The newest batch of PCV trainees have been at there post 1-month! Most are stationed in western Nepal. PC has a new location – outside the ring road. Here is a map for those of you interested in dropping in for a cup of chia 🙂 https://docs.google.com/file/d/1TIZZMBSdM8y7Ll6jUFQ6fOPhMiN0It1DXTkoOq-0V9wUEtPZ9oMyuV1IiU9l/edit
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Peace Corps Week February 27 to March 2
Peace Corps week is coming up February 27 to March 2, 2012. It is a great time to promote the Third Goal of Peace Corps (“helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans”). If you are involved in any activities to educate Americans about Nepali
Thank you from Former Peace Corps Employees
Friends of Nepal received the following note from Shivaji Upadhyay on February 1st. 02/01/2012 Dear Friends of Nepal, On behalf of the Former Peace Corps Employees Committee Nepal, let me sincerely thank you all for all your strongest support since the day Peace Corps Programs were announced suspended in September
Peace Corps Nepal Event in DC – Jan 10
All RPCVs from Nepal are invited. Desk officer asked me to pass this along: The Peace Corps Cordially invites you to attend a reception In honor of the return of Peace Corps to Nepal Tuesday, January 10, 2012 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corps Headquarters Shriver
Legay Project Survey
You may have heard that the Friends of Nepal Board is planning what we are calling a “Legacy Project” to commemorate the Peace Corps 50th Anniversary (2011) and specifically the Peace Corps’ contribution in Nepal. We anticipate that this will be the biggest initiative that Friends of Nepal has undertaken.
FoN May 2009 Newsletter Online
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Join Peace Corps Connect Today!
NPCA has launched a new website to help current volunteers, RPCVs connected and engaged. We are just getting set up on it. Seems like a good system they have which we will utilize very shortly with our membership. Please take a minute and register as a user and join the
Thangkas for Sale & Bhutanese Update
Some beautiful Tibetan Buddhist Thangkas have been donated to Friends of nepal to be used as a fundraiser for the Bhutanese Resettlement matching fund. You can purchase on our website:http://www.friendsofnepal.com/?page_id=276. These are a great value and all profits will be used to provide direct assistance to Bhutanese Refugees. If you
Tika Karki Dictionary For Sale
My father had published the first edition of the dictionary and I have a couple of dictionaries still left. Please note that it is a Nepali-English dictionary (paani listed as water). For more information, http://geocities.com/learn_nepali/ Saurav karki