A weekend swimming with the elephants, a freaky encounter with a wild crocodile, Tharu culture and dance, and the familiar joys of hanging out with my Nepali-Filipino family were just some of the highlights of …
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Roaming Chitwan
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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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A Canadian Icon in Nepal
Prabin, my little studious 13-year old sidekick, the son of Saran who drives me to and from the office, was initially quite shy when I first met him back in February. As I got 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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Guide to cooking Nepali food
Written by: Uday Sharma Neupane (CLP Nepal) Daal (Yellow lentils) rahar ko daal ½ cup yellow daal 1/2tsp ghee ¼ tbs turmeric powder 1and ½ tsp salt 4 cups of water ¼ tbs cumin powder …
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General Welfare Pratisthan
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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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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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 …