Residents in Chitlang, a rural area of Nepal about 27km from Kathmandu, are benefiting from medical supplies and other items given by southern residents of New Zealand.
In September, SBS business development manager Honor Mathieson, of Queenstown, also a member of Pure NRG Queenstown, the new Rotary group in Queenstown, sought donations of medical supplies and equipment she could take to Nepal - one of the poorest countries in the world - during a planned holiday.
Items flooded in from the Wakatipu, Central Otago and Dunedin, allowing her and her boyfriend to take 25kg of equipment over, delivering it to Rotarians in Nepal.
Miss Mathieson said the equipment had been taken by Nepalese Rotarians to Chitlang Health Post, where it was being put to good use.
''The people were fantastic ... the Nepalese were so friendly.
''They were really happy and just really grateful.''
Miss Mathieson said Pure NRG Queenstown still hoped to deliver a portable autoclave machine - a steam steriliser - for use in schools.
Ideally, that would be delivered by someone heading to Nepal for a holiday, she said.
''If it's couriered, sometimes equipment like that goes missing.
''With Rotarians, it does get to the destination.
''It's just so easy for anyone to do anything like that. Airlines are happy for you to take an extra 10kg of luggage.''
Miss Mathieson said while the Rotary group would continue to work with the Nepalese branch where it could, its next major focus would be helping Queenstown's Carey Vivian fundraise for the Motor Neurone Cycle Challenge.
In February, Mr Vivian will bike 4000km - largely off-road and unsupported - in 42 days, hoping to raise $50,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
