by admin | Mar 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Hope Angel The house into which Hope was born was draped in danger and despair. Hope’s father is an abusive alcoholic and her mother is schizophrenic. Hope’s two older brothers had already been taken away from the family because of abuse and neglect. Born into this...
by admin | Mar 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
March 13 After a breakfast of tea, eggs and roti we headed out to the health post. We took a school bus that Shree had hired to transport us to and from Rupakot. The road is unpaved and very rocky and took about 30 minutes. The doctors were all laughing and saying...
by admin | Mar 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
March 12 We left Kathmandu bright and early in an effort to beat the traffic out of the city. The main road going south is under construction and is shut down every night between 10 pm and 6 am, so the traffic to get into Kathmandu in the morning is very bad. One of...
by admin | Mar 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Day 2 of the Health Camp After a wonderful breakfast of boiled eggs and Jalebi, which is a fantastic Nepali style donut that is dipped in liquid sugar, we headed back down the bumpy road to Rupakot. My little friends, Ashmita and Kripa came to see us because they did...
by admin | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Arriving in Kathmandu I remembered our trip in 2011, when we were so nervous about what lay ahead. It seems like we should be even more nervous now, knowing what lies ahead. On the plane, we sat next to a midwife from LA who was coming for her first time to observe...
by admin | Mar 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
It was fitting that when we opened our mail today we received the Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine. The issue is a special issue that is titled, “Food, Stop and Think.” I was excited to see the article, “The Himalaya’s Hidden Hunger,”...
