Gorkha Development Scheme (GDS)
GDS is a UK based charity run by voluntary Trustees. We link with our sister charity in Nepal, which enables us to work directly with the community of Gorkha to initiate and manage a range of sustainable projects in health and education.
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Medical Elective opportunities are available
November 24, 2024
We are so pleased that Gorkha Hospital is happy to accept students who are studying medicine and wish to gain experience overseas. Students in their final year who may wish to consider a month’s Elective placement in Gorkha and who understand GDS ethos and aims, are invited to contact us via our website to start […]
School Hygiene programme success.
Our excellent hygiene programme has taken place, back in the summer, for the first time since Covid. Gorkha hospital confirmed that the lack of understanding relating to hygiene remains a cause of disease and illness especially in children. The classes held over 12 weeks are run by the women’s group GWA but this time were […]
Volunteer Helen’s Occupational Therapy report.
November 2, 2024
Our most recent volunteer in Gorkha, Helen, has returned to the UK and compiled her Occupational Therapy report to share with others. We have no doubt it will be invaluable for future volunteers who can gain from her experience and observations. Helen’s focus was working with children and young people with a variety of complex […]
