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Photo Library: The Okhaldhunga Health Project and Nepal
The following pictures were taken by Richard Lord in Nepal and accompany the story "Providing Health Care at the Top of the World." The photographs are copyright © 2002 Richard Lord and used by permission. At the right of the pictures are links to larger versions in both low resolution (72 dpi, 50-70K) or high resolution (300 dpi, 650-820K) format.
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A scenic view of Okhaldhunga, where the Okhaldhunga Health Project is based. The United Methodist Committee on Relief has supported the project for many years through the Advance mission giving program.
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Credit: copyright © 2002 Richard Lord (Okhaldhunga, Nepal).
The Okhaldhunga Health Project provides health education not only in the hospital but reaches throughout the surrounding districts. Subjects include preventative medicine, basic health care, hygiene, nutrition, and maternal and natal care. The United Methodist Committee on Relief has supported the project for many years through the Advance mission giving program.
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Credit: copyright © 2002 Richard Lord (Okhaldhunga, Nepal).
A doctor examines a Nepalese woman. The Okhaldhunga Health Project is both a hospital and a community-based primary health care project. The hospital has a tuberculosis diagnostic center, surgical facilities, a laboratory, both inpatient and outpatient services, x-ray and ultrasound equipment, and a delivery room. Your gifts to UMCOR Advance #229532-7 will assist this project.
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Credit: copyright © 2002 Richard Lord (Okhaldhunga, Nepal).
A woman works in a vegetable garden. In the eastern hills of rural Nepal, the typical family diet includes rice, millet, lentils, green vegetables and potatoes but most can't afford to buy high protein foods such as milk and meat. For this reason, children may become protein deficient. The Okhaldhunga Health Project teaches mothers how to address this health problem with available and affordable resources.
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Credit: copyright © 2002 Richard Lord (Okhaldhunga, Nepal).
The Okhaldhunga Health Project teaches mothers how to make superflour so they can feed it to their children at home as a protein supplement. It's made of 50% soybean, 25% wheat, and 25% corn flour. The ingredients are commonly available in Nepal. Your gifts to UMCOR Advance #229532-7 will assist this project in continuing its work.
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Credit: copyright © 2002 Richard Lord (Okhaldhunga, Nepal).
The Okhaldhunga Health Project holds a weekly mother and child health clinic. Children may be admitted to the hospital to be de-wormed, treated for other symptoms, and/or put on a special diet that consists primarily of "superflour." It's made of 50% soybean, 25% wheat, and 25% corn flour. Your gifts to UMCOR Advance #229532-7 will assist this project in continuing its work.
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Credit: copyright © 2002 Richard Lord (Dumre, Nepal)
In rural Nepalese homes, food is cooked inside the house over an open fire. The families want the smoke to filter through the thatch because it makes the roof last longer. But no chimney also means that everyone in the house is breathing very smoky air, an increased risk for health ailments.
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Credit: copyright © 2002 Richard Lord (Dumre, Nepal).
Health professionals examine a Nepalese woman. The Okhaldhunga Health Project is both a hospital and a community-based primary health care project. The hospital has a tuberculosis diagnostic center, surgical facilities, a laboratory, both inpatient and outpatient services, x-ray and ultrasound equipment, and a delivery room. The United Methodist Committee on Relief has supported the Okhaldhunga Health Project for many years through the Advance mission giving program.
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Credit: copyright © 2002 Richard Lord (Okhaldhunga, Nepal)
When the land is vertical and the only transportation is by foot, how does the hospital in Okhaldhunga get its supplies? The same way everything else is transported in that part of Nepal-- by human porters. The United Methodist Committee on Relief has supported the Okhaldhunga Health Project for many years through the Advance mission giving program.
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Credit: copyright © 2002 Richard Lord (Kathmandu, Nepal).
When the land is vertical and the only transportation is by foot, how does the hospital in Okhaldhunga get its supplies? The same way everything else is transported in that part of Nepal-- by human porters. The United Methodist Committee on Relief has supported the Okhaldhunga Health Project for many years through the Advance mission giving program.
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Credit: copyright © 2002 Richard Lord (Okhaldhunga, Nepal).
