Medical Case - Rom Kumari Basnet (55) Sunlan

Rom Kumari. They took away some possible bad tissue that created a big swelling on her back.

Medical Case - Sanjiv Niraula (12) Sunlan Solu

Sanjiv is 12 years old and lives in the village Sunlan in Solu district. He had eye pain and irritation for 2 years and his eyesight was decreasing. After consulting with the eye doctors of the specialized Tilganga eye hospital the conclusion was the problems where caused by a allergy and had to be treated with antibiotics as it had infected the eyes as well. After the infection was over he had to wear a glass with a specific non power glass to protect his eyes more. Also he got drops to keep the flier level of his eyes up to level and avoid the irritations to start. We gave him this last mentioned medicine for a whole year and gave all instructions together with the pharmacist.

Medical Case: Juna Khadka (43) Sindupalchok

Juna Khadka is 43 years old and comes from Sindhupalchok district. A lady who is having a small tea shop next to the hospital informed us about her case. She let us know Juna Gad no husband or other relatives left in her family beside her little boy. She had cancer 9 years ago and undertook surgery for it. The surgeon took out a part of her womb. Now she’s had pain in her belly for a few weeks and the last days it had been drastically incredible as her worries did. We decided to call her to come to Kathmandu and did her checkup. After a blood test, chest x-ray, urinr test, two times ultrasound and video x-ray. The conclusion was no servere problem. At first there was a thought of a infected appendix but after further practical tests this was also excluded. Eventually they found on the x-rays thT her liver was expanded and irritated. They gave antibiotics threw a drip and a emulsion to give her a bit more strength. After the second day in the hospital she was could stay with her relative from the small tea shop and got a final checkup after 3 days. 

Medical Case: Yauna Niraula from Sunlan SoluKhumbu

Last part of Kushal Gurung his schoolfee of 2018/2019 year is paid

During Kushal his last exams of the school year 2018/2019 we had to pay the last part of his School Fee.

Medical Case: Sugam Niraula (5) Sunlan

5 New Health Cases from Sunlan, Solu

On our way back from Solu district we could take 5 persons with health issues. They all neded checkup in Kathmandu hospital. One childs father had to join to take care of his little son. We could arrange a jeep to go all together to kathmandu where they stayed in a simple Nepalese hotel. The group consisted of: Naura

Yauna Niraula - 10 years

7 years of eye problems and did 2 years ago checkup but without improvement. She had a burning pain in her eyes mostly left and also her sight on the left eye was affected. 

Sanjiv Niraula - 12 years

2 years of eye problems. He had also a burning pain in his eyes that where most of the time red and his sights wasn’t good. 

 Indra Prasad Niraula - 47 years

Father of Yauna Niraula and had a eye sight problems and because of this had frequently head pain. He had checkup on his sight and needed a glass. 

Rom Kumari Basnet (45)

Rom Kumari has a swelling on the back of her shoulder, feels weak and sometimes sick. She is very worried as most of the villagers tell her this must be cancer.

Sugam Niraula (5) 

The little boy Sugan his two fingers are attached since birth. “He likes to have a hand like other children” as he describes in his own words to us. We consulted with the hospital and we where informed this was only possible in Kathmandu.

Another parcel with clothing, shoes, blankets and cuddles arrives in Kathmandu

This week a new parcel with two big packages arrived in Kathmandu, containing:
- clothing for babies, children and adults
- children shoes
- blankets
- cuddles

The weight was 140 kg and costs where 780,- Euro. for both packages. We packed them in my (Pim) apartment in the Netherlands and they where collected there by Fed-Ex for transportation. Samjhana went to the Customs Office at the airport of Kathmandu and after paying 47.000 rupees, about 365,- Euro she could take a transportation van (taxi) for 1.500 rupees, about 10 euro to the house of the familie, where we live and store all the goods.

In the next weeks we will be distributing these materials again in the remote areas. For the next months is planned to visit Gorkha district, Okhaldhunga district, SoluKhumbu district and the Lower Dolpa district.

Arrival of our Parcel in Nepal with: clothing, shoes, schoolbags and First-Aid Materials

We are happy to report that after 3 months in the Netherlands we are back at work in Nepal. Before flying to Nepal we prepared 3 packages with a total weight of 192 kg.

