General Welfare Pratisthan (GWP) is a local NGO whose vision is to work for creating a healthy, well-cultured, empowered society free of economic disparities in Nepal. The Mission of GWP is to actively work towards …
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Earth Hour in Nepal
Regardless if it was not by choice, we’ll definitely be celebrating Earth Hour in Nepal. As we are currently experiencing Earth 16 hours on a daily basis and with the limited power and Internet access …
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New Volunteers Arrive
Last week, the March 2009 cycle of new volunteers arrived in Nepal. This time were no Canadians unfortunately but a record of 4 volunteers from Africa (2 from Uganda and 2 from Kenya) and then …
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Where everybody (or someone) knows your name
I was walking around Hetauda one day, minding own business and trying to blend in with the locals when all of a sudden, someone called out my name. I looked around but I couldn’t find …
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Holi Purnima – watch out!
In two days we will experience our first Holi festival in Nepal and we are holding our breaths with “mixed” anticipation. Holi Purnima is one of the most exciting festivals of Nepal and is closely …
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Macleans magazine in Nepal
Macleans magazine in Nepal, originally uploaded by thegreenpages. It is such a nice feeling to have something here that resembles home. The Zinio reader is a neat little program that allows you to seemless download …
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ShivaRatri – the HP Compaq 6530s Notebook
There goes part of my trekking savings….nonetheless I am happy to welcome the HP Compaq 6530s Notebook to the family. Unfortunately, my old work horse notebook of 3 and of half years (HP Pavilion dv4170ca) …
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3 Characters
…that symbolically describe what I am doing here in Nepal. The Shaolin monk from Kung Fu I vaguely remember watching old re-runs of this television series. The main character is an ever-so wise Shaolin monk …
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20 hours per day of power cuts
Unbelievable! Starting next week the Nepal Electricity Authority has declared 20 hours of electrical power cuts per day (background news info). This means only potentially 4 hours of computer-love (as Peter T. would put it), …
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Getting used to…
in Nepal… spicy food and having a daily runny nose because of it not seeing rain for months and sunshine all day dust and pollution (and having a daily runny nose because of it) seeing …