Scout funds Medical Centre completion in Nepal

If you have recently read my blog then you will know the West Gosforth Scouts and I have been raising money for a Medical Centre situated in Daldale, Nepal by doing a sponsored parkrun on Newcastle's Town Moor. The Medical Centre was originally funded by the Shree Prithivi Samaj Sewa Club - local community club - but unfortunately there was not enough money to complete it. With help from the Nepal Schools Trust we have managed to plan what we intend to use the money for and with the help of  Scherie Nicol (a volunteer for the Trust) the Medical Centre has been completed. Altogether  we raised £600 which has gone towards resources for the building to be completed and basic medical supplies. £300 has been spent on roofing materials and £100 for plastering the interior of the building; waiting room chairs; an examination couch and a lockable medicine cabinet. One of the main reasons the Trust has decided to help is that the left over money can be used to help fund their health education programme. This programme will provide: a School Health Policy, a presentation on basic healthcare (washing hands), drinking water vessels and posters all put in place in the Medical Centre and surrounding schools. The Trust also helped to find a  few medically experienced workers to run the Medical Centre and treat the patients. Among them is a woman called Deu Rupa who works from Surya Kiran (a local school) and provides pre and post natal care for mothers in her community, after school hours. She works alone and has decided to leave the school to work at the Medical Centre. This means the Medical Centre is now ready and has workers who are prepared to treat people in the Daldale community. However, this does not mean the project itself has ended. After the opening of the Medical Centre, it was agreed that it required another consultation/meeting room meaning that two patients could be treated at once. We are working towards raising more funds with the help of the Nepal Schools Trust. So far, £20 has been raised due to a raffle but I do hope we can raise more money for this cause in the future.



The Medical Centre was just an empty shell when we first decided to raise funds to complete it.



Now the Medical Centre is a proper building where the Daldale community can go to get treatments for any illness or conditions they have. They had a great opening ceremony and the link for the video of the opening ceremony is http://vimeo.com/54500492 .