In this
landlocked Himalayan state,
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over half a million
women are living in pain.
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I remember one lady,
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she told us that she
had been walking around
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with this prolapse hanging
out of her body for 50 years.
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In today's
episode of Hope In Motion,
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we look at how
Asian Aid is supporting
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the healing ministry
of the church in Nepal.
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We visit Scheer
Memorial Hospital,
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an Adventist mission,
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that's providing
healthcare to women
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suffering from uterine prolapse.
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Well, we're pioneering
with Scheer Memorial Hospital
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because we truly believe
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they're doing a
wonderful job in the community.
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And meet women whose
lives have been changed
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because of Asian
Aid's involvement in Nepal.
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Asian Aid is an
organization giving hope,
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an organization fostering
permanent positive change
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in the lives of
disadvantaged children
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and their communities.
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An organization that's committed
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to making a difference
in the lives of children
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and those who are in need,
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serving communities in Nepal,
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Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, Myanmar, and India.
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For the last 40 years
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Asian Aid has invested
in the futures of people
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and their investment
has proven infinite returns.
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Driven by their
dedication to helping those
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who have the least,
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Asian Aid is an organization
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focused on the
welfare of children,
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implementing diverse
development projects,
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and sponsoring
thousands of children.
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Their outreach spans
from child rescue operations
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to providing
education for orphans,
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deaf, and the blind children.
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Giving them a
sense of place, a home,
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but above all,
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Asian Aid is an
organization giving hope,
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giving hope to children,
giving hope to communities,
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giving hope to the
ones who need it the most.
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This is Hope In Motion.
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Nepal is renowned
for its natural beauty
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and enduring culture,
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having existed as
early as its neighbors,
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India and China,
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Nepal has kept its
cultural heritage intact
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offering an
extraordinary travel experience
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for a visitor.
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With 8 of the 10 highest
mountain peaks in the world
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including Mount Everest,
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Nepal's landscape
is truly inspiring.
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Nepal is also one of
the poorest countries
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in the world
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where one-third
of the population
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live below the poverty
line earning less than $2 a day.
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Well, most of
our work is in India,
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but when we come to Nepal,
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we see a
different level of poverty.
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The economy is
certainly worse here,
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the level of poverty,
the level of pollution,
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there's a huge need
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and we want to do more in Nepal.
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With a majority of Nepalese
depending on their daily wages,
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obtaining healthcare is
one of the main challenges
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people face in
this developing country.
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This is where
Scheer Memorial Hospital
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plays a crucial role
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in serving the medical
needs of the people of Nepal.
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Scheer Memorial
Hospital was established
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over 55 years ago
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by Adventist
missionaries serving in Nepal,
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situated just outside Katmandu,
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the hospital is an
important institution
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for the community,
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and the
Adventist church in Nepal.
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Well, at the beginning,
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after the
establishment of the hospital
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is when the
church started to expand,
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so Scheer Memorial
Hospital is basically
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the birth of the
Adventist community in Nepal.
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By now, the
church had been growing
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and now we have
around 4,000 members
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but the main organization
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of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Nepal
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is our hospital.
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Although the cost of a doctor's
consultation is only 33 cents,
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some cannot even afford that.
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People come from miles around
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from rural villages
to hilltop settlements
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seeking medical help.
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The hospital also
provide ambulance services
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to emergency cases,
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often traversing
through inaccessible
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and dangerous roads.
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Asian Aid's focus has
always been about children,
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providing children who
are in need with education,
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and giving them an
opportunity for a better future
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through its sponsorship program.
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Along with the need to
get healthcare and access
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to medical centers,
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the opportunity
to get good education
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is highly important
to the people of Nepal.
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The main thing is education.
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And because in
this part of the world
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if you've got no education,
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your life is really, you know,
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you can't earn hardly anything.
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All you can do is labor,
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and in many places,
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what the labor is
paid is almost nothing,
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so I think
education just might make
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so much difference in
this part of the world,
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more than it does
in western countries.
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But in a world
where earning $2 a day
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is a struggle for the
majority of the people,
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sending their children to school
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is a strain on their finances
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and it remains a distant dream.
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Without sponsorship,
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it would be very
difficult for their children
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to receive an education.
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I'm here at the
school where Asian Aid USA
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is sponsoring a
number of children,
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makes the Scheer
Memorial Hospital
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in Katmandu in Nepal.
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We have about 40
children at the school,
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and we want to
increase the numbers.
