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Veterinary-Agriculture Lab
Makwanpur
The dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation ® and CHOICE Humanitarian-Nepal began a multi-year
project in 2016 to build a Veterinary-Agriculture Lab facility for the Janakalyn Higher Secondary
School in Palung, Makwanpur, Nepal. When the lab was completed in 2018, the Honorable
Mrs. Bidhya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal, attended the inauguration to emphasize the
importance of vocational skills training and education.
School Reconstruction
Ramechhap
In the aftermath of the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal, the Gokul Ganga Higher Secondary School in
Ramechhap was badly damaged and needed to be rebuilt. The campus was finally completed in
2018, with the help of the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation and CHOICE Humanitarian-Nepal,
and now meets Nepal’s government standards for earthquake resilience. The school consists of
two 8-classroom buildings, and can accommodate 700 students. Gokul Ganga Higher Secondary
School was inaugurated by dōTERRA Founding Executive Rob Young during the December 2018
Nepal Cō-Impact Sourcing ® expedition.
New Hospitals
Makwanpur | Ramechhap
In 2017, the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation and CHOICE Humanitarian-Nepal began
building a hospital in the community of Makwanpur, Nepal. In 2018, the hospital was completed
and fully equipped to benefit the lives of at least 100,000 people in the area. The donated
equipment includes patient beds, ECG machine, radiant heat warmers, and much more.
The two-room facility will assist 1,245 students in learning new agricultural techniques, and will allow farmers
a place to test soil quality and study plant diseases. The dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation and CHOICE
Humanitarian-Nepal completed outfitting the Veterinary-Agriculture Lab with equipment in 2018, including a
small distillation unit for demonstrations and trials.
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dōTERRA HEALING HANDS FOUNDATION I ANNUAL REPORT 2018
The dōTERRA Healing
Hands Foundation and
CHOICE Humanitarian-
Nepal have begun
plans to build a new
Gokul Ganga Hospital in
Ramechhap. The hospital
will serve a population of
nearly 34,000 people with
essential health services.
There is not an expected
completion date on this
project at this time.
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