An Inspiring Day

I was sick last night…not sure what happened, so I did not get up until late; in fact, my hotel had to wake me for breakfast. As I mentioned, it is a national holiday so no work at Tewa. I attended a Federation of Women Entrepreneurs event, but it was totally in Nepali. It was all in Nepali but the women speaker seemed to be a real pioneer in the movement to help women all over the world.

Afterwards, I went to see a film on Liberia. It was so inspiring. It was about how the women of Liberia forced the government and the terrorist groups to come together to sign a peace treaty. Both the terrorists and the government were vandalizing, killing, and raping the citizens of Liberia. It is part of a series of films on human rights.

Most of the women at the event the night before attended this event. I was introducing people; just like I had been in Nepal for years. What a laugh.

It is really a strong group of women, many from the US. There was an elderly woman who was from the US State Department assigned to Nepal years ago. When she retired, she moved back to Nepal and is one of only three that has been given a retirement visa. She loves Nepal and the people of Nepal and has been very active in promoting women’s rights in Nepal. She believes with $5M she can buy back all the women sold into prostitution (eliminate trafficking) and has a movement to raise the money.

It has been an inspiring day and I am anxious to get back to work at Tewa tomorrow.

Namaste