150 kg of clothing containing more then 750 piece of clothing for babies, children and some for adults. 25 kg with more then 50 pairs of children shoes. 15 kg of bandages for first-aid training purposes. 

We want to thank all our individual sponsors for clothing and especially the financial donations to make this possible!

We are looking forward to distribute this clothing to hundreds of children and their elders in the next months. We will keep you updates with photos of their smiles at the time they receive a piece of clothing or shoes.

The costs for transportation are € 960, and € 350, for import tax at the customs office in Nepal. This means an average of € 1, per clothing piece. Still it's impossible to buy good quality clothing for this amount in Nepal. Because of these costs we share clothing sponsors to donate € 5, per kg of donated clothing.

Publication in Magazine 'Hoogtelijn' from the Dutch Mountaineering Association (NKBV)

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Publication with credits to Micro-Care Nepal in the Magazine 'Hoogtelijn' from the Dutch Mountaineering Association (NKBV). About initiatives for support in Nepal. 

My initial writing for the publication was to my opinion more interesting:
In Kathmandu, the UNESCO World Heritage site of 'Durbar Square' in the centre of the city. The work has started to clean up the chaotic mess that the earthquakes left. As shown in the image, Nepal isn't ready for the real rebuilding.

Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal after the earthquake.

Everywhere in and around the city are many tent camps sheltering people who lost their homes or are too afraid of new earthquakes. Remember that there are still strong aftershocks every week. Luckily there is enough water and food now. 

People in shelter camps at Tara Goan Park, Kathmandu.

Blocked door in Durbar Square, Kathmandu.

This photo shows the enormous damage. The two workers underneath the half collapsed building don't know where to start cleaning up this mess. Most have collapsed but some parts of these beautiful and traditional buildings are still there. They are trying to stabilize the ruins while waiting until the end of the heavy rain season. The heavy rain and weekly aftershocks of 4 and above create a big risk that parts still standing will collapse. 

People in shelter camps at Tara Goan Park, Kathmandu.

Restoration on walls.

In some places of the city walls are being rebuilt and if possible parts are being repaired. At the ticket counter of the popular tourist area 'Durbar Square' where it's usually crowded with tourists now you can hardly find any visitors. Stones that are collected from the ruins are piled up to be reused later in the rebuilding. Wooden parts with engravings have to be recovered and will be used piece by piece for the restorations. The actual rebuilding will take years....

Demolishing concrete floors by hand that had collapsed during the earthquakes.

Special thanks go out to Peter Daalder from the NKBV for creating awareness of the problems and the support that is still needed in Nepal.

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Nederlandse vertaling:

Publicatie met vermelding naar Micro-Care Nepal in het blad 'Hoogtelijn' van de Nederlandse Klim en Bergsport Vereniging (NKBV). Over hulp initiatieven in Nepal.

Dank aan Peter Daalder van de NKBV voor de goede initiatieven voor hulp aan Nepal!

De inzending voor de publicatie was naar mijn mening een interessante aanvulling op de plaatsing:

"In Kathmandu het culturele UNESCO Wereld erfgoed Durbar Square in het centrum van de stad, wordt inmiddels gewerkt aan het opruimen van de chaos. Helaas in Nepal nog niet klaar voor daadwerkelijke wederopbouw. Overal in de stad zijn nog tentenkampen te vinden waar mensen die hun huis verloren zijn, hun huis op instorten staat of simpelweg uit angst voor nieuwe aardbevingen niet terug durven naar hun huizen. Water en voeding is er gelukkig voldoende in de stad. 

Bijgevoegde foto laten zien dat de schade groot is en specifiek laat de foto waar de twee werkers onderaan een half ingestort gebouw naar mijn mening goed zien dat men soms niet weet waar te beginnen. Delen van deze prachtige bouwwerken zijn ingestort en andere delen staan nog overeind. Door middel van het stutten van de gebouwen wordt het grootste deel van de herstelwerkzaamheden uitgesteld tot na het regenseizoen. De grote hoeveelheden regen in samenspel met de wekelijkse naschokken van 4 op de schaal van richter en hoger zorgen voor een groot gevaar dat veel gebouwen nog verder instorten. 
Op sommige plaatsen in de stad worden muren opnieuw opgebouwd en worden voegen hersteld. 
Aan de ticket counter bij het normaal zo toeristische Durbar Square is het nu maar zelden een toerist te zien. Stenen welke verzameld zijn uit de puinhoop liggen opgestapeld klaar om later opnieuw gebruikt ta gaan worden. De nog bruikbare delen zullen stuk voor stuk gebruikt worden voor de restauratie. Het herstel zal dus nog jaren gaan duren. "

Started our Dutch NGO work from Kathmandu, Nepal.

