I have come across a number of interesting projects where NGO’s have requested some assistance in regards to managing their “Resource Centre”, “Electronic Documents”, “Information Resources” or in some cases (yes, this buzzword made it …
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Building a Library with no Librarian
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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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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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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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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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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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Hetauda Bound
It’s last minute, but I am Hetauda bound for 5 – 6 days to meet my counter-part’s field office staff. I am really looking forward to a change of scenery.
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Finally, Our Dhera
Aside from posting a back log of blog posts, current posts have been rare these days since we have mainly been focusing our efforts on finding a dhera to live in. Dhera’s are residential places …
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The First Week
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 …