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This school is very
important Asian Aid USA
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as we don't have many schools
in Nepal of we are involved in,
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and we have chosen this school
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because of its
close relationship
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to the Scheer Memorial Hospital
but also the need in the area.
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Children from
the local community
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and some of the
Hospital staff's children
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attend the school.
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Although the church
is trying to develop
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more schools in Nepal,
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without sponsorship,
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it would be
difficult to attract students
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from the community.
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Suman Pranja is a
fourth grade student
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at the school,
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orphaned at a very young age.
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Suman grew up
begging in the streets
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in the town close by
Scheer Memorial Hospital.
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A local church pastor found him
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and brought him
to a small orphanage
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he was running for
abandoned children.
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His church member
supported his work.
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He provided funding
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for their food
and accommodation,
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but he found it difficult
to pay their tuition fees.
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Fortunately for Suman,
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the pastor knew
people at Scheer Memorial,
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and Suman was
enrolled at the school.
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He is now
sponsored by Asian Aid USA.
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I'm very happy that
Suman could go to the school,
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and he is getting sponsorship.
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And this school at the
hospital is a Christian school
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and he could continue
to learn about Jesus there.
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My name is Goma Paudyal.
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I teach in playgroup.
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These kids are lovely
and I enjoy teaching them.
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This is the best
job I enjoy the most
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and I don't even
notice when the time pass
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when I'm playing with
them and teaching them.
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This is what I
enjoy the most here.
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The school provides
employment to teachers
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who are from
the local community,
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like Goma Paudyal,
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who otherwise would
have to travel long distances
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or go to Katmandu to
find a good teaching job.
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The school also provides
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one nourishing meal
a day for all children
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as part of its incentive
program to encourage parents
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to send their
children to school.
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Education is
highly valued in Nepal,
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as it is in rest of South Asia.
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Parents
perceive a good education
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as a catalyst for change.
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This perception is not
just for a better future
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for their children,
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but they also
believe it will bring changes
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to their own fortunes.
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In these cultures, usually,
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the educated children
will care for the parents also
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when they get old
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because if a
parent gets to the place
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where they are
too sick and too old
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to work in the fields,
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so whatever laboring
work they've been doing,
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well, what do you do?
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You basically,
beg and starve or,
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you know,
depending where you live,
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maybe some beggars, you
know, can make a little bit
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but in remote areas,
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especially if
they're in a village
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where everybody is poor,
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you know, they're
lucky to get anything.
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So I think a lot of
parents also think about that,
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that, you know, if my
child gets a good education,
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it will also be a
blessing to me in my old age.
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My name is Andrew Rapp.
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I'm from Walla Walla University.
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I'm studying business marketing
in international business,
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but I took a gap here
to come to Nepal and work
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as a volunteer school
teacher and youth mentor.
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Colorado native Andrew
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is a volunteer
teacher at the school.
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Because of its close
association with the hospital,
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the school has been privileged
to bring in overseas teachers
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who come here bringing a
new approach to teaching.
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This not only
exposes the student
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to an
international array of teachers,
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but also helps the
missionary teachers
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get a different outlook in life.
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I think, for me,
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it is really important
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just to be able to take a break,
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take a step back
from my life and school
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and being so focused
on what I want to do,
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and take a step back and
see what other people need
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that there is more important
things than just my concerns.
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There's people that
have more immediate needs
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than the fickle things
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that I think might be
so important back home.
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No doubt, a good
Christian education
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and schools
providing that opportunity
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is a beacon of hope
for the children here.
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And Asian Aid
sponsorship program
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is helping them
see that ray of hope
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in this impoverished,
yet idyllic region.
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But all is not what it seems.
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Underneath its beauty
in the fields and hilltops,
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villages and towns,
women are living in pain.
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When we come back,
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we'll look at how
over half a million women
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are suffering
from uterine prolapse,
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and discover how Asian Aid
is helping ease their pain.
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My wife Angela and I are
here in Andhra Pradesh, India,
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visiting some of
the Asian Aid projects
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to see for ourselves
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how the work that is being
done here is transforming lives.
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Especially, the
lives of orphaned children
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and abandoned children,
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children from the
tribal communities,
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and we've discovered that
because of sponsors like you,
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they now have a place
that they can call home.
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They have wonderful
clothing, nutritious food,
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and they are being
prepared to propel themselves
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into the future
for a promising career.
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But above all that,
because of sponsors like you,
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they now have hope,
hope for a better future.
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One of the huge problems
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that's existing
in the world today
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is that of human trafficking.
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Of course, it is a global thing
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but because I have
worked a lot in India and Nepal,
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I know that it is
huge in these countries.
