Hello Friends and Family!
I am going back to Nepal this summer and will be living there for the next 10 months! I am reviving this blog for you all as a way to keep you up to date about my life. So here's a brief update of where I am at now and what I'm going back to Nepal to do.
Currently, I am in Midpines, California working at the Outward Bound base as a Logistics Coordinator. It is great work and I love the people I get to be with. I will only be here for 9 more days though because I am heading home to decompress and pack before heading to Nepal.
I leave for the mountain country July 12th with my best friend, Sarah! We are going to be traveling around visiting people I met before and adventuring for the first 7 weeks of our stay. On the way we will go through Hong Kong, where we have a layover for a whole day. If you know anyone who could show us around on July 14th please email me! We hope to learn some skills, make some friends, and see some amazing things. Sarah heads home September 1st and I start working that same time.
I will be working for the dZi Foundation based out of an office in Patan, in the Kathmandu Valley. I feel extremely privileged to be able to work with such an amazing organization and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to use charitable gifts for development in a responsible way. I will be working in the office for most of the time and also visiting their field sites in remote areas of the Solu region of Eastern Nepal.
For anyone concerned about my safety, I urge you not to worry too much. The State Department warnings are rather exaggerated. There was a big issue back at the beginning of May which Kunda Dixit writes about really well. Also check out Nepal News and the Nepali Times for the latest.
Well, I better get back to work, I am on the clock and the brownies for tomorrow's course start are just about done. Take care! Leave comments! Any feedback for the blog?
Thanks!
Love, Hailey
