Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Sep 27th, 2011
Posted by Borgny Ween and Knut Skyberg, Norway During the last year we have experienced how fun it is to combine planning contemporary music shows in Norway with supporting a health aid organization as Nyaya Health. How did this start? It started as a pretty wild idea while planning Knut’s 60’s birthday celebration and ended with [...]
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Sep 24th, 2011
Posted by Dan Schwarz Nyaya was recently invited to present its work to the Norwegian Institute of Occupational Health, of which long-time Nyaya supporter Dr. Knut Skyberg is Research Director and Senior Physician. Chief Operating Officer Dan Schwarz’s presentation was webcast live, and can be viewed here: ————- Dan Schwarz is the Chief Operating [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Jul 29th, 2011
Posted by Dan Schwarz Along our journey, Nyaya has been blessed to find support from all corners of the world, and among all our supporters, the dedication of our friends in Norway continues to humble and inspire us all. As has been written about on this blog twice before, we have received an incredible amount [...]
Posted in News on Jan 19th, 2011
Nyaya’s close friend and supporter, Dr. Marit Bakke, has written an article about her recent visit to Bayalpata Hospital, which has been been published in the Norway Nepal Association’s monthly newsletter, Hamro Patrika. Dr. Bakke is a Sociology professor from Oslo, Norway, and also sits on the International Advisory Board of Patan Academy of Health Sciences, [...]
Posted in News on Dec 19th, 2010
Posted by Dan Schwarz Nyaya supporters Knut Skyberg and Borgny Ween have been featured in a radio interview inOslo, Norway, discussing our work in Achham, and how they’ve been supporting it. You can listen to the interview here. Nyaya would like to thank not only Knut and Borgny, but all of our supporters. Without our [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Nov 14th, 2010
Posted by Knut Skyberg and Borgny Ween We were a group of Norwegians and Nepali visiting Bayalpata Hospital. Four of us Norwegians came to Nepal for the first time. Our main purpose was to get insight in this well driven health development project we have supported. During our 3-week stay in Nepal we have seen [...]