Continuing the back-to back success of “Eye Camp” in past two years, a team of 9 Danish opticians and nurses came to Nepal through our premier partner Kipling Travel Denmark to conduct a week long “Free Eye Camp” in three villages of Sidhupalchowk, the hardest hit district in earthquake 2015. The team includes 6 opticians (Ms. Iversen Ane, Mr Nielsen Bjoern, Mr. Dyre Rolf, Ms Roennenfelt Jette, Mr Stegmann Knud Erik and Ms. Honore Jette) and 3 nurses (Ms. Lindedam Lene Seest, Ms. Malherbe Hanne and Ms. Stegmann Vibeke Ryberg). The camp was stationed consecutively at Jalbire, Kattike and Aiselukharka for 6 days from 13 November to 18 November.
The Eye Camp was conducted mainly for diagnostic screening and eye examining. The villagers were provided with free glasses and counseling on preventive care concerning eye health. Altogether 1649 patients (1004 females and 645 males) and 600 students were benefited from the camp. At the end of the program, the Danish Team and Explore Himalaya team thanked the local clubs, police and volunteers from beneficiary villages, whose continuous effort made the success of the program possible. The village communities also expressed gratitude to the entire organizer team for the noble service that helped hundreds of villagers to cure and identify many vision related problems. At the end of the program, the Danish team was delighted to see their hard work paid off! After the great success of “Eye Camp” program for three consecutive years, Explore Himalaya looks forward to organizing similar programs in other remote regions of Nepal.
Day 1:
Location: Jalbire, Sindhupalchok (1215m), approx. 84km from Kathmandu.
First Day at Jalbire Health Post [In picture: Optician Ane Iversen, (standing), Optician Jette Roennenfelt (sitting) and Explore Himalaya representative Sudeep Thapa (in between)].
Day 2:
Location: Jalbire, Sindhupalchok
Day 3:
Location: Kattike, Sindhupalchok
Day 4:
Transfer from Kattike to Aiselu Kharka by Bus (around 5 hours’ drive)
Day 5:
Location: Aiselu Kharka, Sindhupalchowk
Day 6:
Location: Aiselu Kharka, Sindhupalchowk
Dolpo requires some extra logsistics and Pemba made all necessary arrangements. We also benefited. Both treks were wonderful! from having a local guide- Baba –in Mustang- as this is more of a cultural trek-his personal knowledge was useful.
We work with the motto "Tourism for Development". Explore Himalaya Community Service Project was conceived to empower underprivileged segments of Nepal.