Training courses
Heart
of Asia has been funding three week training
courses in simple healthcare at Dzongsar
Menkhang (the Tibetan herbal medicine hospital.)
Tibetan speaking volunteer health workers
from the UK share their knowledge with selected
people from Dzongsar-Meshu and from Dru gu.
Youdon talks about nutrition
We
aim to empower local men and women with basic
hygiene, nutrition, first aid, maternity and
child healthcare skills to create a network
of barefoot health workers who can both help
and educate their communities.
£1,200 will pay
for a three week training course at Dzongsar
Menkhang.
- Ten people donating £10 per month will
pay for this.
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| Trainees learning to use blood
pressure monitors |
CHIME DORJI'S TESTIMONIAL:
Chime Dorji is a monk from Dzongsar Monastery.
He attended the Healthcare training organised
by Youdon Lhamo for Heart of Asia at Dzongsar
Menkhang in 2006. Around 15 women, men, monks
and nuns from townships and villages in the
Meshu area participated in the 10-day training,
which addressed issues of Safer Motherhood,
hygiene and disease prevention.
“Tibetan people living in rural areas lack
knowledge about safer motherhood, and due
to poor transportation it is very difficult
to get up to date medical support for women
in childbirth in these areas. However the
training taught us ways to have safer motherhood
using local materials that rural people can
easily access. Therefore the training was
very helpful, as it has decreased the death
rate of mothers and babies in this area.
I say thank you to Heart of Asia on behalf
of all my community members.”
Chime Dorji then explained to us how he
had saved the life of a baby whilst helping
a nomad woman give birth. He had been on
a truck in a remote area of Drayab County,
TAR, when the woman on board went into labour
and he was able to help her have a safe delivery.
He also told us how two women from his village
approached him for advice regarding their
infertility problems. He advised them on
methods that would help them become pregnant
which he learned from Youdon Lhamo’s training
on behalf of Heart of Asia.
DR KARPO'S TESTIMONIAL:
Dr Karpo, son of Dr Lodre Phuntsok and a Tibetan Herbal Medicine Doctor, is Director of Yuthok YondenGonpo Medical Association, our partner organisation in Dzongsar/Meshu area. “The projects and training courses that Heart of Asia have consistently sponsored have helped a lot with healthcare issues related to Safer Motherhood, hygiene and knowledge of disease prevention in the Meshu area. For example, it is considered very shameful if women and girls talk about feminine health problems to religious figures, such as a monk. However since the monk Chime Dorji (who attended Heart of Asia’s training course at Dzongsar Menkhang in 2006) was able to successfully advise local women regarding their fertility problems local women now regard him as a health care consultant. As the training courses were so beneficial we would like to extend the target area and develop similar trainings in other Tibetan areas, using those already trained to train other local people.
I want to say thank you very much on behalf of YYMA and the whole population of Meshu area.
The Dzongsar Medical Emergency Fund has
brought a lot of benefit. There are many
patients who need expensive treatments to
help them but have no access to the money
needed, and the fund has been used to assist
them – saving the lives of many people".
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