July 15, 2009
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Nepal Project’09 – First day in Kathmandu
July 13, 2009
2:05PM Kathmandu timeA good and very busy day already! Sofia & I came back from our visit with
the medical organization. The head of
the organization explained to us their mission, the work that they’ve been
involved with and their current needs for more willing workers to come and do
long-term work with them.Our current plan is to head out west to
their 1st hospital building and spend a few days there so Sofia will be able to
interview and assess their medical capabilities, the needs of the local
community and how does the hospital operate.
After that, we will leave for Pokrara and rendezvous with the rest of
the team there. Hopefully there, Sofia
will find contacts and continue some more research there.For myself, documentation and photo
taking has been going well. It’s been a
while since I’ve put myself into that mentality. Hoping for great photos and stories to
happen. Besides that, we’ll see how much
computer / networking I will be able to help with these next two weeks. It all depends when the internet drop will be
made at the HOPE house. Worst case
scenario is it doesn’t happen until we leave, but hopefully not.Since we’re leaving for the hospital
tomorrow morning, we dropped by the local government school that I taught
English at 2 years ago. It was great to
see the school and the kids again and most of them remembered me too! They all especially wanted to meet Sofia and
commented how beautiful my wife is. Just
shows the good taste and class these students have. :>)
I’m hoping to visit them again before we leave for Boston and maybe get
more photos of them, especially my past students.Well that’s it for now, rest of the day
to be with the family and acclimate back to the Kathmandu lifestyle. Namaste and see you later!
