FREE HEALTH CAMPS

Place

Tsum Valley, Gorkha,
Langtang National Park, Rasuwa,
Dolpa

Who implent the project

Who

Implementation: Chay Ya Nepal,
local partner YONSED,
with volunteers

Our partners who support us in this project.

Partners

Land Vorarlberg,
Chay Ya Austria

Period in which this project will be implemented.

When

since 2009

Who will benefit from this project.

For

4,750 people in Gorkha,
1,100 people in Rasuwa,
950 people in Dolpa

Status of this project.

Status

Continuously

Project

Since 2012, three-week free mobile health camps have taken place every year in the Tsum Valley, Himalayas, with a total of three stops in the villages of Chumling, Nile and Lar, between 2,500 and 3,200 meters above sea level. The steep and strenuous trails were a real challenge for everyone, six days walking up and four days back. All relief supplies (over 1.5 tons per camp in total) such as medicines, water filters, school supplies and warm clothes for the children were transported on our mules. On average, between 700 and 800 people received medical care per year, and over 400 children were given school supplies (rucksacks, books, exercise books, pens, paints, etc.) and warm clothing at the same time. Half of the camps were financed by the Vorarlberg state government, the other half by private donors. After the big earthquakes, a two-week health camp in eight mountain villages also took place in the Langtang region in October 2015. Many people were still living in emergency shelters, and the cold and hygienic conditions were worsening their health.

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