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And the way these
children are treated
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is just unbelievable
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and what they suffer,
you just could not believe.
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And so with your
help and we're so excited
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that Asian Aid has
now got the project
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called Operation Child Rescue,
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we can make a
difference and do something
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for these children
before this happens to them
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and for some of
them that can be rescued
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from this situation.
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If you would like
to become involved,
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we would just be so
very, very grateful.
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Nepal, sandwiched
between Asian giants,
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China and India,
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is a landlocked sovereign
state in the Himalayas.
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The mountain range in the north
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is home to eight of the
world's tallest mountain peaks,
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including the highest
point on earth, Mount Everest,
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thus making it
popular for mountaineering.
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Hinduism is practiced by
over 80% of the population,
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making it the country
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with the highest
percentage of Hindus.
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With the birthplace of
Buddha located in this region,
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Nepal is also historically
linked with Buddhism,
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making it culturally very rich.
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However, Nepal is also
economically challenged
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and is home to some
of the poorest people
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on the planet.
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And this economically
backward environment
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and harsh terrain
where infrastructure
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and transport is unavailable,
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women become
the beast of burden.
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Economic difficulties
and cultural perceptions
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have made women of
Nepal suffer silently.
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The condition is
called uterine prolapse.
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Yeah, this is
something very interesting
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because this
condition of uterine prolapse
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is not so common in
most of the countries,
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but interestingly, in Nepal,
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it is very common to see
uterine prolapse in women.
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We don't know exactly the reason
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but over here,
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the ladies have to
carry a lot of weight,
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so weight carrying also provides
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incidence of prolapse more high,
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also having more children,
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also provide more incidents
of having this problem,
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so it is multifactorial,
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you cannot point only one thing,
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but what we
know is that in Nepal
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it is very common
to have this problem.
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Uterine prolapse is
a condition in a woman
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where her uterus
just falls off her body.
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We learned that
one of the main reasons
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women get prolapse
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is because they're
forced to carry heavy loads,
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sometimes around 50 kilos,
strapped around their forehead,
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pressing down on their neck.
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Often, they have to
continue with this heavy labor
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right after childbirth.
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The stress and pressure
this puts on their lower back
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is so dangerous,
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and their delicate body
cannot support their uterus.
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We cannot go into details
of what is the condition,
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but how this condition affects
the woman in an extreme way,
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to the extreme that sometimes
the husband leaves them
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because of the marital
problem that it may have.
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So yes, it is a very
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incapacitating
condition for the women
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and the affect is
not only on the women
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but also the entire family.
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In this patriarchal society,
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women suffering from prolapse
are ashamed of their condition,
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and they don't
want to come forward
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and suffer in
silence for decades.
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The psychological impact
this has on their well-being
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affects their already
battered physical condition.
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Thousands go undetected,
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and when they're discovered,
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they become outcast, excluded,
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and deserted by their
husbands and families.
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Today, women suffering
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from uterine prolapse have hope.
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Over the last 10 years,
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Asian Aid has funded a program
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along with
Scheer Memorial Hospital
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to identify these women
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wherever they are
and facilitate surgeries
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and provide much-needed
preventative health education.
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Well, we're pioneering
with Scheer Memorial Hospital
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because we truly believe
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that doing a
wonderful job in the community,
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it's the only
Adventist Hospital in Nepal,
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it's a critical part
of the church in Nepal.
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And they now have the facilities
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to do the prolapse operations,
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and so our funding
program is very valuable to them
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because they have
plenty of capacity.
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And so for us,
it's very rewarding
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not only to make the
change of lives of the women
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but also we're able
to help the institution
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in gaining work and
doing work in the community.
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Here at the hospital,
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we have done a lot
of prolapse operations.
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I think I forget how many
years we've been doing it now,
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maybe 10 or 11
years, but during that time,
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we have now operated on
between 8,000 to 9,000 ladies.
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And to see the
difference it makes,
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you know, I just can't imagine
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how these women
like there's been one...
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I remember one lady,
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she told us that she
had been walking around
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with this prolapse hanging
out of her body for 50 years.
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Well, as a hospital, we can say
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that we are very
grateful for Asian Aid
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because they have
been providing surgeries
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or support for surgeries
for the last two years,
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and we are grateful on
behalf of their families
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and the patients that
we have been treating,
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thanks to the help of Asian Aid.
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All throughout its history,
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Scheer Memorial
Hospital has been privileged
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to host a number of medical
professionals from abroad
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who volunteer their time
and expertise conducting camps.
