Successful workshops at the Shulma gompa clinic

Within our health project and as a response to the needs of the local teams at the Shulma monastery clinic, Norlha organized training workshops during two days. We wanted to assess the needs regarding community health and to promote mother-child health.

The morning sessions were about community health: everyday hygiene, preventive measures against the transmission of diseases and the importance of nutrition. 26 representatives (among them, 4 leaders and 1 doctor) from 4 local communities attended theses sessions with great interest. The afternoon workshops on mother-child health attracted mainly women (28 women, 3 men and 6 children) who were shy about sharing their experience and their questions. They seemed to know little about the importance of nutrition, hygiene and the dangers that can be avoided during pregnancy. Women give birth at home and a doctor supports them only if a complication occurs.

Norlha cooperated productively with the teams at the Shulma monastery clinic (3 doctors and the priest) and with the local populations. Norlha brought to these workshops its experience, visual aids and equipment that was well appreciated. These days were very productive regarding the needs assessment and the cooperation with the local teams who were very welcoming and enthusiastic! For the first time, a foreign organization set up this kind of workshops on community health in this area, and they were a success.