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Brian Smith and volunteer Kate Earle will be in Nepal April 2nd to June 1st 2009.  H.A.N.D is excited about this upcoming opportunity to serve the Nepali people this spring! 

Kate is currently a WEMT/MPIC instructor for Remote Medical International in Seattle Washington.  Her two years serving in the Peace Corps as a Health and Community Development Volunteer in the Republic of Kiribati and her background as an EMT in New Orleans will be of great value to the Nepali people.

Spring Nepal schedule:

April 5th-11th, leprosy treatment camp in partnership with READ Nepal in the Terai region in the southern region of Nepal.

April 13th- 26th, Jason Loper joins our team as we head deep in the Humla region of Western Nepal for a disability needs research mission to some of Nepal's most remote and poor regions of the Himalaya.

May 1st-10th, cataract surgery camp in the Solu region.  We will be leading Nepali's with treatable blindness from the H.A.N.D 2008 research trip into the village of Phaplu.  Tilganga Eye Center and the Himalayan Cataract Project will be performing these badly needed surgeries to restore eyesite.  Brian and Kate will assist in the surgery camp in all areas needed.

May 13th-29th we travel into the Mustang region in northern Nepal to research the disability needs in the area.

Spring 2008 Mission

In the spring of 2008 volunteer occupational Therapist Yenchen Chang from Taiwan joined H.A.N.D. in the solu region of Nepal. Brian spent 6 weeks trekking through the Solu region conducting research on the disability needs in the area. Yen joined Brian for three weeks in June to work with Nepalis with cerebral palsy and stroke patients. 

Yen was of great benefit to the 20 Nepalis that she spent time working with.  Both H.A.N.D. and the Nepali people deeply appreciate Yen's commitment to help those in need.