{"id":2837,"date":"2012-07-18T13:40:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T13:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.globalroutes.org\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2012-07-18T13:40:23","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T13:40:23","slug":"from-chahare-dovan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalroutes.org\/staging\/8011\/2012\/07\/18\/from-chahare-dovan\/","title":{"rendered":"From Chahare Dovan"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the leader Alissa…<\/em><\/p>\n

Greetings from Chahare Dovan —<\/p>\n

Internet here is SUPER SUPER SLOW and power outages are many! I have\u00a0attempted many times to send photos (which have failed), so\u00a0here is a brief blog update with photos to come later either from Kathmandu\u00a0or Bhaktapur…<\/p>\n

After an amazing hike in Langtang National Park, the group journeyed\u00a0towards Kathmandu and began the one hour hike down to our homestay\u00a0village of of the main mountain road that snakes through the hillsides\u00a0of Nepal from the mountains towards the capital. Located near\u00a0Ranipawa, Chahare Dovan is a small rural Tamang village steeped in\u00a0rice terraces. The group was greeted by villagers as we descended to\u00a0the school where we were welcomed by all of the students of the\u00a0village and representatives of the homestay families. After the first\u00a0night’s homestay, filled with many ‘firsts’ including eating with\u00a0hands, going to the bathroom with the water bucket system, and\u00a0sleeping above water buffaloes, the group arrived at the worksite\u00a0ready to get started with huge smiles on their faces.<\/p>\n

After only a few\u00a0days of work we have already helped to lay the foundation for the\u00a0secondary school we will be building while in the village – in fact,\u00a0the structural stone walls are already starting to rise! The group\u00a0will also be painting the primary school and designing decorative\u00a0murals including a world map for students to learn from!<\/p>\n

Last night GR students celebrated the Tamang harvest holiday of\u00a0Sangratti alongside their family members and were able to partake in\u00a0the local traditions of the festival, which included eating delicious\u00a0offerings of sweet mango!<\/p>\n

Notes from the village…<\/p>\n

Sophia and Michelle area staying together and did laundry the other\u00a0day with their host sisters: they noted that hand washing with a\u00a0bucket and a stone not only cleaned their clothes but provided
exercise, satisfaction, and community building! Valentine, Kelly and\u00a0Madison were treated to a trip to a local waterfall with their family,\u00a0while Caleb and Ian get closer and closer to milking the water buffalo
that lives inside their home, just below them! Meanwhile, Dan and\u00a0Lonya continue to explore the rice paddy terraces that surround their\u00a0walk home from the worksite!<\/p>\n

All are well, healthy, happy, and most importantly actively learning\u00a0and exploring through the program. Stay tuned….<\/p>\n

Namaste<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the leader Alissa… Greetings from Chahare Dovan — Internet here is SUPER SUPER SLOW and power outages are many! I have\u00a0attempted many times to send photos (which have failed), so\u00a0here is a brief blog update with photos to come later either from Kathmandu\u00a0or Bhaktapur… After an amazing hike in Langtang National Park, the group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nepal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalroutes.org\/staging\/8011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalroutes.org\/staging\/8011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalroutes.org\/staging\/8011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalroutes.org\/staging\/8011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalroutes.org\/staging\/8011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalroutes.org\/staging\/8011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalroutes.org\/staging\/8011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalroutes.org\/staging\/8011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalroutes.org\/staging\/8011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}