1. 1. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015
2. 2. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Margherita Scott (Margo) RN, RDCS Member of Clayton Morning Rotary International Club District 7710 Since February 2015
3. 3. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Founded in 1987 55 Missions 27 Countries
4. 4. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Cardiac Ultrasound- Adults and Pediatrics
5. 5. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Circulating Nurse In Operating Theater
6. 6. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Teaching Echocardiography to Medical Students
7. 7. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Mission to Nepal announced in January 2015
8. 8. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Rotary International Regional Convention New Bern, NC April 24-26, 2015 Leigh Hudson Chair of District Disaster Relief Committee Kelly Norman Public Relations Chair (My sponsor) Cami Trucone International Exchange Student
9. 9. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 At Rotary International Regional Convention as a vendor selling Childrens vitamin to fund my Mission to Nepal.
10. 10. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Sunday morning headline news April 25, 2015 (a week before mission date) 7.8 earthquake devastates Kathmandu, Nepal Early estimate of 8,000 lives lost More than 16,000 suffered initial injury More chronic medical consequences will Continue to emerge in the days and Weeks to follow
11. 11. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Sunday Evening Decision was made to proceed Now a humanitarian/relief mission Out of initial CardioStart team of 35 members, 21 volunteers commit to support the medical mission following the first earthquake disaster
12. 12. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Terri Black Ian Rumbles
13. 13. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 John Long, Clayton Morning Rotary President Monday Morning
14. 14. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 The Many Cogs of Rotary International Tuesday Morning
15. 15. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Matthew Kane District Governor 2014-2015 Leigh Hudson Chair of District Disaster Relief Committee Wednesday Morning
16. 16. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 First Aid supplies donated by Eastern Carolina Medical Center in Benson Wednesday
17. 17. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Hardware supplies donated by Leigh Hudson Wednesday
18. 18. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Uniforms donated by fellow nurses Wednesday
19. 19. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Thursday Morning Clayton Morning Rotary Meeting Demonstrating how to use Personal water filtration system Receiving from Club President John Long the Clayton Rotary Banner to exchange with Nepal Rotary Club
20. 20. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Thursday Wonderful members of Clayton Morning Rotary International showering me with blessings, survival tips and donations to sustain me during my mission in Nepal. REI Half Dome tent purchased with money donated by Rotary 7710 along with sleeping bag, air mattress, water filtration system, solar powered cell charger, boots, cargo pants and other survival supplies, which I used and donated at end of mission to local doctors who lost their home.
21. 21. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Cash Passport Whistle Road ID Bracelet On me at all times Change of clothes Food for one day Shoes Inside backpack Always at bedside Emergency Preparedness Thank you Rex and Jim!
22. 22. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 On my way to Nepal with money and supplies provided by Rotary at the club and district level Friday, May 1
23. 23. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 First day in Kathmandu May 2
24. 24. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 People praying and cleaning in Kathmandu
25. 25. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Sunday Morning 2nd day in Kathmandu Tour of the city while waiting For remainder of CardioStart members 15 y/o boy found alive after 5 days under the rubble Recovering in Israeli Army Field Hospital ICU
26. 26. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Four-month-old baby found alive Recovering in Israeli Army Field Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care
27. 27. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Sunday Evening. Team is complete. On the way to Dhulikhel by bus
28. 28. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Front of Dhulikhel Hospital Sanjey Dhulikhel Cardiologist My working companion for several days
29. 29. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Many people refuse to go home. They feel secure at the hospital
30. 30. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Many injured with external fixation patiently awaiting their turn for surgery giving precedence to more serious and longer cases
31. 31. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Rescue begins for people in isolated villages. People are now starving to death or dying from dehydration or contaminated water related illnesses
32. 32. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 CardioStart Doctors helping with surgery whenever they can
33. 33. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 German Neurosurgical team helping Nepal by performing difficult and long surgery
34. 34. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Making friends and memories with the locals
35. 35. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Field trip to Kathmandu University
36. 36. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Learning about the engineering department Developing a prototype for temporary shelters made of a metal frame, bamboo and sand
37. 37. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Organizing supplies from the two 40-foot containers shipped earlier in the Spring
38. 38. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Cath Lab equipment donated by Australia Rotary Club Water filtration system donated by Germany Rotary Club
39. 39. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Meeting members of Dhulikhel Rotary Club
40. 40. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Preparing to go to outreach clinic in Chattre Deurali
41. 41. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015
42. 42. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Health Post in Chattre Deurali 1st floor
43. 43. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Health Post in Chattre Deurali day of Second earthquake with worse damage making it inhabitable. Our sleeping quarters.
44. 44. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Mending a second degree burn on a two-year-old boy Trying to do what we can at Health Post in Chattre Deurali
45. 45. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Suturing a facial laceration on a girl who was hurt while helping her father clean up debris This elderly man was found to have gallbladder stones and was referred to the hospital for surgery
46. 46. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Entertaining the children and the locals. Curious and hopeful about what we could do for them.
47. 47. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Food purchased with Rotary money arrives at Chattre Deurali
48. 48. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Storing donated supplies For Monsoon Season
49. 49. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Trying to find a section of flat land to build the tents to Serve as temporary school
50. 50. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 We had to go with their soccer field
51. 51. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 After careful planning and two days of assembling
52. 52. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Kids are happy to have a temporary school
53. 53. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Childrens Vitamins My personal contribution to children of Nepal
54. 54. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 The boots that got Me everywhere Had to stay there
55. 55. Clayton Rotary Aids Nepal 2015 Expenses Recap: REI (Camping/outdoor supplies used and left with the locals) $ 919.65 Wallgreens (OTC medicatoins, extra battery chargers for cells) $ 89.61 Food purchased in Nepal $ 500.00 Post Office to mail solar cell charges $ 24.05 Total $ 1,533.31 $2,000.00 from Rotary Balance of $466.69 returned to Rotary on June 29, 2015 THANK YOU ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
56. 56. Nepal Thanks Rotary International