COUNTRY: Nepal
PROGRAM: UniBreak - Kathmandu
PROJECT: Health projects
WRITTEN BY: Liana Ross
By now the majority of us are home and few remain in Nepal. The last few days where quite emotional for us as a group. Farewelling each other was difficult but not as difficult as farewelling our host families.
The last week of our placement was spent teaching different health topics in 3 different orphanages and 2 schools. We were divided into pairs for the majority of the health promotion teaching and each pair was given a different topic. The topic’s that were covered included: hand hygiene, nutrition, and disease prevention, environmental and stretching and exercise to name a few. Each pair was given a different topic. The first two days where spent at the local orphanages and up until this time I doubt any of us had been to an orphanage.
It was interesting to see how differently each orphanage was run and how well the kids where looked after. Two of the orphanages were well run and the other one was questionable. The kids at each of the orphanages were really beautiful and happy to have us there. The teaching at the orphanages was quite relaxed.
Teaching in the schools was the hardest aspect of the entire placement which was increased by the language barrier. It was tough at times to get the message across to the children but I think everyone would agree that the long term benefits for the children made it worth it.
As I close the final blog, I reflect on my time in Nepal and I wonder how I’m going to describe everything to the folks back home. I know that I have a new appreciation for the simple things in life; like clean running water, electricity and living in a place with minimal pollution.
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