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This has benefited
thousands of people
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from the local
community, especially women.
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This week a group from
Sydney Adventist Hospital
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from Sydney, Australia
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is here conducting
prolapse operations.
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If you say to these
women, have it fixed,
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not have that prolapse
anymore, they're so happy.
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They hug us, they kiss us,
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they want to shake your
hand, they want to touch us.
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And it's just
humbling, very humbling
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because we're so grateful,
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you know, westernized society
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that you just don't realize
that how hard it is for me
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to be working
under the circumstances
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that we got to work under.
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Karen is part of
a volunteer group,
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Open Heart
International from Sydney.
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These are medical professionals
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that go to various
developing countries,
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each year,
conducting medical camps.
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For Karen and her team,
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camps such as these may
seem just another day's work,
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but it has a
profound impact on these women
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who suffer from prolapse.
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And for the
volunteers, it's an opportunity
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to make a difference
in their own humble ways.
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Volunteering to
me, it's emotional.
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You will get very drawn into
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what they don't have
and what we can do to them.
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We might think we're
just doing what we do everyday
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back at home,
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but for them,
it's life changing.
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And even though it might
seem just a drop in the ocean,
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for 80 to 90 women,
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in the 10 days that
we're here operating,
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it changes their
lives, and that change of life
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for these people
makes it emotional.
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Scheer Memorial
Hospital is overwhelmed
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with the inflow of women
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needing surgeries
for uterine prolapse.
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Without these volunteers,
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it will be a tough
task to facilitate them all.
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In the hospital, we
have 200 to 300 surgeries
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will be there in the year.
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Out of 200 to 300,
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we have 30% to 40 % of surgeries
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will be done for
uterine prolapse.
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The only thing
that is stopping us
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to doing more
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it is basically
the financial aspect.
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If we have more
funding, we can do more.
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Right now, we do have
some funding from organization
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that they come and do
the surgery themselves,
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but how many we can do,
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it is basically,
300, 400, it's countless
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because the
incidence is extremely high.
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Over half a
million women are suffering
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from prolapse in Nepal,
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and Scheer Memorial Hospital
is a place they can come
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to get it fixed and
ease their suffering.
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It's so apt to say that
Scheer Memorial Hospital
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is truly a
beacon on the hilltop.
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To have an institution
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and for Asian Aid to provide
the opportunity to these ladies
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who don't have
to live with this,
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this is
curable, this is fixable.
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You know, that's the benefit.
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Imagine when a
lady has the operation,
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she goes back,
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she is now
accepted into the home.
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She can mend relationships.
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She can add value to the family.
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She can add
value to the community
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through the other
ladies, spread the good news,
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tell them about
how people love them
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and want to make
things different for them.
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Isn't that a blessing?
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The good news is
spreading among women in Nepal.
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The more women are
identified, educated,
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and brought to these camps,
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the more women are
willing to come out
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and seek medical care.
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This one here,
her name is Puneswari,
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and she actually has...
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Because she has been so grateful
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for what's happened in her life,
00:24:12.41\00:24:14.18
she has now
brought 25 more ladies
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who have had operations.
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And I think
that's really special.
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And so they just...
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When we told them we
were having a filming today,
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they were just
so thrilled to think
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that they could come inside
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how grateful they are
for the transformation
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that's happened in their lives.
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How do you think this operation
has changed their lives?
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Well, it's changed their lives,
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and now they can
walk comfortably,
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they're able to work and help
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and care for their
families, it's just,
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it's a totally
transforming thing
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that I think we
just wouldn't understand
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unless we had
actually been through
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the same
experiences they have been.
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And for this lady to bring 25,
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I think that's really something
00:24:54.89\00:24:56.29
because that shows
how grateful she is
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for the
operation that she has had.
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Today, Adventist missions
like Scheer Memorial Hospital,
00:25:07.04\00:25:10.41
organizations like Asian Aid,
00:25:10.44\00:25:12.37
and the goodwill of hundreds
of volunteers and missionaries
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is making a difference
00:25:15.58\00:25:17.35
and bringing a healing
touch to women in Nepal
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transforming their
lives every single day.
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Together it is possible
00:25:23.02\00:25:24.55
to facilitate
this transformation
00:25:24.59\00:25:26.49
for these grateful women.
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It is possible to put
smiles back on their faces.
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Just to hear
them say, "Thank you."
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They are a nation,
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they are so loving and thankful.
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And if I can just
help a little bit,
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I'll keep coming back.
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