We just completed our first week of work. In-country-training ended for us last week us and while the out-of-valley volunteers shipped out to their placements this week, most of the Kathmandu valley volunteers started work …
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The First Week
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Happy New Year from Nepal
Nayaa barsako shuba kamanah (New Year good wishes)! I have a back log of blog posts and photos that I will slowly post up in the next days. Updates include: Our language and cultural training …
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The Return to Kathmandu
41 days later in Nepal… After our long and unexpected good byes to our Nepali families, we began to make our way back to the Pacific Guest House in Kathmandu. The sun was starting to …
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My Village Stay – Day 7
(The long overdue post of our most memorable day @ Chankhu Besi) It was Day 1 of our community project. The plan was to start immediately after breakfast and then see how the rest of …
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My Village Stay – Day 5
As I mentioned before, Tlell and I are living in different Nepali host family which I have heard is the talk of the village since it is quite strange to have a married couple living …
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My Village Stay – Day 4
I woke up really, really early at the crack of dawn and went for a walk around the village. Everybody was still sleeping and thus it was a perfect opportunity to have some personal time …
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My Village Stay – Day 2
Day 2 – the Morning After The next morning started off at around 6am with me waking up to the sounds of Nepali news radio and family members hustling around the house. The youngest son …
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My Village Stay – Day 1
On December 16th, the VSO Volunteer November ’08 group embarked on a 9-day Village Stay in Chankhu Besi thaau near Dhulikhel. As part of VSO’s In-Country-Training (ICT) programme, the 12 volunteers and their guru’s will …
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Danyabaad Chetena Kendra
It wasn’t easy at first but after a while I got used to it and now I can fondly say that I will miss Chetena Kendra (CK) and the town of Banepa. During our …
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Village Stay
On December 15th, we will be deployed to the Chankhu village in the Besi Thaau (place) where we will individually stay for 1 week with our assigned Nepali family. Armed with only our courage, enthusiasm …