Friends of Nepal

Some hurricane!  We came out the other side of the eye, and, other than a few scattered showers, there’s no sign of a second half of the hurricane.
In fact, the most striking feature of the landscape is how remarkably smoothly the election went.  It was hardly perfect; there dozens of cases of individual polling stations having [...]

Tansen, April 11
Hello, Nepal IV and friends from the front lines.
We’re in the calm of the eye of the hurricane right now.  The violence and disorder of the past months (or years, depending on how you count) wound down exceedingly quickly in the past several days as closures of government offices and schools and businesses, then [...]

Executive Linguist AgencyÂ
A language company in LA for one or two interpreters who would be willing to work with the immigration department – through their agency.  …
The work may entail interpreting for individual during interviews and also during immigration hearings.
The assignment would be in the downtown area of Los Angeles. The fee would be court rate of $165 [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP – NEW REPORT
Kathmandu/Brussels, 2 April 2008: Elections for Nepal’s Constituent Assembly on 10 April could be marred by political violence, but if all parties cooperate, it will open the next stage in the peace process.
Nepal’s Election and Beyond,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the positive signs and challenges [...]

You might be interested to look at just another example of why we went to Nepal. Tune in to David Branccacio’s NOW program on Public Television this coming Friday evening, April 4th [with repeats at other times] – check your local PTV listing for specific times.
NOW will take you out to the far western Dang region [...]