Latest Updates
Palliative Care
A palliative care workshop was run by Clare Selley at Burtibang District Hospital. This ‘add on’ training was available to all 38 nurses who had already completed the two day palliative care toolkit training. We focused mainly on communication skills and ‘total’ pain. Unfortunately it’s easy for important points to get lost in translation but it was really encouraging to see some of these nurses really embracing the concept of palliative care. Hopefully we will be able to raise sufficient funds this year to continue offering specialist training at Green Pastures in Pokhara.
280 Women now benefitting from the Small Grants Scheme
We are thrilled to report that since our Small Grants Scheme was extended to include a sixth women’s cooperative, the total number of women entrepreneurs has now reached 280.
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Students’ Counselling Corner
A second school counselling corner has been established following on from the success of the first one set up in March 2023 and is proving to be a great asset for the students. For more information, see our Current Projects page.
Pads Project finally becoming a reality
The Pads Project is finally becoming a reality thanks to a very generous donation from Neil White and family. Six women have completed training on how to sew reusable menstruation pads. Fifty four sets of pads have been given out to schoolgirls in Pokhara as part of a six month pilot project. Please see Current Projects for more information.
Hospice Nepal
New building for Hospice Nepal is finally underway. However, significant funding is still required to complete this project. The finished hospice will have twenty beds plus a wonderful training facility for doctors and nurses wishing to study palliative care as a speciality in Nepal.