For the upcoming World Fair Trade Day, Kumbeshwar Technical School promoted a Free Eye and Womens Health Check up and Treatment Program last Saturday on their premises. The program was advertised within the local area, with 283 people participating on the day - including students, staff, produers and members of the local community in Kumbeshwar, Patan.
During the eye check ups, eighteen people were found to have cataracts, one of the cataract patient was a 100 years old man Mr Ratna Bahadur Khadgi. The program was conducted in association with Nepal Eye Hospital, who provided skilled doctors to carry out the check ups. Kumbeshwar Trading Centre supported the provision of medicine and the program logistics. The cataract surgeries for these 18 patients will be performed in Nepal Eye Hospital who has given special discount for the operation, with the rest of the operation costs sponsored by Kumbeshwar Trading Centre on 12th May.
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Though I was not able to visit and help out on Saturday because of other commitments, I wanted to blog about this, as it shows how KTS and the wonderful Khadgi family that founded and run the organisation, consistently tries to assist their producers and people in their local area, in practical and useful ways. As one of the founding members of the Nepal Fair Trade Group, KTS is a great example of a producer group run by Nepali's, helping Nepali's and with motivation to constantly improve and try new ideas, not only in their technical work, but also with their local social work. I am really lucky to be working with them!
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