Our Work

Bringing Hope to Nepal

In a remote, mountainous region of Nepal, just south of Mount Everest, a physician who works at one of the mission hospitals supported by Samaritan’s Purse met a young woman.

This young woman had contracted polio when she was two years old, resulting in severely deformed legs. When the doctor met her, she was crawling through the forest unable to stand upright or walk.

For 22 years, the woman had crawled on the ground using her sandals on her hands to protect them from the rough paths in the region. Her family was extremely poor and unable to access medical care because of the costs. She had only gone to school for a very short time because she had to crawl for one hour each way to get to the school.

The physician asked how he could help her; she simply replied that she would like to walk again. Samaritan’s Purse Canada was contacted and a church in Calgary offered to help fund the medical care needed to help her walk again.

The young lady was transferred to Kathmandu and underwent 6 operations on her legs to help straighten them. She then underwent more than a year of physiotherapy.

During her time in hospital, she was taken care of by a partner of Samaritan’s Purse, which is run by a local Nepali church. They care for others who need medical care and show the love of Christ through this work. During the many months of rehabilitation as an outpatient, she lived with the church community.

After the long and difficult treatment, the young lady’s dream was fulfilled; she can walk again. She continues to stay with the church community as she receives vocational training so that when she returns to her village, she can support herself and her elderly mother.

Her story, one of both physical and spiritual healing, is a story that is common in Nepal as a result of the vital partnership between Samaritan`s Purse and local partners such as this church.    

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