Midwifery Society of Nepal (MIDSON)
Midwifery Society of Nepal (MIDSON) is the national professional organisation representing midwives and the profession of midwifery in Nepal. Its mission is to strengthen midwifery services and advocate and lobby for midwives in improving maternal and neonatal health in the country, especially in rural and remote areas.The Himalaya Eye Hospital in Pokhara
The Himalaya Eye Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal , was established in 1993 with the aim of providing comprehensive eye care services to the people residing in the Gandaki, Dhaulagiri and Karnali zones. It also serves as the base hospital for different eye care foundations operating in the region. The poor, rural communities living in the mountainous areas have very limited access to health or eye care. The main aim of the hospital and its projects is to reduce blindness in these communities by 90%. The Himalaya Eye Hospital also plays a key role in developing ophthalmic manpower by offering training services throughout the countryLa-La-Shou Special Education Centre
The La-La-Shou Special Education Centre is an NGO in Xi’an that provides rehabilitation education support to children with a range of learning difficulties, support to their family and social advocacy. Donations to the project provide an outdoor play day for the children and parents.The Somerset Tea Estate Health Clinic
The Somerset Tea Estate health clinic is located near Nuwara Eliya in the highlands of Sri Lanka. The clinic provides low cost and free health care (including ante-natal, post-natal and maternal care and immunisation) and social support to the workers at the tea planation and their families. In a remote area with limited employment opportunities the Somerset Tea Estate health clinic is an essential resource to the local populationKim Long Charity Clinic
Kim Long Charity Clinic in Hue Province Vietnam provides free health care for underprivileged communities in two of the poorest provinces in the country. The problems facing these communities include unclean water, lack of proper sanitation and lack of access and availability of drugs and other treatments. The clinic provides consultations, health education, medication, HIV/AIDS counselling, ultrasound, x-rays and ECG. 
The Barefoot College
Founded in 1972 by social entrepreneur Sanjit “Bunker” Roy , the Barefoot College is a non-government organisation that provides basic services and solutions to problems in
rural communities to help them become self- sufficient and sustainable. These ‘Barefoot Solutions’ can be broadly categorised into solar energy, water, education, health care, rural handicrafts, people’s action, communication, women’s empowerment and wasteland development. The initiatives are run by ‘Barefoot Professionals’, rural men and women who are given comprehensive training irrespective of age or education.
Located in Tilonia village, 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the capital of the western desert state of Rajasthan, Barefoot is a collection of environmentally friendly dome-shape buildings. Inside, about a dozen teachers give classes in subjects ranging from the basics of solar engineering, dentistry, mechanics or public health, to radio DJing.
All the pupils sitting on the floor or leaning on old desks are women, some of them illiterate grandmothers from remote villages. Almost everyone is poor, many are unable to read or write, and some come from as far away as Tanzania.
Magan Kanwar, who teaches solar engineering, remembers being told by her father-in-law she should focus on knitting sweaters rather than dreaming of attending the school. “But I just wanted to do something more than cooking and producing babies. This college gave me a chance to find the purpose of my life,” she told AFP.The Jaipur Foot
‘Jaipur Foot’ – formally known as Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) – based In Jaipur north India was founded in 1975 to provide artificial limbs to the poor. This extraordinary organisation is now pan-Indian and has received multiple awards for both its humanitarian work and its ground breaking prosthetic designs including a Time Magazine Design of the Year. Those requiring artificial limbs are measured, fitted and undergo intensive physiotherapy over a one week period. The average cost for this process is $50 per person with many receiving prosthetics for free. This charity now operates all over the world providing free and lost cost prosthetics limbs to the poor.Vietnam - The Duc Son Orphanage
The Duc Son Orphanage was founded by a Buddhist nun in 1987 for a few children. Today, the orphanage provides a loving and secure home for more than 200 children and babies who have been orphaned, as well as providing schooling for all the children in its care.Namibia - DRC School Project
The DRC School Project and Community Centre, which innovatively uses porta-cabins donated by the makers of the film ‘Flight of the Phoenix’ in a resettlement area on the outskirts of Swakopmund, is an effort to assist the needs of a growing community in the Swakopmund Municipal District. It has created a centre for the community in order to provide services such as basic education, health information and a cultural forum. The centre serves the community as a whole while focusing mainly on issues facing mothers and children. Each Namibia tour group visits the school and makes an on-site donation on behalf of the group. Jordan - The Holy Land School for the Deaf
The Holy Land School for the Deaf in Salt, Jordan aims to prepare its pupils for the rigours of life outside and concentrates on vocational training as well as providing a comprehensive curriculum. Students receive training in vocations such as carpentry, blacksmithing, needlework and auto-repair in addition to a basic household skills program. The school also provides hearing services for those who have no health insurance and cannot cover the costs of private medical treatment. In addition the school has a blind-deaf unit and a sign language unit. Each of our tours visits the school and makes a donation per head on behalf of the tour group on site.
Projects
Projects
