Learning some Nepali

So we have been practising our Nepali and thought we would share some of our phrases!!

Hello/Goodbye: Namaste
Thank you: Dhanyabad
how are you? Tapalai kasto chha?
Excuse me: Yo,dai
Do you speak English? Tapai angreji bhasa bolnuhuncha?
Help! Guhar!!! ......which hopefully we won't need lol.

MIDIRS

MIDIRS has saved us countless times when it comes to essay writing, reflections or the dreaded OSCA's, so we were very pleased to have a positive response back when requesting donations.

We would like to thank Natalie Byard at MIDIRS for her quick response and brilliant donation of 4 publications, 4 pinnards and over 15 MIDIRS pens. And we all know pens are gold to midwives and nurses!!

We are really looking forward to giving these items to the midwives and women in Nepal. Especially the journals as they will help a great deal to keep the staff and women accessing the centre up to date with current research and an awareness of what is happening in midiwfery in Britain.

Thank you very much MIDIRS!!!

Lansinoh

We contacted Lansinoh and with no surpirsie received an amazing donation of breast pads and Lansinoh lanolin cream, in fact 50 of each. We would like to thank Melissa Levison at Lansinoh for getting back to us so quickly and for organising the donatiosn to be sent to us.

It will be so nice to be able to share these lovely items with the women of Nepal. We know how much women in our placements cannot get enough of the stuff!

Thank you so much Lansinoh!!

This day keeps getting better

So we have finally stopped screaming and dancing around the house with excitement to write this........
As we mentioned earlier we had contacted many organisations about the possible donation of a doppler, and again a smaller company, who is evidently extremely generous, replied to us. James Greenland, the managing director for Five Thirty Five, runs a husband and wife online business. He was very keen to help us out but did not sell dopplers.....so he bought us not one but two dopplers!!
And he did not stop there either!!
James has sent us two TENS machines (with 10 batteries and a bunch of electrode pads), two sets of cot blankets, two packs of muslins, sonicaid gel and a electronic sanitizer.
We will never be able to thank James enough!! But......

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

WOW!!

When we approached Laxmi about visiting her birth centre in Nepal, we had asked if there was anything we could bring with us that the birth centre could really benefit from. They stated that they could really use a fetal doppler. We contacted quite a few companies in the hope that we could have one donated.

We received an email back from Claire Gibson at ultrasound technologies/Freeplay, who stated they were going to donate a fetal doppler. But this is no ordinary fetal doppler.....this is a wind-up/self powered doppler that can be used in areas where reliable sources of electricity may not be available. Perfect for Nepal where there are many power cuts and even more so for visiting women in their homes throughout the Kathmandu Valley.

This Doppler is amazing and we cannot thank Claire and the people at ultrasound technologies/Freeplay enough for their amazing generosity.

Welcome to our blog!!

This is our first post and we would like to welcome you in following our journey exploring midwifery in Nepal. We will be posting updates on our preparation, our fundraising plans, donations received and needed,and a link to our donation page. The purpose of our donation page will be to raise funds for the birth centre we will be visiting to get out of debt.

Thank you for accessing our blog and we hope you enjoy sharing our experiences.

Love Sam and Laura

xxx