GlobeMed at CU Boulder

As the semester winds down and GlobeMed at CU-Boulder finishes its last efforts to raise funds for Himalayan HealthCare (HHC), a group of students from GlobeMed at CU-Boulder prepares for their 3 month expedition in Nepal.  This group of students has been meeting for the past 4 months talking with the founder of HHC, Anil Parajuli, to discuss their itinerary and attempting to absorb as much Nepali culture as possible in Boulder, CO.  Since GlobeMed at CU-Boulder and HHC are such close partners, they try to visit one another about once per year to check-up on projects and maintain close friendships.  This trip to Nepal will allow the students, as liaisons to the GlobeMed chapter, to view, firsthand, the progress in the villages surrounding Tipling due to GlobeMed's efforts.  

For example, the students who will spend time in the villages will meet women who are benefitting from our orginal "30 Goats in 30 Days" campaign, which provides 4 goats to a family, giving them investment options for land, education, and other guided business ventures.  The students will also view the latrines and cook stoves that have been built through GlobeMed's efforts, as well as medical supplies that health posts need in the most remote regions of Nepal.  While viewing the progress of our projects is important, documenting the progress through photographs, interviews, and journaling will give our staff, friends and donors a better understanding of the legitimate impact GlobeMed has in the communities HHC directly serves.  

After the summer, we hope that you will return to our page to see the updates, pictures and video from this group's time in Nepal.  Until then, GlobeMed at CU-Boulder wishes you a happy spring and fantastic beginning to your summer.  

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• A link to our website!

New Year's Day 2013 marks the haflway point of GlobeMed at CU-Boulder's fourth year of partnership with Himalayan HealthCare (HHC) of Kathmandu, Nepal.  After the first semester, the staff at GlobeMed at CU-Boulder has successfully raised over $11,000 to support various projects that HHC directs in the most remote regions of Nepal.  GlobalGiving alone has raised nearly $600 directly for the Women's Empowerment program since our last update.  Numerous other campaigns including a benefit dinner and Holiday giving campaign have proven successful to contribute to our $11,000.  

Per the title of our GlobalGiving page, we also are supporting a cook stove and latrine program.  HHC has trained various village personnel to build cook stoves so that they are as effective and efficient as possible.  Composed of mud, water, straw, and dung, these stoves will filter the smoke up and out of the house.  The stoves will also allow more efficient burning of firewood by filtering the heat directly to the pots being used.  The Cook Stove program is a program that immediately benefits the health of families who cook over an open fire, in their house.  Not only does it reduce the amount of smoke inhalation that occurs, but it saves firewood so that women do not have to spend as many hours hiking up to the jungle to gather firewood.  

The latrine program totally restructures the water and sanitation situation in the villages. This project is a long term project that will provide every household with an improved latrine in HHC’s villages, thus vastly decreasing open defecation and health detriment due to poor sanitation.  Each latrine can provide a family of four proper disposal of human waste for 15 years.  

On behalf of all the staff at GlobeMed at CU-Boulder, we want to thank you for your support.  We wish you a Happy New Year and may all your resolutions prosper.

Links:

• GlobeMed at CU-Boulder
• Himalayan HealthCare

It was a terrific summer for Himalayan HealthCare (HHC) and GlobeMed's partnership.  Because GlobeMed operates on the schedule of the University of Colorado, students are now back and passionate as ever for GlobeMed and its projects with HHC.  Overall in 2011-2012, GlobeMed finished with nearly $30,000 fundraised for HHC and its programs, $4,500 coming from Global Giving, and a total of $7,000 going to empowerment of women.  We offer our sincere thanks to all who have assisted in our cause.

Moving forward, we look to continue our partnership with HHC and the empowerment programs.  Our fundraising efforts will support this same program.  Multiple Kami women are already benefitting from the 30 goats that resulted from this project's fundraising efforts.  Each family received 4 goats.  Two of the goats can be sold immediately to provide a savings account for the family.  The savings can be used for a child's school, more goats, or investment in land that will provide sustainance for the family.  The two remaining goats can be utilized for the consumption and selling of milk and production of cheese, among other purposes.  This project is only a miniscule of the work that HHC commits to the people in these areas.  Feel free to learn more by following the links below to website of GlobeMed at the University of Colorado and Himalayan HealthCare.

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• GlobeMed at the University of Colorado at Boulder
• Himalayan HealthCare