To whom it may concern, I’m a RPCV who served in Nepal during the earthquakes, and I’m really upset by the recent news that DHS is going to prematurely revoke TPS to Nepalis in the US — so I got together with two other RPCVs who served in Nepal with
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Sold to the Circus as Children: Trafficking Survivors Showcase their Skills in Nepal
Kidnapped and forced to become child circus performers, a Nepalese troupe now scale the heights on their own terms. To read further, click on the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/mar/15/circus-kathmandu-child-trafficking-survivors-unimagined-heights-nepal-india
How Do You Remove 200,000 Pounds of Trash from Mt Everest? Recruit Yaks!
LUKLA, Nepal — Last weekend, a group of Sherpas gathered outside Buddha Lodge in this speck of a town near Mount Everest, stuffing cloth sacks filled with thousands of pounds of garbage into a turboprop plane. To read further, click on the link below: https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world/how-do-you-remove-200000-pounds-of-trash-from-everest-recruit-yaks/ar-BBKzSu9?li=BBr8Mkh
Mount Everest Climbers Enlisted for Canvas Bag Clean-up Mission
Recreational climbers and Sherpas help to remove hundreds of kilograms of litter after a series of deadly quakes on the world’s highest peak. To read further, click on the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/29/climbers-prepare-clean-up-mission-mount-everest-nepal-waste
Current Nepal PCV looking for Support for Mental Health Awareness Project
Mental health is a significant and pervasive issue in Nepal that has only begun to be addressed by organizations in the major cities of Kathmandu and Pokhara. Although suicide is the number one cause of death for Nepali women ages 15-49, mental health issues and causal factors are not discussed
Nepal’s Kung Fu Nun Teaches Schoolgirls Martial Arts
On International Women’s Day, AFPTV looks at a series of portraits of women working in male-dominated professions. Nepal’s Kung Fu Nun teaches schoolgirls martial arts! To view this informative video, click on the link below: https://youtu.be/el3gC_KaH34
Solar water pumps up incomes for Nepal’s quake-hit farmers
In the village of Shikharpur in Nepal’s remote Himalayan foothills, the faint sound of water can be heard trickling through a large metal pump. Standing in golden mustard fields, a huge solar panel powers the pump that provides some 40,000 liters of water daily to families still recovering from Nepal’s
Despite Conversion Ban, Christianity Spreads in Nepal
More than two years after an earthquake flattened the Nepali village of Richet, Dhading, most residents are still living in makeshift shelters. Only the church has been rebuilt – paid for by Christian missionaries whose influence in the mainly Hindu country is growing. To read further, please click on the
Nepal Launches ‘Pride Project’ to find out Everest’s Real Height
Nepal has launched a “national pride” project to measure the height of Mount Everest, following in the footsteps of India and China. The project is partly to ascertain whether a huge earthquake in 2015 affected the height of the world’s tallest mountain, but is also intended for Nepal to catch