I wanted to share with everyone that Tika is out of the Hospital. He was discharged this past Tuesday after ten days stay. He has an appointment with the Oncologist this week and then we will find out what the next steps are. He is currently doing much better after
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Tika Karki Update
From Suarav Karki: Â As I mentioned earlier, Tika was admitted to the Inova Fairfax Hospital last Sunday (9/23). He did not have the pre-scheduled fourth chemotherapy treatment because of low white blood cells (WBC) count. He was given some shots to increase the WBC count but it did not
Passing of Bob Bates, First Director of PCN
Dear Friends, It is with great sadness that I pass along word of the passing of Bob Bates. Bob, teacher, author, mountaineer and first Peace Corps director in Nepal, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, in Exeter, NH. Bob’s list of accomplishments is long and varied. In his mountain life he
Himalayan Healers Update
Namaste everyone! Thought I would send out an invite to interested parties to refer potential student candidates for our second Himalayan Healer’s training, to begin Mid-November.  This training will require 10 female candidates. Candidates of difficult backgrounds and needs in particular are encouraged, however we have an open admissions
Free Madhu + Campaign Update
Within the past week there has been a great effort to free Madhu and the other professionals arrested alongside him. We will be posting daily updates on the situation in this space. To the extent possible, we want to coordinate our efforts. Here is a summary of actions to date:
Peace Corps Doctor Jailed
From Today’s Nepali Times  The 25 civil society activists, doctors and journalists who defied the curfew on 8 April at the Teaching Hospital and jump-started the current agitation and were arrested have been shifted to a detention centre in Duwakot. The group includes prominent human rights activists Padma Ratna Tuladhar,
Direct palace rule has failed in every regard: US
The government of the United States has said King Gyanendra’s decision fourteen months ago to impose direct palace rule in Nepal has failed in every regard. In a statement issued on Monday, spokesman of the US Department of State, Seam Mc Cormack, said, “The demonstrations, deaths, arrests, and Maoist attacks
US could restore arms supplies to Nepal
In a move that is likely to make India angry, the US is moving quickly to restore military supplies to the Himalayan kingdom, a news report said on Wednesday. The Daily News and Analysis (www.dnaindia.com)– an Indian news portal – quoted unnamed government sources of India as saying that the