Nepal 2011

Our host community Barbandi provided a deeply moving insight into Nepali village life as each pair of students and leaders spent two weeks with a different host family.  Each morning we met at the work site for a community breakfast before tackling the day’s tasks.  In the end we had helped to construct an addition […]

We spoke with the leaders today and they gave us an update on the group’s work and home lives: They are almost finished with the world map mural and have been adding the bright colors to its outline over the last few days. The group also decided to construct monkey bars out of bamboo! The

We received and update from the group today: They took a mid-homestay excursion to Kathmandu. The group had a great time visiting the buddhist stupa also known as the Monkey Temple. In addition to the abundance of prayer flags and prayers wheels, there were hundreds of monkeys everywhere! In addition to trying to get their

We heard from James today. The group has now been in their community for three days. Upon their arrival they were met by a group of organized women called the Mother Team. These women, several of whom are host mothers for our group, were all clad in traditional red dresses. They presented each group member

We just had a wonderful conversation with the Nepal group. They are wrapping up the trek and have completed the loop back to village where they started, Syabru Bensi. Tomorrow the group will head to Dunche for a few days before traveling to the homestay community. Overall the trek was fantastic. Ratna, the group’s guide, brought