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Security and Improvements at the Bhotechaur Clinic

In 2006 the Bhotechaur Health Clinic management committee requested assistance to increase security and make some modest improvements in their facility. A grant proposal was developed and submitted by the Rogue Gateway Rotary Club to Rotary District 5110 as a Rotary District matching grant. The District Committee voted to approve the grant which provided matching funds from the District level, which were matched again at the level of Rotary International. The resulting grant was sufficient to fund the specific elements requested by the clinic management committee: 1) a security wall around the clinic to clearly demarcate and protect the facility, 2) a generator to provide reliable electricity, 3) a computer to manage patient records, 4) some instruments for minor surgery, and 5) a motorbike to provide transportation for the doctor who was making weekly trips from Kathmandu.

This project has been shepherded in Nepal by the Kathmandu Rotary club, which had already cooperated on the clinic renovation project. In Grants Pass, Rotarian and Bright Futures Board member, Jill Gleysteen has worked tirelessly to help with the coordination of accounting, grant administration and reporting.