Today we will arrive in Rukum, traveling through Lamahi, Ghori, Tulsipur, Shitalpati, and Kotmola before reaching our destination of Jumlikhalanga.  Here we we will visit the local district hospital to identify areas of need.  Our meetings with the NRC and the district officer Mr. Bharat will help us understand more about the infrastructure in the region and determine where we can travel to and how we can get there.

On our way to Jumlikhalanga, we visited the Nepali Youth Foundation (NYF) nutrition center in Ghorani.  The center admits malnourished children and their mothers for free for periods of around three months while the children are nurtured back to health.  During this time, the mothers are educated on how to cook inexpensive but nourishing food.

During our trip, we will work with the NYF to identify malnourished children, who will then be transported to the center with their mothers free of charge.