After 15 years of dedicated work in Nepal, Chimalaya Charity is now at a crucial turning point. Our newly renovated clinic and training centre in Bode is now open and fully operational. From here, we launch the next phase of our development programme – Phase 3, which aims to ensure long-term sustainability, local ownership, and independent operations.

In collaboration with Dhulikhel University Hospital, we have developed a certified training programme – Home Visit Nurse Education – designed to equip nurses, midwives, and other healthcare professionals to provide preventive, community-based care in their own local areas. The focus is on child wellbeing, early intervention, and family support – inspired by the Nordic health model.

We have already certified the first 60 Home Visit Nurses. But to ensure the programme’s long-term impact and expansion throughout Nepal, we now need support from foundations, organisations, and individual donors.

Our goal is for the training centre to be 100% locally managed and financially independent within 3–5 years. This requires investment in operations, training programmes, teaching staff, materials, and continued outreach to remote regions.

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With generous support from Rotary International, Rotary Skovshoved Club, the Eurofins Foundation, and the Honoré Foundation, Chimalaya Charity’s clinic in Bode has now been fully renovated and expanded. Special thanks go to Hans Frederik Carøe from Skovshoved Rotary Club, Flemming Sundø from Chimalaya’s advisory board, and Mette Otzen MO Interiors, UK for their invaluable support.
The clinic, located in Madhyapur, Thimi Municipality, Ward No. 8 – Bode, Bhaktapur, now stands as a modern and functional health and training facility.

The renovation includes:

• Upgrading and redesigning clinic rooms on the 3rd floor of the existing building, including converting the rooftop terrace into a teaching room
• Interior finishing and painting of rooms on the 3rd and 4th floors of the adjacent new building
• Construction of a connecting bridge between the buildings
• New garden and outdoor areas
• New furniture, medical equipment, IT and teaching supplies, and two scooters

Despite nearly five years of delays due to COVID-19 and complex administrative challenges in Nepal, the clinic is now fully operational and already serving mothers and children in the area.
The clinic is 100% dedicated to Chimalaya Charity’s activities and is run exclusively by Chimalaya Charity’s team in Nepal.

A key step toward sustainability
In collaboration with Dhulikhel University Hospital, Chimalaya Charity has developed a certified training programme – Home Visit Nurse – for nurses, midwives, and health workers. The programme is based on the Nordic model of preventive healthcare and focuses on early intervention and paediatric care.
We are proud to enter the next phase of our development programme – Phase 3 – focused on creating long-term sustainability, local anchoring, and independent operations.

We wish to thank all our donors for making this transformation possible, and we hope to continue receiving enough support to reach our Phase 3 goal of full operational independence within the next 3–4 years.

Chimalaya continues its dedicated effort to create a brighter future for Nepal’s newborns and their mothers. In 2022, we initiated phase 2 of our mission with the clear purpose of ensuring the sustainable future of our well-proven home visit model, which over the years has proven to be a critical factor for the health and well-being of newborns and their families. 

The next three to four years are seen as an exciting transition period, where we gradually transfer the model to a local organization in Nepal that will be able to continue and expand our work in the long term. Although we still closely collaborate with private donors and foundations in Denmark to support phase 2, our focus has shifted away from public fundraising and membership recruitment. 

Phase 2 is of paramount importance as it involves the transfer of Chimalaya’s model, which aims to ensure that Nepal’s newborns receive professional home visits from local nurses trained as Home Visit Nurses. Much like in Denmark, where health visitors visit newborns and support parents. 

A dedicated team of experienced healthcare professionals from both Denmark and Nepal has worked hand in hand to develop and implement the Home Visit Nurse program in close collaboration with Dhulikhel University Hospital. We are proud to have certified the first cohort of Home Visit Nurses in October 2023, and now 25 newly appointed public nurses are ready to enter the field and make a difference. 

With support from private foundations, Chimalaya can continue this vital process towards a sustainable future. Our goal is to integrate the Home Visit Nurse training as a permanent part of the nursing curriculum at Kathmandu University, and we hope to garner government support to expand this preventive effort. 

Our continued success is closely linked to our partners at Dhulikhel Hospital, and targeted support for our work in phase 2 is crucial for our progress. 

In the clinic in Bode, our Nepalese team will continue to carry out important home visits to mothers in the local community, including those in brick and carpet factories, where vulnerable women often live in difficult conditions. 

At the same time, the clinic serves as a training ground for healthcare professionals undergoing training as Home Visit Nurses. Here, nurses from across the country can gain practical experience with mother groups and home visits, which they can then pass on in their own communities. 

The Chimalaya association consists of dedicated volunteer teams with various responsibilities, and our Nepalese NGO is staffed with an experienced and committed team fighting to ensure home visits for everyone in the community. 

With kind support from private donors and organizations, we are approaching our ultimate goal: to give Nepal’s newborns a healthier start in life through qualified home visits. 

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