Hi.

I am the founder and chairman of a small charity called Doctors For Nepal - which I set up after working with MSF (Doctors Without Borders) in Nepal 3 years ago. This year I am trying to get funds to send our next  Nepalese student to medical school in Nepal, and we urgently need £7000 to do so. I am walking 40km over the South Downs way on 15th  May - and over 90% of each pound you donate will go straight to the medical school fees and living costs of the students. Each doctor we end up training will look after over 150,000 patients! (compare that to the 3,000 your GP at home will look after). 

The healthcare statistics in Nepal are shocking; less that one in 100 women in rural areas will access any sort of healthcare at all in pregnancy.  Almost one in 50 will die in childbirth.  Over fifty percent of under 5's are malnourished.  Many people die from preventable causes such as infection; much of the time because they do not have a trained doctor to treat them.  By supporting me walk, you will be changing the lives and helping to prevent unnessessary deaths of thousands of poor people in rural Nepal who do not currently have doctors looking after them.

Being my own charity, I can reassure you that your money will end up going directly to the cause. I can keep you updated on the progress of our Nepalese medical students. Please do give generously.

With huge thanks,

Kate.

www.doctorsfornepal.org

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