Foundation

The Kalimati Clinic is run by Nepal International Health Research and Social Welfare Organizatin(NIHRSWO) as a charitable clinic.

NIHRSWO was founded by Dr Arjun Raj Pant, Mr Ram Chandra Pant and Dr Indira Satyal. These individuals have witnessed grass root level health problems facing Nepal and particularly the inccessibility of health care to the large rural population. The NIHRSWO has been registered by the Kathmandu District Administrative Office (Registered. No.: 365/053/054) and is also accociated with the Social Welfare Council of Nepal (Registered No.: 5100). The organization currently has seven members. The initial project centre is in Tanahun, Chowk Chisapani VDC. The village is in Tanahun District 140 km north west from Kathmandu.

Kalimati Clinic was established in 2002 in collaboration between American and Nepalese medics. It is located around 140 kilometers west of Kathmandu in Kalimati, Tanahun, Gandaki Zone, Nepal. This is an out-patient clinic with its own 7 room building, constructed with the help of local people and ongoing financial input and fund raising from the founder, Dr Arjun Pant. Initially, the clinic was staffed by one doctor, two paramedics and an office assistant. Now the clinic is run as a charity and provides general medical aid for the local population (50 to 60,000 people) but is staffed by only one paramedic and one office assistant. The clinic is well attended by the local population, and around 10-12 patients come to the clinic daily for treatment for diarrhoea, dysentery, fever, scabies, helminthiasis, simple pneumonia, acute peptic disease, intestinal colic and for wound management.

Goals of the Clinic

The positive relationship between health and the social economical well-being of a country is well documented. The work of NIHRSWO is based on this philosopy. NIHRSWO is a non governmental and non profit organization. It was founded in 1997 with the following objectives:

1. to promote research in health and health care.
2. to promote social welfare throughout the kingdom of Nepal by establishing elderly homes, hospitals, clinic,health care training, literacy classes and talk program to the schools.
3. To promote chock chisapani and its surrounding areas as an eco and village tourism destination.
4. To conduct awareness and income - generating programmes.
5. To help uplift the living standard of different local ethnic groups together with protecting their cultural heritage.

Funding of the Clinic

Initial funding for the clinic has come from the contribution of the founder members. The land was provided by Biswa Upreti, a local social worker.The bulding was constructed by donatins from Village District of Chowk Chisapani, PUMA, Dr Arjun Pant, Y. pant, Mr. Ram Chandra Pant and other social workers. It expected that future donatins will come from different individuals and organizations.

Here are the list of Donors (MS xls version) (pdf version)