Roads to Rehab Nepal is a non-profit organisation registered with the Australian Charities & Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). Our Australian Business Number (ABN) is 14 196 214 542.
We are also a permanent member of a registered non-profit organisation called GlobalGiving who are based in the United States. They help fund our work through their matching funds initiatives and provide a crowdfunding platform for grassroots charitable projects like ours.
We have been working with our project partner organisation, Medical Rehabilitation Organisation (MeRO), since December 2016.
Our Management Committee comprises of three multi-talented individuals, two of whom are nurses and the other has a commerce degree and worked in accounting and tax. We have all have spent time in Nepal. Virginia is a nurse and is the founding Trustee of Roads to Rehab Nepal. She has a multitude of roles within the organisation. Paul is our Treasurer. Ingrid is also a nurse and is a General Committee Member.
We are also sometimes assisted by skilled volunteers who may not be Management Committee members but simply help us with things which we cannot do ourselves.
Our mission – We believe access to free health and medical care should be a universal human right. Many people in Nepal do not have access to medical care and rehabilitation services. Poverty is widespread and medical care often comes with a hefty price tag which many cannot afford.
What do we do – Together with our project partner organisation, MeRO, we fund and facilitate medical and surgical intervention, nursing care, physiotherapy and rehabilitation services for people in Nepal. All patients admitted to MeRO’s Shelter arrive with life-changing illness or injury and cannot access medical care due to poverty. Together we improve health outcomes for people in Nepal and change their lives.
How do we do it? 
Our Nurse and Physiotherapist Sponsorship program pays the wages of MeRO’s three nurses and a physiotherapist. We are also currently paying the part-time wages of a practice manager.
We fund $1000 a month of MeRO’s pharmacy bill which includes not only essential medications, but medical and surgical equipment and supplies needed for surgery, hospital stays and the duration of patient’s stay at the Shelter. This also includes required nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy equipment and supplies.
We also pay the first $200 of medical expenses for all patients referred to MeRO which helps start their medical journey and is usually sufficient to establish a diagnosis.
We often fund additional medical and surgical costs as required.
We fund ongoing medical care for women with obstetric fistula who are referred to MeRO’s Shelter, even if the surgery is not directly related to their obstetric injury. Many women in Nepal live with the consequences of untreated or unrepairable obstetric fistula. The Government now provides free surgery for women with fistula but there are still other costs to be borne.
We provide friendship, support, mentoring and advice to our project partner organisation and help promote best practice and good governance. We facilitate ongoing educational opportunities for MeRO’s clinical staff as required
At Roads to Rehab Nepal, the extent of what we can achieve is dependent solely on donations. Our support to MeRO is only possible because of amazingly generous people who care about humanity, disability, inequality, lack of access to health and medical care, and the challenges faced by people living in Nepal in being able to access a complex medical system.
There are many ways you can help us change the lives of MeRO’s patients and their families and help rebuild their future. Explore our website, read our stories, visit our Facebook page, flick through our newsletters and annual reports and travel with us down patients often long roads to rehabilitation. If you like what we do, making a donation will help change their world.
Please not that we are not a tax-deductible organisation in Australia. Our donations page explains more.