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April 30, 2015

April Earthquake Support Timeline

27th April

Lions have organised blood donations at regional hospitals, for those evacuated from the affected areas by Indian Army helicopters. We have also provided new clothes to those patients, who were brought in from their villages with only the bloodied clothes on their backs. Clothes have also gone to the earthquake victims having treatment at the Western Regional Hospital, Pokhara.

28th April

We have began collecting instant foods and drinking water, worth 300,000 rupees. These supplies have been delivered to the Pokhara airport, to be supplied to remote areas via helicopter. Our past president, Lion Sonam Sangpo, was the first Lion who was able to board the helicopter and distribute those foods to affected villages by his own hand.

We have also provided 30,000 rupees worth of bed sheets and blankets for the earthquake victims in care at the Western Regional Hospital and Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara.

29th April

Lion Sonam Sangpo, and other Lions, were at the airport to support the sending of relief materials to different locations in the Gorkha District. Our president, Lion Yedhunath Adhikari, along with other Lions, went to the Regional Hospital and provided 40,000 rupees worth of bedsheets and other clothes.

30th April

We have distributed one truck of drinking water from Pokhara to Kathmandu, for the hospitals in the valley. This water was worth 100,000 rupees. We have also coordinated the sending of tents and relief materials to Listi, Sindhupalchowk. These materials were donated by the Tibet Relief Fund, and are worth 270,000 rupees.

Lions Club of Pokhara Annapurna

March 10, 2015

Eye Camp

On the 10th of March, 2015, our club organised a free eye camp at Sirsikot, Shyanja, Nepal.

December 2, 2014

Rural Health Camps

The Lions Club of Pokhara Annapurna has organised two major health camps, with the support of Central Queensland University, Australia (CQU), and the Fishtail Hospital in Pokhara.

We had eight doctors from Fishtail Hospital and twenty five nursing students from CQU. Two memorable health camps were the rural health camps held at Sirsikot Shyangza and Dampus Kaski on the 22nd and 29th of November, 2014. These experiences were very rewarding. Each village came to greet us. There was music, dancing, flowers, red tikas and huge smiles. It was a very emotional moment for our members, especially when they saw the elderly people in serious need of treatment.

We provided the following services:

General medicine
Paediatrics
Gynaecology
Orthopaedics
General surgery
Ear, nose and throat care
Ultrasounds
Electrocardiograms.

It was the first time that ultrasounds and electrocardiograms were available in such a remote area. We were able to check approximately 350 patients at Sirsikot Shyangza and 250 patients at Dampus Kaski. We distributed approximately 60,000 rupees worth of free medicine.

Coming together for this health camp had multiple additional benefits. It enabled a wonderful cultural exchange between the Australian students and the Nepali citizens, and promoted village tourism. While we were there, we changed the school roof and built school toileting facilities as well.

These rural health camps provide a valuable and necessary service to the people of rural Nepal. Without the tireless effort of the members of the Fishtail Hospital, the Lions Club of Pokhara Annapurna and the students of CQU, many of these essential health services would not be available to those living in rural areas.