Mother & Child Health Clinic in Rural Nepal - 2008

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

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. KFK's Mother and Child Health Clinic provides critical medical services to the 7,000 residents of Rasuwa district. In 2006 the Clinic provided over 1,200 patient visits, training sessions, and traveling health care services.

Activities

Operating costs of $15,000/yr ($5/day) provides critical care to 7,000 people ($2 per person) * Management of childhood illnesses * Immunications * Antenatal/post natal care * Treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, etc. *

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,175
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $13,825
Total Funding Goal: $15,000

Additional Documentation

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

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will provide critical health care to 7,000 villagers in Goljung, Chilime, and Gatlang. These communities suffer from health problems associated with crippling poverty including diarrhea, malnutrition, and acute respiratory illnesses.

Project Message

The Clinic has become a truly important resource for these communities -- every donation makes a tremendous difference to thousands who would otherwise have no available health care.
- Scott MacLennan, Executive Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Scott MacLennan,
International Director
139 Madison St NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
United States
8007431929
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.

Organization's Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Basic medical lab for rural health clinic in Thulo

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.

Latest Update from the Field

Update from Nepal ~ December 2007

By Christine Egger - Volunteer, December 13, 2007 06:05 PM

It's been a tremendous year for our Mother and Child Health Clinic. Read the attached .pdf for photos & articles on our 1,000-patient Moving Medical Camp, the new Basic Medical Laboratory coming to the Clinic in 2008, and how Karing for Kids' new clinic in Thulo will expand the network of health care we're providing to thousands of people in Nepal's Rasuwa district!
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Upate from Nepal ~ December 2007

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