Address
PO Box 455
Crestone, CO 81131
Website
www.himalayanmedicalfoundation.org
Description
For the last 18 years the HMF's network of clinics has offered free medical care to the monastic and lay communities in the Kathmandu valley, a region rich in spiritual history and heritage as well as unparalleled beauty. As the valley has become more modernized, severe air pollution, food and water contamination as well as a plethora of Public Health problems have emerged. In a country where the per capita income is roughly 500 rupees a week (6 USD), many Nepalis and Tibetans have few options for any type of meaningful medical care. Quite literally the treatment these patients receive at the HMF-sponsored free clinics can often be the dividing line between life and death.
Category
Children & Youth, Disabled, Elderly, Health & Disease, Women