From Sweden to Nepal

Swedish students Beatrice Andersson and Anna Fransson are doing disability research at INF's Green Pastures Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre in Pokhara. 'We're here for two months to do our Bachelor's thesis,' say Beatrice and Anna. 'We're undergraduates in Prosthetics and Orthotics at the School of Health Sciences in Jönköping University. We're exploring the situation in Nepal with regard to international conventions on the rights of people with disabilities. Together with our Nepali interpreter Sylvia Rana we're interviewing lots of Nepali people with disabilities, including clients at the orthopædic technology department at Green Pastures. Hopefully through listening to people's experiences of rehabilitation, mobility, health care, work and education there will be possibilities to improve the situation. Nepal is especially interesting because of the inaccessible topography and difficulties in travel. We're enjoying our time in Nepal and Green Pastures, particularly the friendly atmosphere and lovely people at the hospital. We're very glad we got the opportunity to come to Nepal and learn about this beautiful place and the people.'

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