Healthcare

     Access to adequate health care is in a critical state in a large number of mountain communities. In many districts, people must travel for days to reach the nearest clinic, often on foot and through rough terrain. The result is that mountain communities take on a disproportionate burden from common illnesses and injuries – ones which could be easily overcome with simple treatments if only a clinic were nearby.

     The Mountain Fund is working to bring health care to isolated areas in two of the world’s most spectacular mountain ranges: the Himalayan Rasuwa District of Nepal and the Ausangate area of the Peruvian Andes. Our goal is to provide medical supplies, equipment, and professional staff and training to these places. These clinic systems will never turn away a patient that is unable to pay.

     In partnership with other groups we also help to support other clinics in Nepal. These “partners” raise funds for support under Mountain Fund’s 501c3 status.

Ausangate Health Clinic
	Peru: we are ready to build our first clinic in Peru! The clinic will be built in the low area of the Ausangate mountain range. This area has four villages, with a total population of 3,000 to 4,000 people. Funding Need: $6,000 USD View Project Details...

Benefit El Salvador
	El Salvador: This is a fundraising project to benefit the people of Zaragoza, El Salvador. Our purpose is to contribute to the supply of medical equipment and resources to the public healthcare clinic that serves Zaragoza, and its surrounding community. This clinic serves a population of approximately 35,000 people. Funding Need: $5,000 USD View Project Details...

Mount Everest Foundation for Sustainable Development in Nepal & Tibet

Nepal: The establishment of Mount Everest Foundation for sustainable Development (MEF/NEPAL) is a significant step towards achieving the goals of peace, unity, social amity, international co-operation and fraternity free from racial, ethnic linguistic or religious discrimination. The Mount Everest Foundation believes in the motto of "World is a Family." Funding Need: $5,000 USD View Project Details...

North East India Project
	India: Working along side the villages of North East India to assist and support in the areas of healthcare, education, water resource, and economic development, while preserving their culture and basic way of life. Funding Need: $5,000 USD View Project Details...

Rural Assistance Nepal

Rural Assistance Nepal (R A N) was set up to help advance education and to assist in the provision of healthcare in the rural areas of Nepal. Friends are supporting the salaries of teachers at two schools, the salary of a midwife at a healthpost and have helped to buy land (for building more classrooms) and school materials for schools in two villages in Dolaka and Solukhumbu. Funding Need: $5,000 USD View Project Details...

Rasuwa District Healthcare

If you’ve followed our newsletters, you know that we’ve had a plan in place since 2001 to have a complete healthcare system in the Rasuwa District of Nepal. Thanks to all of your continued support, that day is nearly here! Our new hospital is now established in the village of Kalikastan, and serves as anchor. This paired with our three additional health clinic-outposts, will create a network that reaches nearly all of the 44,000 inhabitants of the Rasuwa District. Funding Need: $32,000 USD View Project Details...

Service Trek Members Foundation

We have set up this fund after coming back from an amazing and humbling trip to visit the villagers of Patale in a remote region of Nepal near Mt. Everest. There are no roads to Patale and it takes an airplane ride from Khatmandu and then a three day hike to reach it. The purpose of our trip was to replenish the medical supplies for the health post in the village and also to visit two schools in the area. Funding Need: $11,200 USD View Project Details...

Trek4Good: Moving Medical Camps

Global: Trek4Good is a volunteer program of The Mountain Fund. This program was started in order to address the need of volunteers to both see the country and contribute their time. Every Moving Medical Camp has a volunteer component built in, and is organized to raise funds for the projects we support. Our goal is to raise funds for supplies and medication for our treks. Funding Need: $3,000 USD View Project Details...