Nokor Tep Hospital Project

The Hospital opened in 2019 and is the first facility dedicated to providing Cambodian women with gynaecological and oncological care. It aims to provide health services to more than 100,000 women per year and in addition, to provide education, preventative and mobile healthcare services to reach women across all parts of Cambodia.

The following year a second medical container was sent.  This is a wonderful example of how of the Medical Equipment and Supplies available from Donations In Kind Stores can be used.

In June 2018, the Rotary Club of Hampton saw the realization of a vision, when a container packed with medical supplies and equipment was finally unloaded in Cambodia for the Nokor Tep Hospital. In Cambodia, with less than 15% of women having access to health care, there is a desperate need for better health care facilities & services. The Nokor Tep Foundation Cambodia was established to create a health care program, facilities & services for women across Cambodia. The starting point of the Foundation’s plans was to construct the Nokor Tep Women’s Hospital, a project costing over USD$30M.

The Hospital, due to open in 2019, will be the first facility dedicated to providing Cambodian women with gynaecological and oncological care. It aims to provide health services to more than 100,000 women per year and in addition, to provide education, preventative and mobile healthcare services to reach women across all parts of Cambodia. The Rotary Club of Hampton had supported a project throughout 2017 which involved volunteers from the Nokor Tep Foundation Australia, Hampton Rotary and other Rotary Clubs working at the Rotary “Donations In Kind” warehouse at Footscray in Melbourne, to sort and pack medical supplies, uniforms and linen.

Based on the requirements for the hospital as determined and advised by the Nokor Tep Foundation Cambodia, some of these supplies were earmarked for inclusion in a 40’ container to be shipped to the hospital. Then, after many months of hard work by numerous volunteers, and with the incredible support and assistance from everyone at Rotary Donations-In-Kind, the container was finally packed and left the DIK warehouse in April 2018 and finally was unpacked at the hospital in Cambodia in June 2018. What an amazing achievement and example of a collaborative partnership at work!

The Hospital was completed and the opening ceremony ws held in April 2019.

This is a very exciting milestone in the development of this pioneering project that will revolutionize the medical care of women in Cambodia.

Full details on the Nokor Tep Foundation and the Hospital can be viewed at: www.nokortepaustralia.org.au.

Hampton Rotary has once again been proud to be involved in assisting to send a second container of medical equipment and supplies to the Nokor Tep Women’s Hospital in Cambodia. After a lot of hard work from the fabulous volunteers from the Nokor Tep Foundation, Rotary Donations In Kind and the Hampton Rotary Club, the container is now packed and on it’s way.
All the equipment and supplies were made available from the Rotary Donations In Kind warehouse in West Footscray. This has been another great hands-on project that the Club has been thrilled to be involved with that we can see truly makes a difference to needy communities.
For full details of the Nokor Tep Project click HERE.