Kobliner and Yama-Sharma reunite in Nepal.
IDF lieutenant meets woman who cared for her grandma in Nepal
Dganit Kobliner, a nurse at the IDF field hospital in Nepal, reunites with Neno Yama-Sharma who volunteers as a translator at the hospital and previously lived in Israel, where she worked as Kobliner's grandmother's caretaker.
A touching reunion occurred at the IDF's field hospital in
Nepal this week between a reserves Lieutenant and a woman who is serving as a translator at the makeshift hospital.
Lieutenant (res.) Dganit Kobliner reunited with Neno Yama-Sharma, who worked as a caregiver for Kobliner's grandmother in Israel. Yama-Sharma had taken care of Kobliner's grandma until her passing in Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu in northern Israel.
Yama-Sharma (left) and Kobliner meet at IDF field hospital in Nepal.
Now back in Nepal, Yama-Sharma has been working as a translator to help facilitate the doctors and patients communicate.
"She walked around here for a couple of hours and looked for me," said Kobliner, who is in Nepal as part of reserves duty and working as a nurse in the emergency room. "From what she told me, her Nepalese friends who are still at the kibbutz knew I was here and told her to look for me."
"From then, we have been sharing memories of her time in Israel. I knew her in Israel but not as personally, and all of a sudden here (in Nepal) we started becoming close," said Kobliner. "She has been helping us from the first minute as a translator because she has excellent Hebrew."
Yama-Sharma spent seven years working at a care giving home at Kibbutz Yad Eliyahu, where she took care of elderly patients. During her last two years in Israel she solely took care of Kobliner's grandmother and after she passed away she decided to return to Nepal.
After the earthquake struck Nepal, Yama-Sharma decided to volunteer at the IDF hospital, not only to give thanks to Israel but also because, according to her, she felt at home among the Israelis.
"I'm still in touch with my friends in Israel, we talk on the phone a couple of times a day," said Yama-Sharma. "I really miss Israel, and when I heard they were building a hospital I immediately understood that I could help. I really love to help and really love Israel."
When coming home from a long days work at the hospital, Yama-Sharma says that her neighbors speak of the small country from the Middle East that came to help the Nepalese nation.
"Everyone is talking about Israel and it warms my heart, it really makes me happy. I can't find the words to express my excitement about how people thank me and the country," says Yama-Sharma.
Kobliner is set to return to Israel on Tuesday along with the rest of the IDF mission. "It is an honor to be here and an experience to take care of so many people that had their entire world destroyed," said Kobliner.
Workers at the IDF field hospital in Nepal have treated 1,000 injured Nepalese thus far in the aftermath of the vicious earthquake that devastated the country almost two weeks ago.
