As part of my effort to raise funds for VSO Canada (and to make my mom happy that most of my old room is cleared away of junk), I decided it was time to part …
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CUSO-VSO Fundraising
VSO Canada is the Canadian partner of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and is an international development agency which places approximately 100 volunteers in more than 30 developing countries each year. VSO Canada recruits volunteers from …
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The sounds of Nepal…
In my search for videos about Nepal on Youtube, I can across some fantastic Nepali music videos! LOVE them! Here is just a sample 🙂
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Win a month on our wall in Nepal…!
For anyone who donates $50 or more to VSO in support of Rex and I will become Nepali wall art in our new apartment in Nepal. Donate online. Then choose a month and send me …
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Finding home…
So, I crave information about where we will live when we get to Nepal – I just really want to know what our new home will look like! For about the first 6 weeks Rex …
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11 Kathmandu Street Scenes
Do a search on YouTube for “Kathmandu Nepal” brings up copious amounts of clips ranging from personal tourist videos and commentary diaries to breaking news reports and informal documentaries. One of our favourite videos that …
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I need rabies
I feel like a human pin cushion. It is rather strange to imagine that floating through my blood stream right now are the following diseases: Japanese Encephalitis, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Meningitis, Measles, Mumps, and …
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Community
I will be spending the next 4 days in my final Canadian training session which is focussed on skills for working in development. Today we discussed what our meaning of community might be…which raised a …
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At the airport…
“Just as I was reaching a point in my life where I was beginning to feel part of something, I’ve become restless for a new me.”
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Skills for Working in Development (SKWID)
We are BOTH set to go on our way to Ottawa – Sept. 12th – 16th. A quick blurb about SKWID below from VSO Canada. “SKWID is a five-day course that explores the behaviours, attitudes …