If you know me personally, then you probably know I’m a keen runner. I completed the Brighton Half Marathon and Cardiff Half Marathon during 2017, and I’m now ready to take on the next challenge - a full marathon in aid of this important charity.

I’ve chosen Doctors for Nepal because of the vital work they do in Nepal. You will remember the awful earthquake they had there a few years ago, which made an already challenging environment for healthcare professionals all the more difficult.

Even though you or I may never experience or see the work DFN deliver first hand, I believe supporting this work in a country far less fortunate than ours is a small but worthy contribution to make. Please support in any way you can!

WHAT IS DOCTORS FOR NEPAL?
DFN aims to improve healthcare in rural Nepal by providing scholarships to under-privileged medical and nursing students. They then return to their communities to provide much needed medical care. DFN was founded by Dr Kate Yarrow in 2008, after spending a year working in the remotest part of Nepal for the international aid organisation Médecins sans Frontières, she made a promise to a young healthcare worker Lalit, that she would sponsor him to fulfil his dream of becoming a doctor. DFN currently supports 7 medical and 3 nursing students. Our first student, Lalit, graduated as a doctor in September 2012 and two further students, Meena and Nahakul, completed their training in September 2016. 

THE COST OF EACH MEDICAL STUDENT IS IN EXCESS OF £30,000, AND FOR POSTGRADUTE STUDY IN THE CASE OF LALIT IS £40,000, A SUM THAT ONLY THE RICHEST OF FAMILIES CAN AFFORD IN NEPAL.

By supporting Doctors for Nepal, you will be not only be changing the life of one student, but potentially helping to bring medical care to tens of thousands of patients who currently have to walk for days to reach even the most basic of medical care.

To find out more about DFN please visit http://www.doctorsfornepal.org/