and Chilime, Nepal. The clinic provides health care, health education, and serves as a community library. read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $10,000 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

There are nearly 7000 people living in the remote villages served by this clinic. Prior to KFK’s Clinic it was difficult to find a mother who had not lost a child and impossible to find a household without a sick person. Child and Maternal Mortality rates of these communities have been almost two-to-three times higher than the national average.

Activities

•Management of childhood illnesses such as diarrhea, worm infestation, malnutrition, and respiratory infections •Immunizations •Antenatal/post natal care • Family planning and counseling •Treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $10,000

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $10,000. The original project funding goal was $10,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.karingforkids.org)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Our long term plan as a result of the Healthcare for all Nepal outreach program is to establish four more clinics in strategic locations in the greater Langtang area and provide accessible healthcare to nearly 30 villages.

Project Message

When I visit the clinic I am truly moved by the dedicated staff, the warm and charming Tamang and the poor conditions under which the clinic provides these vital services.
- Scott MacLennan, International Director of Karing for Kids

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Scott MacLennan,
International Director
139 Madison NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108
United States
800-743-1929
Email:

Project Sponsor

The Mountain Fund

Organization

Karing for Kids
139 Madison NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108
United States
800-743-1929
http://www.karingforkids.org

Learn more about Karing for Kids and the project team.

Karing for Kids's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Basic medical laboratory for rural health clinic

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Nepal and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Nepal, read the Human Development Report on Nepal or the Wikipedia entry for Nepal.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on June 03, 2006.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 25, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

Progress Report June 2006

By Scott MacLennan - International Director, June 03, 2006 01:11 PM

Caseload at the clinic continues to remain at an average of 1300 patients treated each year, though that number is rising slightly due in part to the help we have received via GlobalGiving. We now have enough full-time staff that our nurse is able to go out and make rounds in the villages. We find a lot of patients that way who otherwise may not come to the clinic. That early intervention is helping reduce the need for more serious treatment later.

Engineers Without Borders (EWB) and the Nepali organization Center For Rural Technology are both working with us to develop better public health programs so we can prevent some of the problems we see at the clinic. I am attaching a PDF file that was a PowerPoint presentation EWB and KFK gave which shows more clearly the public health issues that are underlying the sickness in these villages.

The proposed clinic in Thulo is stalled at the moment, as the village leaders are unable to come to a decision on the donation of land. We have however started a new partnership that will lead to a second clinic at another Tamang village that is located a few miles further towards Tibet. I will post some information on that project soon.

In addition to funding from GlobalGiving making it possible for us to do more outreach work, we have made a few improvements to the clinic building to create a space more conducive to healthcare. We were also able to host two important events at the clinic. First, we hosted a dental camp for one week and a weeklong training for traditional birth attendants (TBA) (village midwife). We had fifteen TBA's from three villages attend the entire week. For most of them, this was the first formal training they had ever received on how to safely deliver a child. I am attaching a photo of that class in session. We plan to repeat this again next year, as the women who attended were very anxious to learn even more.

I hope our supporters at GlobalGiving realize how important they are in keeping this clinic in operation. The area where the clinic is located is not on any tourist routes nor is it near any major towns. For these reasons we don't get the kind of support that other areas of Nepal do. Villages along major trekking routes, as in the Everest area for instance, have many NGOs working in them and a continuous stream of donations from western tourists. These villages rarely see any western tourists and hence don't have the donor base to access. The support we have here is critical to keeping us operational and we thank you.

We continue to get many inquiries from medical people wishing to volunteer at the clinic. We hope to get more and welcome volunteers at the clinic.

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