Nepal Flood Relief: Act Now
Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the devastating floods in Nepal. The HRDC team is already providing critical surgeries. Your support allows HRDC to leverage local expertise and networks and respond with specialized medical care where its most needed. Read more.
ABOUT US
While physical disabilities are challenging for children the world over, they are doubly so for those living in remote, impoverished areas of the world like Nepal. Since its founding in 1985 by Dr. Ashok Banskota, the Hospital & Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children (HRDC) has been the fulcrum of life-changing surgery and treatment for more than 124,000 children.
INITIATIVES
Our vast network of Community Based Rehabilitation workers in the field identify the poorest disabled children in Nepal, who are often hidden away. These children are given world-class surgical interventions, rehabilitation, and follow up back in their villages. At the community level we dispel harmful myths of disability, paving the way for an inclusive society.
OUR WORK
In a low resource country like Nepal, disabled children face enormous challenges. Often isolated and not in school, their families struggle to support them and they are ostracized within their communities. Our work is life-changing for these children and their families. Their newfound abilities enable them to live full, productive lives.
HELP US MAKE THEIR DREAMS A REALITY
Every year we treat 22,000 poor children with disabilities – with surgery, physical therapy, prosthetic devices, and tender loving care. It costs so little to save a child from a lifetime of suffering and isolation.