Our recent Occupational Therapist Elise Kearle has raised $785 Australian dollars – nearly £400 for GDS through her Facebook and online fundraising efforts. Elise spent 3 weeks in Gorkha in January working mainly in the hospital but also getting involved in School Hygiene, Womens Health and Teacher Training programmes. Elise sent us a great report […]
Post 5 – Elise Kearle – I was also able to attend a three-day teacher-training program in the rural community of Siranchowk. Accompanied by Laxman, Ramchandra and Upendra (NELTA) the program aimed to teach teachers of primary school students more effective ways of learning English skills in a way that they would have meaning and benefit […]
Post 4 – Elise Kearle – At the Mahendra Jyoti Secondary School I met the children with disabilities in the room where they lived and studied (the learning support classroom). The perception of people with disabilities in Nepal is very different and it was very much a shock and was very difficult to see My […]
Post 3 – Elise Kearle – FULL REPORT – Through GWA and the hospital I was also able to attend a Women’s Hygiene class. Lead by Dr. Anamika Karna, the class aimed to provide education to women regarding newborn health as well as women’s prolapse prevention. Women actively stood up and asked questions in front […]
Post 2 –Elise Kearle – After meeting Badri and the Doctors I spent every morning in the outpatient department at Gorkha District Hospital assisting the physiotherapists deliver treatments, and found processes and conditions very different to Australia. They called in about three stroke patients while I was there, One 66-year old patient was very […]
Elise Kerle from Australia recently volunteered through GDS and so we are pleased to send some snippets from her experience. You can read Elise’s full report and also donate to her fundraising for GDS gofundme.com/gorkha-development-scheme “What a trip! Three weeks, 39 meals of dahl bhat and an adventure I’ll never forget” 1 Homestay –Arriving in bustling Gorkha, […]
Occupational Therapist volunteer Elise has now been in Gorkha for one week and after the initial ‘overwhelming’ and scary experience, Elise is now feeling settled with her host family of Mother and daughter who together with our Gorkha committee are looking after her and showing much kindness. The mornings are spent working in the physiotherapy […]
Yes, GDS has gone truly gobal! Elise Kerle from New South Wales found GDS via our website and has now arrived in Gorkha to start her volunteering experience in Gorkha. Elise is being looked after by our Gorkha committee who welcomed her as she arrived, arranged her homestay with a family. She has met with […]
After nearly four months of in Gorkha, Richard Van Este is about to complete his volunteering through GDS. Richard quickly adjusted to life in Gorkha working tirelessly for GDS with our Gorkha committee members and became involved in the community and all the current projects offering guidance and support to continue improvements. He worked with […]
Richard arrived in Gorkha in early May to spend 6 weeks as a volunteer. Following a trekking trip in the Annapurna Range, he quickly settled in with his homestay family – the first overseas visitor they have had, and is really made to feel at home. An early committee meeting meant he met all of […]
Linda Blunt has been involved with GDS since her first visit to Nepal trekking and then volunteering in Gorkha. Soon after she was made Trustee and Secretary and is now Co-Chair. Following Lin’s stay in Gorkha just prior to the earthquake in 2015, she returned in Feb/March of this year and found much for GDS […]
Volunteer Zoe returned from her volunteering in Gorkha followed by travels in Asia and a return visit to Gorkha after the earthquake. Now back home she fronts a local magazine and aims do do several presentations to local groups near Bromyard, Herefordshire.
— I was happy to see the roads in good condition on my journey to Gorkha but not so happy as I looked out the bus window seeing some of the beautiful clay, stone and concrete houses crumbled into piles of rubble. Bright orange and blue plastic was a common sight which was either being […]
Our two latest volunteers to go to Gorkha are Zoe Dallow from Bromyard near Hereford and Olivia Power from Writtle near Chelmsford. Both will spend 6 weeks living with local families, teaching, helping deliver hygiene programme in schools and getting to understand the charity projects as well as the way of life. Comments sent to […]
Our latest volunteer in Gorkha has fully experienced Nepali home life saying ‘ it’s been just amazing staying with Sarita and her wonderful family as well. They have welcomed me in and have treated me like family and shared everything- have had some unforgettable experiences and made, i hope, life long friendships. Kitty has helped in teaching hygiene in two […]
Rebecca Haigh is a Medical Elective student studying at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and she has just arrived in Gorkha to take up her one month placement in the local Hospital. Rebecca has met with members of the Gorkha Committee and also with previous volunteer Nathanial just before he finished his month stay. It is hoped Rebecca […]
We are pleased to hear that Nathanial McMurdoch has arrived in Gorkha for his 1 month elective at the Gorkha Hospital. He has met his host family and will attend a meeting of the GDHEDS committee to help plan his time and volunteering in the area.
Three medical students from Imperial College ,London are currently in Gorkha working at the hospital and getting involved in the community and school. Katherine Kennet, Mathew Rinaldi and Thomas Phillips are living with host familes and each day doing ward rounds and clinics with the Doctor at the Gorkha Hospital. Though a couple of projects […]
We are thrilled to be able to announce that Emma Rowlett married her long term partner at a ‘surprise’ceremony in Gorkha. Emma had been in Nepal for a month when Noel flew from London to spend the final week with her. However, little did she know that after Noel had contacted Linda and Geeta from […]
In December Emma Rowlatt made contact with GDS after reading about volunteering opportunities on the website. Now, Emma has arrived in Gorkha and is getting to grips with the difference in culture and has already been to a local wedding. She is being shown several schools and a college and will then develop her programme […]
