Lives, monuments and history gone
The tragic loss of life in Nepal has devastated families. The loss of centuries old temples and monuments has deeply affected the cultural and spiritual heritage.
Teeth & Toilets
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Bishal Tamang was born with a cleft lip and palate, the facial cleft extending to his nose. At the age of 3 the soft tissues were sutured closed. He’s now 13 and came to our dental camp last month.
Bishal’s mother Bhime is 37, her husband died 2 years ago from cancer leaving her with 3 boys. Her livelihood relies on farming and tending animals. She tries to get some local work to help pay off the massive debt incurred when the family sold some farm land to pay her husband’s medical bills.
We reached out to the Dhulikhel Hospital’s dental specialist team who will take on Bishal as a charity case, keeping the costs as low as possible. He will require surgery, jaw adjustments and more.
We are grateful to this team and to Bishal’s school community for helping him to have a better chance to eat, drink and breathe normally.
don’t like toothbrushing....but most do....on the road recently with the wonderful Nepali dental team.
First world problem.... flight departure delayed while engineers fix the plane’s blocked toilet.... the day after World Toilet Day.
Update...toilet not fixable, replacement aircraft organised. First world solution.
World Toilet Day 2019. TT in 2007, the beginning of matching dental programs in Nepal with improved access to clean water and toilets. Still the work continues.
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TT celebrates 20 years of working with Bishnu, project manager in Nepal. The first few years our dental programs, then adding sanitation with PP/HH, then adding earthquake reconstruction. We salute this hard working, passionate and compassionate local champion. Many thanks Bishnu Ji, dherai dherai dhanyabad mero sathi. Namaskar!