Heart of Asia Training in Dzongsar in September 2006

Our visit to Dzongsar in 2006, was centred on teaching safer motherhood, first aid and disease pathways to a group of volunteers from the region. Click on any image to see an enlarged view.

Every session begins with hand washing
... and dedicatory prayers
A trainer explains principles of hygiene using cloth posters
An audience of trainees
A trainer talks about the importance of good nutrition
Learning how to make rehydration salts
Each trainee tries the mixture
Learning to use blood pressure monitors
Learning to use blood pressure monitors
How to treat a dislocated shoulder
Bandaging a patient's hand
Learning to bandage a head wound
Helping a Patient who is choking
Using a stethoscope
Learning to use thermometers
Practicing another way of lifting a patient
A trainer demonstrates how a baby emerges from the pelvis
A monk trainee explores how a baby emerges from the pelvis
A very embarassed trainee pretends to give birth!
Using the doll Chime Dorjee explores the position of a baby in the womb
Fieldwork in nearby villages
A nomad family invited us to check the health of their new baby
Local children Fascinated by the foreigner
A trainer demonstrates how a baby emerges from the pelvis
Nomad mum breast feeding her baby
One of our trainees with a young mother and her first baby
We visited this pregnant mum to check on her health