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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Books for Chankhu Besi – Update
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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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Room to Read Event in Vancouver
The Vancouver Chapter of Room to Read will be hosting a fundraising evening on Thursday, May 14 with Mr. Allison Rouse, Senior Development Director of Room to Read, who recently launched education projects in Zambia. …
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A Library for Chankhu Besi
Project completed! Related posts: Books for Chankhu Besi Project Update A Librarian/Tree Hugger and a Painter without Borders It was an amazing yet exhausting day. I had to climb up the mountain 3 times to …
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Books for Chankhu Besi Project Update
Oh boy, here we go… Thank you so much to the friends and family who have donated so far. We have already collected more than enough funds (and so quickly, thank you) and due to …
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A Librarian / Tree Hugger and a Painter without Borders
Project update: Thanks to everyone who has supported our little project. We finally delivered our books and now Gord and I are thinking about our next project. We’ll keep you posted. Original post below… (I …
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Learning the Nepali Language
It’s “only” been a little over 4 months, but of course it feels like ages since we left home. Both the shreemati and I are pretty much settled and adjusted to the Nepali culture, lifestyle, …
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Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
Coincidently, I finished reading this book in the country where it all started. Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood is essentially about the author’s personal experiences in his initial quest to help …
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Loading up on books
Some bought and some borrowed from our friendly neighbourhood library. Lonely Planet’s Nepali Phrasebook by Mary-Jo O’Rourke and Bimal Man Shrestha Lonely Planet; 5 edition (Jul 1 2008) Nepali is spoken by some 35 …
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In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars
In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars by Kevin Sites Kevin Sites is a man on a mission. Venturing alone into the dark heart of war, armed with just a video camera, …