Well what started off as a lazy Saturday turned out to be our busiest day yet! We had Lazmi and Kiran over to give the donations, which were very well received....so thank you everyone! We then went to visit the first and only stand alone birth centre in Nepal. What an amazing place! As stated before this birth centre is what inspired us to come to Nepal, and it continues to give inspiration now. Laxmi and her members have funded the birth centre themselves and purhased items that have increased the services avaialble to those who access it, including a $600 scanner! Laxmi's passion for safemotherhood is amazing! It is free for all who access it and it offers pregancy care through the antenatal and postnatal visits including home visits, to immunizations and sexual health. Laxmi hopes to expand the centre in the future to allow for more beds and a training centre. Kiran and Laxmi, and the other members of MIDSON (Midwfery Society of Nepal) are in the process of trying to introduce a 3 year degree training in midwifery as there are nurse-midwives here and SBA's who have minimal training. After visiting the birth centre we jumped in a minibus carrying over 15 of us to the monkey temple. We reached the top (365 steps later) in the pouring rain, and embraced like we had conquered Everst! The view was breath taking and the excitement of monkeys was a bit obvious, with Nepali people mimicking our squeels and laughing!
After walking down and seeing Buddhas Eye we ventured into Thamel and only just made it home alive after one crazy taxi driver blarring Ne-yo dropped us home! Don't worry tho Lisa/Mum, no fun without a little drama!!
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