A traveling “safe dome” to offer medical support to the Himalayan populations. Ferrino alongside the Cuore Attivo Monterosa association to guarantee primary care in the remote villages of Nepal.
Active for a long time between the valleys of the Himalayas and Karakorum, the guys from Cuore Attivo Monterosa have never stopped, not even in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic, and have continued to carry out their activities of support and aid to the populations who live at the foot of the great mountains. “We operate in small rural and remote centers, focusing mainly on the promotion of education through the construction of primary and nursery schools” they say. “Our commitment in this direction continues, but this year we have decided to broaden the horizon of the activity by giving importance to the health aspect”. For this reason, in autumn 2021 they left for Nepal, where they set up a traveling medical camp, justifying their choice as follows: “In past years we have seen that many people have real difficulties in reaching places dedicated to health care. So why not go to those in need?”.
A traveling safe dome
Thanks to a Ferrino tented camp and what has been defined as a “safe dome”, the volunteers moved from village to village managing to offer medical support to cover the most important emergencies.
Two doctors, a nurse, four Red Cross rescue volunteers, a technician and two photographers reached the upper Arun valley from which they set off on foot with porters and mules to reach the various villages where they set up, from time to time, the mobile camp with the “Dome” at its centre: a large medical tent. The team doctors were assisted by Sunita Gurun, head of the local non-profit organisation “Himalaya Education Centre”, and by a student from the guest house, to record, manage and translate all the various needs of the 584 people visited in the medical camp.
In addition to the delicate medical work, the guys from Cuore Attivo Monterosa have carried out activities to clean the villages from the eternal problem of plastic, which in the future will increasingly represent an enormous difficulty in the environmental management of these remote areas. Furthermore, in each village, during the collective moment of farewell, the importance of daily cleaning and personal hygiene actions was explained, also with respect to the Covid-19 emergency.
Some numbers
During the stay in Nepal, 5 medical camps were set up in 5 villages. In each of them, medical care was provided to the population and clothing and objects useful for the children's studies were left on site. A total of 584 people were visited, distributed among the villages of Thungkhaling, Siprung, Namase, Syaksila, Gola.