Where to start with such a disaster?

The shock arriving in Nepal wasn't too big. My friend and Board of Advice member for the foundation, Rohit Phuyal, was waiting to pick me up. On the road from the airport to Kapan area were several collapsed buildings. It was more of a shock to see people living in little plastic tents and shelters in very basic and dirty circumstances. This reminded me of the way that many people in poor areas in India live. 

Back to Kathmandu with mothers with children begging on the streets, here at the entrance to the shopping malls on New Road.

Before I came to Nepal I had read and heard many terrifying and shocking stories about the people who were injured and killed in the earthquakes. It had even more of an impact on me to hear how body parts, arms, legs and heads had to be dug out from between the collapsed concrete buildings. Bearing this in mind it was even more daunting to see with my own eyes what this earthquake had done to the lives of so many people and families. 

In after earthquake Kathmandu the people are taking it slow because all this restoration work can't be done in one lifetime..

Luckily the Nepali people are very optimistic people and are used to living in poor and basic circumstances. They are slowly starting to remove all the devastated buildings and in some places they are starting to repair existing buildings or build new buildings. Unfortunately the government has not been active in organizing the a rebuilding programme. There are also only few material resources like excavators so much of the work has to be done by hand. 

Demolishing concrete from a collapsed building. This will make space for a new building and the old building materials will be reused.

Camps where families still live under plastic.

Now in the monsoon season it is hot here in Nepal. People are using umbrellas to protect themselves against the burning sun.

We will soon leave for the Solu Khumbu district to visit the big but remote village of Necha. Here we will start our projects as we have a lot of good contacts there. I have visited Necha twice in the past 3 years. The village is spread out over a complete mountain side from the bottom of the river side to the top of the mountain. Most of it is agricultural land with  traditional farming. Most of the houses are made of mountain stones and mud or from bamboo and mud. 

Life continues and rickshaw drivers again cycle past the destroyed Gaddi Baithak in Basantapur Durbar Square. This European style building was built as a part of the palace in the early twentieth century.

Our plan:

- Give 50% of the 35 kilo of clothing I took from the Netherlands to poor families.

- Building  greenhouses and supplying start up seeds to 3 poor families which will provide them with food all year round.

- Assist local schools to develop nutrition and hygiene courses by providing study materials and resources.

- Establish a partnership between the Necha Community Hospital (supported by the Asian Heritage Foundation) and Micro-Care Nepal Foundation which will enable the hospital doctor to give first aid courses to health teachers from all 16 schools in Necha. In the future we will  provide the first aid teaching resources so they can give the first aid course to their students and put knowledge into practice. 

- Give photos that I previously took to the people of the village as a memory.

Little boy living with his parents in their temporary house this time provided by the Chinese Red Cross.

NGO started OFFICIALLY Started and website online

From today our NGO’s website and Facebook page is officially launched. This week we received the bank account number for the foundation so we could finally start. 

You can support us in different ways. Please read the Project pages to see more details.

On behalf of the people of Nepal: Thank you for your support!

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Beste vrienden, 

Iedereen die Nepal bezoekt wordt bekoord door de spectaculaire hoge toppen van de Himalaya. Hij wordt er verwelkomt door de vriendelijke, gastvrije en ongelooflijk veerkrachtige mensen van dit prachtige land met zijn bergen die tot in de hemel lijken te reiken.

Helaas werd Nepal op 25 April 2015 getroffen door een aardbeving met een kracht van 7.6 op de schaal van Richter. Het aantal doden van deze aardbeving en de meer dan 300 naschokken was hoog: 8790 mensen verloren hun leven en 22300 mensen raakten gewond.

Het is voor ons moeilijk te begrijpen wat de blootstelling aan de gevolgen van de aardbeving voor de overlevenden inhoudt:

• Men heeft berekend dat 8 miljoen mensen (dat is 1/3 van de totale bevolking) in meer of mindere mate geraakt wordt door de gevolgen van de aardbeving.

• Van de 75 provincies in Nepal zijn er 31 getroffen door de aardbeving.

