Thank you from the People Of Nepal

Message from the Director

We are now well into our fourth year of operation and can say that the project has been very successful and running smoothly. We have seen more than 10,000 clients providing hearing tests, removing wax blockages, treating ear infections and have fitted about a thousand recycled hearing aids by this time. One day each week our staff visits a school or community centre where they screen test all the children as well as some adults from the nearby areas. We have also begun extended trips to remote areas where there are no hearing services. These trips may be four to five days in duration. To continue our work we desperately need financial assistance as we rely almost solely on myself and my partner Valerie to fund the project. We are given a generous grant from Rotary International to buy new test equipment but we need ongoing funding for our lease payments, staff salaries, batteries and medical supplies, etc. To expand our operations we hope to somehow get assistance to purchase a 4WD vehicle so that we can access remote areas. The project has given many Nepali people the opportunity to live a full and useful life and we hope to see it continue indefinitely. David Hine