20 hour bus ride

We had another interesting and fun day of health worker training.  What a great group!  Five of the health workers are from the very rural area of Terai and traveled up to 20 hours to reach Kathmandu. Big problems they identified were pneumonia and respiratory infections among the children.  Further discussion revealed that they cook all of their food using cow dung  fuel---inside the house.  The result is thick smoke that irritates eyes and causes respiratory problems.  They also said they have no latrines in their area.  People use an isolated field area.  They were very open to exploring new options.  There are countless future opportunities for helping empower these communities.