• 7000 Scholen zijn geheel of gedeeltelijk ingestort.

• Het effect van de aardbeving op de huisvesting van de burgers is het meest ingrijpend geweest. Tienduizenden leven nog steeds in tijdelijke onderkomens. Op zijn best bewoont men een tent verstrekt door hulporganisaties maar vaak zijn het provisorische onderkomens van  bijeengeraapte stukken plastic, bamboe, golfplaat en karton.

De grootte van deze ramp in Nepal heeft de wereld wakker geschud. Een van de mensen die hulp wilde bieden was fotograaf Pim Horvers. Pim heeft voor de aardbeving Nepal een aantal malen bezocht om rond te trekken en zijn overweldigende landschappen en prachtige mensen te fotograferen. Inmiddels telt Pim een groot aantal Nepalezen onder zijn vrienden.

Nu, na de aardbeving was het tijd voor Pim om het land en zijn vriendelijke mensen iets terug te geven voor het warme welkom dat ze hem gaven tijdens zijn reizen. De oprichting van de stichting Micro-Care Nepal is de vorm om dit initiatief een werkbare basis te geven.

De stichting beoogd hulp te bieden aan kleine, overzichtelijke projecten op allerlei gebied. Alle projecten worden zorgvuldig geselecteerd, transparant begeleid en met minimale kosten voor de overhead gerealiseerd.

Micro-Care Nepal biedt onder andere zorgpakketten aan de overlevenden van de aardbeving op het gebied van primaire behoeften. Dit kan in de vorm zijn van kleding en schoeisel, onderwijs, hulp bij het doelmatig produceren van voedselgewassen  en eerste hulp educatie gericht op het voorkomen en helpen na ongevallen en rampen zoals deze aardbeving.

Als donateur kun je een keuze maken uit een van de aan te bieden pakketten en met Micro-Care Nepal zal je donatie rechtstreeks zijn weg vinden naar de hulp aan de mensen van Nepal.

“In januari 2015 bezocht ik de lagere school in Necha in de provincie Solu-Khumbu in het oosten van Nepal. Het was geweldig hoe ik er door de kinderen ontvangen werd. De kinderen waren trots op het feit dat ze naar school konden gaan. In de school gebruikten ze basis lesmaterialen, goedkope potloden en schriften en weinig anders om hun kennis te vergaren. Bij vertrek doneerde ik een bedrag aan de school zodat er betere lesmaterialen aangeschaft konden worden……Toen ik na de aardbeving zag dat de school gedeeltelijk ingestort was en niet langer geschikt om les in te geven was ik diep geschokt. De kinderen die mij zo’n warm welkom gegeven hadden waren niet langer in staat om lessen te volgen en hun toekomst een beetje makkelijker te maken door de kennis die ze konden vergaren.”

In juli beginnen we in Nepal met de werkzaamheden voor de stichting.

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ENGLISH VERSION

Dear friends,

Everyone who visits Nepal is seduced by the spectacular Himalayan peaks and charmed by the ever cheerful, kind and extraordinarily resilient people of this magical mountain nation.

Sadly, on April 25 Nepal was struck by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake. The human toll from this and more than 300 significant aftershocks has been enormous: 8790 people have lost their lives and 22 300 have been injured.

It’s hard to comprehend the ongoing suffering of the earthquake survivors:

·     Eight million people (that’s 1/3 of the entire population) are estimated to have been affected by the earthquake.

·     31 out of Nepal’s 75 districts have been hit.

·     7000 schools have been completely or significantly damaged.

·     Private housing is the worst affected sector and tens of thousands of people are still living in temporary or transitional shelters.

The world has been moved by the scale of this national disaster. Among those wanting to help was Dutch photographer Pim Horvers. Pim has travelled to Nepal a number of times to trek and photograph the stunning landscapes and beautiful people and counts many Nepalis among his close friends. 

Now Pim has decided to give back to the country that has welcomed him with open arms by establishing Micro-Care Nepal to fund specially chosen, transparently managed micro-projects with minimal overheads. 

HELP MICRO-CARE NEPAL TO HELP NEPAL

Micro-Care Nepal is offering Care Packages to meet the primary needs of earthquake survivors in the areas of clothing, education, food production and disaster risk reduction through first aid training.

You can donate directly to the package of your choice and with Micro-Care Nepal your money will go directly to helping the people of Nepal.