It was an excellent news for Sama Gaun that finally, there are 2 very experienced nurses who will be stationed in the village for long term. They will be great assets in providing the much needed assistance to the villagers when they are sick by giving them health checks, dispensing the right medications and providing outpatient and inpatient care. Since July 2010, the nurses have already started to see and treat the patients.
This is only made possible with Samagaun Development Foundation's collaboration with another Nepali-based non-profit organisation named PHASE Nepal. Set up in 2006, PHASE (which stands for Practical Help Achieving Self- Empowerment) Nepal works to to improve the livelihoods of rural people by providing immediate support and empowering them. The organisation have projects in 3 districts, in which VDCs (Village Development Committee) in Gorkha (in which Sama Gaun is within this district) are one of them.
So for the time being, PHASE Nepal will help the villagers of Sama Gaun by providing and supporting 2 nurses (staff) and medications. This will continue for a few years until the village comes to a state of self-sustainability.
Currently, another non-profit organisation called the S.E.E.D.S had sponsored some village children to study nursing in Kathmandu. These children will be fully supported in their entire course of studies until they undergo a specialty training programme in nursing, which is a 3-years course. Once these children graduate from their advanced education, they will return to the village and employ what they have learned to benefit their village people.
Until this wonderful day happens when Sama Gaun can finally rely on its own people as fully qualified nurses, the nurses from PHASE Nepal will have an important role to play.
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