DOUGLAS MACLAGAN 2018 HERO AWARD 2009 HEALTH AWARD Founder, Child Welfare Scheme Nepal More than a 25 years ago, Douglas Maclagan was trekking in a rural village in Nepal where he was met by an anxious woman, scared for her sick child’s life. The woman placed the child in his arms, and his heart sank.…
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DR. ASHOK BANSKOTA 2016 HERO AWARD 2011 HEALTH AWARD Founder, Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children Nepal Dr. Ashok Banskota provides urgently-needed medical care to children in Nepal suffering from orthopedic disabilities. After training and earning his board certification in New York, he found the medical situation in Nepal shockingly limited and primitive, particularly…
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Mead’s program provides prosthetic limbs and treatment for children with missing or deformed arms and legs.
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SHARON KIRKPATRICK 2002 HEALTH AWARD Traditional Birth Attendant Program Africa, Caribbean, India and Nepal Sharon Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., R.N., vice president for institutional advancement at Graceland University, has spent more than 25 years helping children in need by establishing mother-child healthcare programs in third world countries. She has helped children in need living in Africa, India,…
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DR. SHANKAR MAN RAI 2005 HEALTH AWARD Interplast Surgical Outreach Program Kathmandu, Nepal Shankar Man Rai, M.D., a reconstructive plastic surgeon and native of Nepal, has devoted much of his life to providing free plastic surgeries to children with birth defects, cleft lips and palates, and burn injuries in areas of the world where these…
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OLGA MURRAY 2005 HUMANITARIAN AWARD Nepal Youth Foundation Nepal After retiring from her 37-year position as a research attorney for the California Supreme Court, Olga Murray realized her life’s work had just begun. While visiting the Himalayan Mountains, she discovered a world of overwhelming poverty. Millions of Nepalese people live with little electricity and few…
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