Our television series,
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Hope In Motion has
been a big success.
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And we want to
continue to share with you
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some of the field stories
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that we have
filmed over the years.
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So just from time to
time, it may refer to Asian Aid,
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as we reflect on
these great stories
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as we share them with you.
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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, she told us that
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she had been walking
around with this prolapse
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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
Child Impact International
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is supporting
the healing ministry
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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 is 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 Child
Impact's involvement in Nepal.
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Child Impact International
is an organization giving hope,
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previously called Asian Aid.
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Child Impact International
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is 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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Child Impact is
committed to making a difference
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in the lives of children
and those who are in need.
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Serving communities in India,
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Nepal, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Myanmar,
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and will soon
expand to other countries.
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For the last 50 years,
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Child Impact has invested
in the futures of people
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and their investment is
proving infinite returns,
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driven by the
dedication to helping those
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who have the least.
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Child Impact 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 expands
from child rescue operations,
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to providing an education
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for orphans, 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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Child Impact 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 needed the most.
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This is Hope in Motion.
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Nepal is renowned
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for its natural
beauty and enduring culture.
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Having existed as early as
its neighbors 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 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 is 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 in
serving the medical needs
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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 of hospital,
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after the
establishment of hospital
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is when the church
has started to expand.
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So Scheer Memorial Hospital
is basically the birth of
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the Adventist
community in Nepal.
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By now the church
have been growing.
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Now we have over
around 4,000 members.
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But the main organization
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or the center
of Adventist church
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in Nepal is our hospital.
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Although the cost of
a doctor's consultation
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is only $0.33, 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 health.
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The hospital also
provides 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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Child Impact
International's focus
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has always been about children.
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Providing children
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who are in need
with an 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 a
need to get healthcare
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and access 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, your life is really,
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you know, 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 labors are
paid is almost nothing.
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So I think education
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just makes 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
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 am here at the
school where Asian Aid USA
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is sponsoring a
number of children
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next to Scheer Memorial Hospital
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in Katmandu in Nepal.
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We have about 40
children at this 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
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that 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
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to develop more
schools in Nepal,
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without sponsorship
it would be difficult
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to attract
students from the community.
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Suman Praja
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is a fourth grade
student 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 to
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
members supported his work
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and provided funding
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for their food
and accommodations.
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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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I am very happy that
Suman could go to the school,
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and he's 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. 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 the children
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as part of its incentive program
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to encourage parents to
send their children to school.
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Education is
highly valued in Nepal
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as it is the 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
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for a better
future 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 the educated children
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will care for the
parents also 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
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and too old to
work in the fields
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or 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,
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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's poor,
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you know, they are
lucky to get anything.
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So I think a lot of parents
also think about that that,
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you know, if my child
gets a good education,
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it'll 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
and international business.
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But I took a gap
year to come to Nepal
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and work as a
volunteer school teacher
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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
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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 students
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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 was really
important just to be able
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to take a break,
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take a step back
from my life in 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's 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 that
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I think might be so
important back home.
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No doubt, a good
Christian education in schools
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providing that opportunity
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is a beacon of hope
for the children here.
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And Child Impact
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, underneath its beauty,
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in the fields and
hilltops, villages and towns,
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women are living in pain.
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When we come back, we look
at how over half a million women
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are suffering
from uterine prolapse,
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and discover how
Child Impact International
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is helping ease their pain.
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A couple of years
ago my daughters and I
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had a wonderful
opportunity to travel to India.
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And while we were there,
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we met yet
another part of our family
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that's our
sponsor daughter Sheila.
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We've had the
privilege of sponsoring Sheila
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through Child
Impact International
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for more than three years now.
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And, you know,
while we were there,
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she shared with us
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that her dream
was to become a nurse.
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Now, it's a wonderful
privilege for us as a family
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to know that she is
fulfilling that dream.
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Sheila is now
studying to be a nurse.
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She's in college,
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and we could not
be happier for her.
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It's been wonderful to be
part of that journey with her.
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And, you know,
sponsoring a child
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through Child Impact,
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it's made an incredible
difference for our family.
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And I know that for
you sponsoring a child
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can make a
difference for you too.
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But most importantly,
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it can make the difference
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in the life of
a child every day.
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At Adventist mission schools
like this one in Bangladesh,
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Child Impact International
sponsors hundreds of children.
