Rose Charities Nepal

Rose Charities association with Nepal extends back right to Rose’s origin in the 1990s when Nepalese surgeons and nurses were pivotal in operating the early Project Iris (the forerunner of Rose) and Rose Charities eye and rehabilitative surgical programs in Cambodia in the extremely difficult peri-conflict conditions pertaining at the time.

Rose Charities involvment subsequently in Nepal was continued by those invovled in these early contacts and especially by Ms Sarala Adhirkiri, an eye nurse from the Kathmandu Valley who organized Rose programs and cooperative efforts with other groups to this day from HQ in Kopu. In the interim however  a number of initiatives were supported organized by local Nepalese personnel, including programs with womens groups, anti-trafficking, and emergency flood relief  in the  lowland ‘terrai’ area.

Activities increased dramatically by the  terrible April 2015 earthquake. Rose Charities Singapore were quickest to respond using local contacts to collect and distribute food and supplies. Rose Charities Malaysia also sent material support and emergency medical of Rose/AMDA Canada personnes were dispatched on a relief mission from Vancouver.

Later, supported specifically by Rose Canad and New Zealand, the Rose Nepal group engaged in a house builiding material support and school refurbishment program organized by Ms Adhikiri

The covid pandemic hit Nepal hard and funds and Rose Nepal assisted with distribution of masks and other hygiene equipmen as well as contributing through Rose Canada to an oxygen generation facility for the local hosptial

Rose Charities Nepal currently is involved in two activities.

The first is predominatly female higher educational support where poor but talented students are supported where funding permits, fully or partially to go to college or university to obtain higher qualifications. As with so many developing countires, while primary education is relatively cheap, there is a distinct bottlneck when it comes to higher education, yet this is exactlhy whats needed do develop the leaders and influencers of society for the future and advance the country.  

The second is cooperative assistance (with other NGO’s) in an distatnt and poorly accessible regional eye screening and treatment program known as Trek and Treat, started by Optometrist Mr Sakar Subedi of his organization ‘Visioni together for Nepal’ (VTN) .  In this both local and distant  fit and motivated qualified surgical, medical and optometric personnal team up to treck for multiple days to remote, often mountainous areas of the country to provide screening and treatment for eye diseases.