Here are four (2 non-fiction, 2 fiction) must read books recommended by my peers (and for which I hope to eventually read when I get around to it someday). Fataliasm and Development – Nepal’s Struggle …
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The Commons on Flickr
The amount and diversity of riveting photo collections on the world wide web continues to impress me. The Commons on Flickr shows you hidden treasures in the world’s public photography archives. You’re invited to help …
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Digitize Everything for Lasting Family Archives
I found an article from PC World that agrees with my point of digitizing everything – even old junk that you are going to get rid of, take a photo of it! You’ll never regret …
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Development & Aid doing more harm?
This has been an interesting topic lately, one that has hit home for both of us and is making us take a long hard look at how development & aid agencies are working. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXWIUg30Cpk&hl=en&fs=1] …
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Favourite Useable Bag Photos
I thought I would share how we are using reusable bags here in Nepal, since my favourite Canadian environmental organization decided that my photos were not suitable for their reusable bag mosaic. No, I’m not …
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Books for Chankhu Besi – Update
Update – shortly after Uday and I delivered the books, teaching materials and play equipment to the local school at Chankhu Besi, a cloud of controversy began to brew on our beloved Nepali village. The …
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Room to Read site visit – Nepal
Last April, I attended a day long Room to Read site visit in the Dhading district of Nepal (about an hour from Kathmandu). We visited two successful Room to Read funded schools where we explored …
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Stop Climate Change – Let the Himalayas LIVE!
To, H.E. Ban Ki-moon Secretary General United Nations I, a young citizen of this world, care about the impacts of climate change on our planet, the brunt of which will be borne by me and …
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The Gathering of Volunteers
Last week we kicked off a 2 week break from our daily work schedule with the annual VSO Volunteer Conference. This year, the conference was held at the swanky historic Shanker Hotel located just the …
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Fighting Viruses in Nepal
For those who intend to bring their notebook computers to Nepal or plan to use a computer in and around cyber cafes, make sure that the computer that you are using has an up-to-date Anti-Virus software installed. Back at home, yeah, yeah, protect yourself from viruses blah, blah and it really wasn't a problem because ant-virus protection is the norm (I get the occasional one or two viruses a year). Let's just say that here in Nepal, computer virus/worm infections is a large-scale epidemic here and it is nothing like I have ever seen before.