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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2018 Let Girls Learn RFP Released
Friends of Nepal is pleased to announce the opening of its grant application period. We will be supporting the Let Girls Learn initiative for a second year. Proposals for projects that support girls’ education or economic opportunities are eligible for funding. Submissions are due July 1, 2018. Click here to
December 2017 FoN newsletter now available!
This year-end newsletter features a wrap-up of the work FoN accomplished in 2017, a first-person account of an RPCVs emotional return to Nepal 48 years after he finished his service, a list of Nepal RPCVs favorite Nepali words and phrases, and selected photos from mid-century Nepal. Check it out here!
India Needs to Reach Out to Nepal to Counter Chinese influence
Nepal’s Left alliance, comprising two Communist parties, the CPN-Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and CPN-Maoist Centre, has won the country’s first legislative election under the new constitution. The election marks the Himalayan nation’s transition to democracy, bringing to an end the long period of volatility since the abolition of the monarchy
Kanak Dixit on the Post-Development Era in Nepal
A donor downturn in Nepal comes as ‘development’ re-orients towards self-generated ‘progress’. To read further, click on the link below: http://nepalitimes.com/regular-columns/On-the-way-up/post-development-era,873
Devastating landslide in Rasuwa
A note from the Dolma Foundation: Last week a sudden landslide crushed Laharepauwa village in Rasuwa district. It buried 14 houses, killed 5, and displaced ~200. Not since the earthquake has Dolma run such a campaign. We know many of those affected and the survivors need our help for emergency supplies
There’s still time to apply for a Let Girls Learn grant!
There is still time to support an organization’s project application for our ‘Let Girls Learn’ grant initiative. FoN is accepting proposals for projects supporting girls’ education and all applications must be sponsored by an RPCV or former PC staff member. FoN has revised its grant application criteria to include project
RPCV stories wanted!
Below is a guest post from current Nepal PCV Quan Blunt: Howdy folks, My name is Quan Blunt and I am a current PCV (2016-18) in Nepal. I am also a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee here. I’m writing to ask for your stories for a new project
What Happened to Agriculture in Nepal?
http://www.recordnepal.com/wire/what-happened-to-agriculture-in-nepal/