EAN helps to support and recruit professionals who wish to help people in Nepal with conditions affecting the ear and hearing.

It does this principally but not exclusively by assisting the Ear Treatment and Training Centre (ETTC) in Pokhara, including its ear care outreach and community work (Ear Services). EAN is a source of information, resources and contacts to potential volunteers and those working in this field.

The ETTC is part of the Green Pastures Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre (GPH-RC), run by the International Nepal Fellowship. GPHRC, ETTC and Ear Services have expanded rapidly in the last few years. INF is an organisation with Christian leadership, which has over 60 years of experience in Nepal, principally with health projects and community development work (www.inf.org). INF has a Nepali-led board in Nepal (INF/N) as well as an international board (INF/I) overseeing its cooperation with its other agencies around the world. These include INF/UK, INF/Australia, INF/NZ and many other independent partners, donors and seconding agencies.

Volunteers are asked to be aware of INF’s core values of probity and to commit to working in keeping with these.

EAN also works directly with other professionals in the field such as the Society of Otolaryngologists of Nepal (solnepal.org.np).

How to volunteer

Do contact us through the contact page. Whether you are just making a general enquiry or have a specific question, we would like to hear from you. Please include an e-mail address and if possible, a contact phone number and/or mobile phone number.

If you are thinking seriously of volunteering then we will need a brief Curriculum Vitae including your level of experience and special areas of interest. We can use people with varying levels of experience within teams. Please mention any previous work in the developing world or visits to Nepal.

If English is not your first language please indicate your level of fluency in English. If you have relevant additional language skills such as Nepali or Hindi, please mention this.

Volunteers are needed for many roles, in particular

• Ear doctors, both trained and trainee
• Anaesthetists, both trained and trainee
• Audiologists and audiological scientists
• Speech and language therapists
• Nurse Specialists with experience in Ear/ENT (outpatient or operating theatre)
• Those who can help supply or maintain medical equipment and hearing aids

But in the main we need people who care and are willing to give their time and skills to help.

Please do contact us if you have any questions about how you might volunteer or assist.

For more information about the Ear Center, please visit Ear Centre - EarAidNepal