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July 2013 FoN newsletter now available!
The current newsletter is available here! Inside, you can read about Terry Bech’s (Nepal-IV) contribution to Nepali music, a review of Rajeev Goyal’s (N-193) memoirThe Springs of Namje and tributes to the late Indra Vikas Akela, among others.
Nepal Ambassador and RPCV to speak at George Mason U
Nepal’s Ambassador to the United States, Shankar Sharma, and RPCV Rajeev Goyal (N-193), will be speaking at a Nepal-America Society meeting in Annandale, Virgina on April 27. Goyal will be talking about his 2012 book about his Peace Corps service, The Springs of Namje. The following announcement comes from the
Great video from N-199 welcoming N-200!
The first group in the newly re-opened Peace Corps Nepal has been there long enough that they’re ready to give advice to the newbies. Hear what N-199 has to say about life in Peace Corps Nepal.
Support Peace Corps Funding
The National Peace Corps Association is working to increase PC funding in Congress. They sent us the following message: In the House of Representatives the five Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) in Congress are now circulating an important letter urging their colleagues to help bring the Peace Corps’ budget back
NPCA March newsletter is available
The newsletter of the National Peace Corps Association is available here. In this issue, they cover Peace Corps Funding, profiles of NPCA board candidates, a wrap-up of the recent Day of Action, and more!
National Peace Corps Association February Newsletter
The National Peace Corps Association newsletter is available here. This issue includes articles on the new NPCA president, registration for Peace Corps Connect which will be held in Boston this year, a profile of Dr. Mohamed Said, winner of the 2013 Harris Wofford Global Citizen award, and many others. Check
December 2012 Newsletter Now Available
The last newsletter of the year is available here. In this issue, we discuss the opening of a new hospital at RPCV Tom Robertson’s (N-174) site in Khotang district, former PC/Nepal mail officer Gunaraj Dhakal muses about his trip to America, Cass Meyers (N-5) remembers hiking Annapurna, and Scott Wallick
September 2012 Newsletter Now Available
The Fall issue of the Friends of Nepal newsletter is now available here. It contains an introduction to the new Peace Corps Nepal country director, a review of a Nepali cookbook, the latest on the ongoing constitutional crisis in Nepal, and more!