October 1, 2007

• Please pray for Nepal

  Maoists give Nepal 5-day reprieve

  The tensions between the Maoist faction and the interim government has been increasing as the November elections approach. The last few weeks have seen the Maoists withdraw from the interim government, the King stirring up controversy when he participated in a ceremony where he receives a blessing from a child goddess, and now the Maoists are threatening to shutdown government based organizations within 5 days if the interim government does not make a final decision on what to do with the King and the royal family.

  In the midst of all this, widows break their backs as they create concrete for future government buildings that could be shutdown by more Maoist protests. Children are abandoned and left to fend for themselves in the streets of Kathmandu, becoming addicts to “sniffing glue.” Families struggle to just send their children to government schools, some have their children work as domestic servants just to make ends meet.

  When will the bickering, blackmail tactics, and actual rebuilding process truly continue?

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