Today was a very exciting day. I spent the day visiting a remote village and meeting with a Micro Finance company run by 605 women members and a group requesting funding to train on pig raising. The goal of the Micro Finance is to finance women projects at a very low interest rate. These are projects that a bank would not consider financing. The Micro Finance Company is membership based and receive funds from the membership and interest and grants.
TEWA is considering a grant to the Micro Finance company to fund a pig training project that the “Untouchables” , a low level class in Nepal, are considering to raise money. We met with the women from the Micro Finance and the Untouchables to discuss the project. Although it was in Nepali, it was interesting to watch the communicati
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on. To get there we took a taxi, which could not make it up the hill. So we ended up walking with a group of school children for a couple miles. They were excited to practice their English. I am definitely an “item” when I travel into these villages. It is interesting that these kids and all the people walk a long ways every day to get to town.
After a wonderful day, Razzina took me back to her parent’s hotel and we ate dinner and chatted until almost 10pm. I definitely lost track of time because my hotel closes doors at 9:30pm. I was panicked in the taxi to get back. The taxi had no idea where my hotel was, so he dropped my off at Durbar Square. I was totally lost and it was very dark. It took around 10 minutes of panic to get my bearings. I finally was able to figure out how to get to my hotel. I walked very fast……….
Obviously the hotel was locked when I arrived. Luckily, when I pounded on the door, one of the staff was there to let me in. They realized that I had not arrived back at the hotel. This is the nicest hotel I can remember staying at. I will have to give them a gift of thanks.
One side note of the day is that I am battling a stomach issue (won’t go into more detail) and an eye infection. I have been eating everything… today I had fried cottage cheese and it was wonderful… my stomach is trying to adjust (or not). With all the pollution, my eye has a closed duct and I have this large bag under my eye…now I know what it is like to have bags..not looking good. Any homeopathic advice would be great.
Namaste
After a wonderful day, Razzina took me back to her parent’s hotel and we ate dinner and chatted until almost 10pm. I definitely lost track of time because my hotel closes doors at 9:30pm. I was panicked in the taxi to get back. The taxi had no idea where my hotel was, so he dropped my off at Durbar Square. I was totally lost and it was very dark. It took around 10 minutes of panic to get my bearings. I finally was able to figure out how to get to my hotel. I walked very fast……….
Obviously the hotel was locked when I arrived. Luckily, when I pounded on the door, one of the staff was there to let me in. They realized that I had not arrived back at the hotel. This is the nicest hotel I can remember staying at. I will have to give them a gift of thanks.
One side note of the day is that I am battling a stomach issue (won’t go into more detail) and an eye infection. I have been eating everything… today I had fried cottage cheese and it was wonderful… my stomach is trying to adjust (or not). With all the pollution, my eye has a closed duct and I have this large bag under my eye…now I know what it is like to have bags..not looking good. Any homeopathic advice would be great.
Namaste
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