Carol Vernal, Founder and CEO of CMAF, was in Nepal from October 2011 to January 2012, working with our Nepalese partners to expand our programs and their impact. She met with Debendra Karki and the Chisang Clinic Service Committee, as well as local residents, to finalize plans for reopening the clinic, scheduled for April 13, 2012. Renovations are proceeding – check out our updated photo gallery (“Clinic Pics”) on Facebook!
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CMAF assists with the development of clinics to meet the basic medical needs of unserved rural populations in Nepal. CMAF Founder and CEO Carol Vernal met Debendra Karki when she was in Nepal in late 2010. Debendra introduced her to his village, Bhawanee, and a small empty clinic that he had built in 2003. The clinic was operated by a Nepalese NGO for five years, providing primarily OB/GYN services. Political unrest resulted in the clinic closing, and it has been vacant now for more than three years, waiting for someone to adopt it.
Debendra has a PhD in Public Health, and a post graduate degree in Anthropology from Harvard University. He has worked with the World Health Organization and USA
id. He is now dedicated to reopening the Chisang Clinic, and will partner with CMAF to achieve that goal. As partners we can share our energy and experience to provide medical care for thousands of families in Bhawanee and surrounding villages.
