COUNTRY: Nepal
PROGRAM: UniBreak Groups
PROJECT: Nursing
WRITTEN BY: Central Queensland University Nursing Group
Friday 29th November, 2013 we were blessed to be able to visit the Children of Nepal organisation. Children of Nepal allows uneducated women to be given the chance to work and earn a small amount of money by sewing arts and crafts for purchase. This organisation also provides assistance in educating the poorer children as they cannot afford to attend school, so they come to is program and receive basic education every day. As nursing students, we were asked to prepare a few small education sessions prior to coming overseas so that we could provide extra necessary health care education.
The women were given teachings on sexual and reproductive health and the children were spoken to about hand hygiene and how to stay hydrated to promote best health. Overall, I think these education topics were received well by the targeted audiences which gave the nursing students involved a great feeling of satisfaction knowing that we have helped assist in their education on topics not typically talked about in Nepal.
Friday afternoon we all travelled 30 minutes in a jeep up into the mountains and then walked another 2km uphill to reach our overnight Himalayan Deruali Resort. We had decided to stay here overnight so we could experience seeing the perfect sunset and sunrise over the Anurpura ranges. This resort was beautiful and secluded however still provided wifi in the restaurant which made everyone happy that we could still contact our friends and families at home. Sonam had organised to have a camp fire set up for us so we sat around this getting warm at night under the beautiful stars because it was extremely cold up here.
Our three course meal was fantastic starting with chicken noodle soup followed by an open buffet for main course and then we were surprised with a beautiful banana and chocolate crepe. the service, food and atmosphere at this resort was fabulous and I will be recommending it on trip advisor. The next morning we woke up early and headed outside to see the beautiful sunrise hitting the icy mountains turning them a wonderful orange/pink colour. This was just spectacular and it's a shame the photographs we took don't do these beautiful mountains justice. After the sunrise we had breakfast and then headed off on a long 3.5 hour hike up to Sarangkot where four very brave students decided to paraglide back to pokhara. This little trek was amazing as we got to see so many little towns on the way and meet some beautiful children as well.
It was definitely a relieve to reach Sarangkot and here the group split and we, those too scared to para-glide, took a bus back to Pokhara to have a free day. This little trip was so worth while!!!
We had the most amazing time this weekend!
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