Mount Everest Foundation for Sustainable Development in Nepal and Tibet: Service Trek led by Everest summiter Dan Mazur: More Photos and more notes

In this photo, Dr. Lee Levin is reviewing and adding to the list of necessary medical and hospital supplies needed at the new Patale Health Post. On the left is Jamyang Sherpa, and on the right is Pasi Sherpa. Both Sherpas are health care workers from the local village, trained by the Everest Foundation.

Dear EverestNews.com, Service trek acknowledgement: Dr. Lee Levin

I just wanted to send you and everyone at EverestNews.com my sincere apologies. I almost forgot to acknowledge the fine contributions of Dr. Lee Levin to our service trek. He was extremely helpful to us, and verified the usefulness of the work of the Mount Everest Foundation for the Sustainable Development of Nepal and Tibet, especially during our visit to the Patale Health Clinic, where he carefully checked all of the medicines, and reviewed the staff's equipment list, making suggestions, giving ideas and hints, etcetera. Also, he generously donated antibiotics to the clinic, for which everyone was deeply grateful. It was so important to have a physician like Lee in our midst, during our first ever visit to the newly

opened clinic, because he gave an important stamp of approval to what the newly trained health workers are doing and endorsed their focus and the chosen direction for the future as a good one. It was especially nice to have Dr. Lee with us, because he is familiar with practicing medicine in rural settings with people from developing regions. So, thanks very much for acknowledging our debt of gratitude to Dr. Levin, and once again, thanks to EverestNews.com for watching out for the poor families and environments far from the beaten track in the Mount Everest region. Yours Sincerely, Daniel

Mazur

Here is a photo by John Vavruska showing Elselien and the ladies of Nirmalai Danda looking at a photo that Elselien just took of them with her father's digital camera.

photo of John Vavruska standing in front of one of the last surviving tap stands of the Nirmali Danda water project. John Designed and built this tap stand in 1984.

Here is a photo taken by John Vavruska of Jangbu Sherpa, looking proud in the Patale Health Post, which he founded to help the 4000 people in this district, who before this time had no access to health care, and had to walk three days and take a bus for one day, in case of emergency, so they could get to the nearest meager health services. Before the Patale health clinic was established, many villagers died on the way to get health care. In the left side of the photo, a mother is holding her infant who has just received treatment for an infected cut.

We really appreciate the efforts of EverestNews.com in showcasing the latest service trek under the auspices of the Mount Everest Foundation for the Sustainable Development of Nepal and Tibet. Here is a photo taken by John Vavruska from the ridge above Patale Village, where the new health post is located. In the center of the photo, you can see a long "ridge" which is Nuptse, and the pyramid-shaped peak to the right of it is Mount Everest, on a clear morning in November.

This photo, taken by John Vavruska, shows a woman standing in her doorway of Nirmalaia Danda village, holding a photo, taken last week, of herself and child that John Vavruska took 20 years ago.

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