of defence said the uk government is committed to providing gurkhas a fair pension, including uplifts determined by formal review processes. and they say they are consulting with gurkha veteran groups and the government of nepal with more meetings scheduled next month. but there is little trust here at the protest opposite downing street in government efforts. instead, a quiet anger and determination to try to right what these veterans see as historical wrongs. next week over 4000 athletes will gather in tokyo for the paralympics. ahead of the games starting a global campaign called we the 15 has been launched which aims to raise awareness of the 15% of the world s population who have a disability. globally, many of them live in live in poverty, many are unlikely to go to school and half are out of the employment market. paul carter reports. you are superheroes. really?
a fair pension, including uplifts determined by formal review processes. and they say they are consulting with gurkha veteran groups and the government of nepal with more meetings scheduled next month. but there is little trust here at the protest opposite downing street in government efforts. instead, a quiet anger and determination to try to right what these veterans see as historical wrongs. still to come, after the prime ministerfaced a barrage of criticism from mps over the uk s role in afghanistan yesterday, we ll speak to the defence secretary ben wallace at 7.30 this morning. we ll talk about the situation with the gurkhas in whitehall. we ll have that shortly.
here for hours. just imagine trying to get emergency health care in this kind of situation. we reach barpak, known as the village of the brave. home to many gurkha veterans and theirfamilies. this was the epicentre of nepal s devastating earthquake in 2015. a community rebuilt, now struggling to contain the virus. locals say dozens have died of covid in this recent wave. one of the victims, rambahadur ghali, who served in the queen s gurkha engineers. left behind, his son hari. already penniless, now fatherless. he says he couldn t afford to take his dad to the nearest hospital, a three hour drive, or a two day walk. translation: we don t have proper medical - facilities in barpak.
the virus has now travelled to every corner of this mountain nation. wejourneyed every corner of this mountain nation. we journeyed through the rugged area of the himalayas to the gorkha region where there has been a steep rise in cases. navigating the terrain is as tough as getting medical aid. the views are spectacular by the road conditions are difficult. we are in the gorkha district. there aren t hospitals here for hours. just imagine trying to get emergency healthcare in this kind of situation. we reach the village of the brave, home to many gorkha veterans and theirfamilies. this home to many gorkha veterans and their families. this was the epicentre of nepal s devastating earthquake in 2015.
we reach barpak, known as the village of the brave. known to many gurkha veterans and their families. this was the epicentre of nepal s devastating earthquake in 2015. a community rebuilt, now struggling to contain the virus. locals say dozens have died of covid in this recent wave. one of the victims, rambahadur ghali, who served in the queen s gurkha engineers. left behind, his son hari. already penniless, now fatherless. he says he couldn t afford to take his dad to the nearest hospital, a three hour drive, or a two day walk. translation: we don t have proper medical facilities in barpak. - we only have a small health clinic.