Canada Nepal Medical Society
CNMS is registered as a charitable organization under the Income Tax Act
Registration number: 85961 9165 RR0001
Some of the CNMS Board 2010
back: Anil Thapa, Ian Macmillan
front: Nira Sharma, Sara Chhetry, Edith Bacon
video link: Ivan Somlai
Who are we?
We are a group of Canadian Nepalis and Friends of Nepal, concerned about the lack of health care facilities in much of rural Nepal.
In August 2005, a steering group was set up for for CNMS. It has been a long road, but since then we have achieved charity registration, and formed a co-operative arrangement with PHeCT, a Nepali NGO in Kathmandu, for project management.
Our Mandate
We are committed to assisting villages in rural Nepal to acquire health care workers. With village involvement and support, we will provide scholarships to train paramedics to return to their village to provide care where none may now exist. The village is to participate in candidate selection and commit to post-training support. With this model, we hope to foster a sense of local involvement and project ownership.
What have we done?
As of June 2009, we had raised enough funds to support one full two-year scholarship for paramedic training. We have our first candidate in training as of September 2009. See the projects page. We are currently seeking candidates for this fall, when it is our intention to fund two or three students in either the Community Medical Assistant or the Assistant Nurse Midwife program.
