It has been 2 busy school terms since I was last in Nepal. I've missed it so much that I'm returning this summer. I will be there for about 2 months working for an NGO called CDRA Nepal. Here is their website: http://cdranepal.org/
Their website is a bit lacking, but it has their mission statement and some projects they're working on.
How'd I find out about this organization? Well, my Uncle Will has a friend who was was doing research there. I contacted this friend and he gave me the email of one of the advisors. This advisor told me they'd love to have a volunteer and geve me the following list of projects they need help with:
- Micro credit and women empowerment project in different villages - includes meeting with groups of women and making business plans for them, collecting information and writing stories.
- Volunteer in disability school for early child development program.
- Eye hospital projects - includes running eye camp.
- Water and sanitation project in Baluwa and Naya gaun village including coffee plantation project.
- Agriculture project in Nala village
- Getting involved in various training events
Pretty cool right? I'm really excited. Most of the projects are in Banepa, which is just east of Kathmandu and on the way to my village.
I plan on getting to Nepal a few days early so I can hang out with family before I start working for the NGO. Last time I was in Nepal, Sommaya (2nd oldest sister) was pregnant. She had a baby boy a few weeks ago. I'm excited to meet him!
My Nepali has gotten pretty rusty, but hopefully it'll come back. At school, my Nepali friend was graduating. I visited his parents while I was in Nepal, and they came to Carleton for his graduation. It was fun to see them but I forgot how quickly people speak and I realized I had lost much of the language. Yikes!
In other related news...
Remember that photo of the lady at the loom earlier? Here it is so you don't have to weed through old posts:
It won the People's Choice Award in my school's Off-Campus Studies Photo Contest. That's nice, but what's nicer is that it got me $50!
Anyways, I'll be chillin like a villain until June 23rd when I head out. I'm going to try to update the blog while I'm there but I'm not sure what the internet connection will be like.
Here's a fun little geography game I found. Slightly relevant to travel: Game link
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