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Support Child Rescue Nepal – Radio 4 Sunday 9th April
Child Rescue Nepal works in Nepal, rescuing children from child slavery and raising awareness about human trafficking in Nepal. On Sunday 9th April at 7:45 am and 9:26 pm on Radio 4, the famous actress Joanna Lumley is making an appeal on Child Rescue Nepal’s behalf. Do tune in and support this charity doing such…
Read MoreThe perils of travel in Nepal
Travelling in Nepal has always had its challenges! When I first went in 1993, the journey from Kathmandu to Lalgadh took 13 hours, and 3 hours after you began the journey, you were further away from Lalgadh than when you started. The last four to five hours of the journey was about 55 miles along…
Read MoreAn Artist’s View of Surgery in Nepal
George Butler, a “reportage artist” accompanied Dr Donald Sammut on his last trip to Lalgadh and sketched and painted many of the scenes that he encountered whilst there. He captured the intensity of some moments in the surgical scenes he witnessed, particularly the emotions of patients or their guardians. He has published an article in…
Read MoreCelebrating the life of Susi Dunsmore
Susi Dunsmore passed away on 20th January 2017 aged 90, and will be greatly missed by many friends around the world. Susi was a special friend to Nepal Leprosy Trust through her work in Nepal with dhaka cloth producers in Dhankuta and with the allo nettle cloth producers in Sankhuwasabha – both places in the…
Read MoreLooking back on 2016
2016, like the previous year, was challenging for many reasons. But it finished with the Kathmandu headquarters building re-modelled and ready for use again after more than a year of work, and record numbers of patients being treated at Lalgadh, with the new outpatient buildings being almost finished as well. Our staff have been brilliant…
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