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We often think that sponsorship
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only impacts on
the life of the child,
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but it's much wider than that,
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it impacts on the
parents and on the community.
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But more important,
it impacts on the school.
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It becomes valuable
income for the school,
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and then in turn,
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it impacts on
hundreds of other children.
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I just ask that you would
consider sponsoring a child
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with Child Impact
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or supporting one of
its valuable projects
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that will improve education
in Adventist mission schools
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like this one in right here.
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Nepal sandwiched
between two 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 it's home to
some of the poorest
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people on the planet.
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In this economically backward
environment and harsh terrain
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where infrastructure 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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Yes, this is
something very interesting
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because this
condition of uterus 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
uterus prolapse in women.
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And the reason, we
don't know exactly the reason,
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but over here the ladies
have to carry a lot of weight,
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so weight carrying also provide
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the incidents 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 multi-factorial,
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we cannot point
to 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 women
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where their uterus
just falls off their body.
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We learn that one
of the main reasons
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women get prolapsed
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is because they are
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
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with this heavy labor
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 bodies
cannot support their uterus.
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We cannot go into the
detail of what is the condition
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but having this condition
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affect the woman
in an extreme way,
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to the extreme that
sometimes the husband leave them
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because of the marital
problem that they may have.
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So yes, it is a very
incapacitating condition
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for the woman and
affects not only the woman
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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
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are ashamed for 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 wellbeing
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affects their already
battered physical condition.
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Thousands go undetected
and when they are discovered,
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they become outcasts, 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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Child Impact International
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
preventive health education.
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Well, we're partnering
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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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,
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it's very
rewarding not only to make
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the change of
lives with 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...
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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, you know,
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I just can't imagine
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how these women
like to spend 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
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we can say that
we are very grateful
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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 in behalf
of the families and the patient
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that we have
been treating since.
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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 is here
conducting prolapse operations.
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If you save these
women have it fixed,
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not have that prolapse any more,
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they're so happy.
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They hug us, they kiss us,
they want to shake our hand,
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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 now in our society
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that you just don't realize
how hard it is for them here
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to be working
under the circumstances
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they 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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who go to various
developing countries each year
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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,
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it's an opportunity
to make a difference
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in their own humble ways.
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Volunteering to
me, it's emotional.
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You all get very drawn in to
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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
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what we do every
day 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 in the 10 days
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that we are here operating,
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it changes their lives
and that change of life
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for these people
that 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 surgery
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will be done the
uterine prolapse.
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The only thing that is
stopping us to doing more,
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it is basically
the financial aspect.
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If we have more, more
funding, we can do even more.
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Right now, we do
have some funding,
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some other
organizations that they come
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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
incidents is extremely high.
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Over half a million women
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are suffering
from prolapse in Nepal,
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and Scheer
Memorial Hospital is a place
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they can come 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
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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's now
accepted into the home,
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she can mend relationships,
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she can add value to the family,
00:23:48.16\00:23:50.39
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 Punyeshwari,
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and she actually has...
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Because she's been so grateful
00:24:20.16\00:24:21.86
for what has
happened in her life,
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she has now
brought 25 more ladies
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who had operations.
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And I think
that's really special.
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And so they're 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
00:24:34.64\00:24:36.10
that they could come and say
00:24:36.14\00:24:37.67
how grateful they are
for the transformation
00:24:37.71\00:24:40.08
that's happened in their lives.
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Well, it's changed their lives
00:24:44.71\00:24:46.05
and now that they
can walk comfortably,
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they are able to
work, and help, you know,
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care for their families,
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it's a totally
transforming thing
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that I think we
just couldn't understand
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unless we had actually
been through the same experience
00:24:58.66\00:25:01.23
as they have been.
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And for this lady to bring 25,
I think that's really something
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because that shows
how grateful she is
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for the
operation that she's had.
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Today, Adventist missions
like Scheer Memorial Hospital,
00:25:16.64\00:25:19.91
organizations like
Child Impact International,
00:25:19.95\00:25:22.52
and the goodwill of hundreds
of volunteers and missionaries
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is making a difference.
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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 to facilitate
00:25:32.79\00:25:35.06
this transformation
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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who are so loving and thankful,
00:25:52.18\00:25:55.08
and if I can just
help a little bit,
00:25:55.12\00:25:57.22
I'll keep coming back.
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