Category Archives: Volunteers

Tim Robinson

Tim Robinson, a British medical student who recently spent his elective with us says:

Nishtha is essentially a GP surgery with very little equipment and medication options are limited. Despite this, it does an excellent job with the resources available. Dr. Barbara welcomed me openly not only into her clinical work but also her social life and day to day activities. I was isolated from the western world and my friends/other medical students but I was in no way lonely. I had the opportunity to be involved in lots of new techniques and clinical skills, experienced a completely different type of medicine in a completely different culture and was asked for my medical opinion from another doctor for the first time!

For Tim’s full report see: http://www.electives.net/hospital/4637

Clean Rakkar Environment Project – My first month

by Atreya Shankar

Read Atreya’s blog by clicking here.

It has been one month since I started helping the Nishtha team with its Clean Rakkar Environment Project. This document serves as a report for the month’s progress.

In recent years, Rakkar has been experiencing increasing development. With this development, there has been an influx of higher-end packaged goods from cities. Because there is no proper disposal system for these goods in the village, their packaging often lands up littered around Rakkar- sometimes in beautiful areas like natural rivers and ravines.

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International School Bangkok Students Visit

On 17th February 2014, Nishtha kids club hosted the visit of 8 students and 2 staff from the International School of Bangkok. It was a bright crisp day and the children were happy to take our guests out onto the ground and play games with them. Most of the students didn’t know the rules of cricket so our local children were very happy to teach them. On the other hand, the Bangkok students taught our children some practice techniques using a football and at last we improvised a long skipping rope and introduced the idea of multiple children jumping rope together.

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