Starting Day 2 with an interactive computer workshop to teach the girls to utilize the donated computers for them to use in their studies. We brought computers in our carry-ons luggage and I am amazed as the students are working together to build tables and powerpoints using information about themselves that will lead to an ice breaker game. Great job NSU

We are spending three days in the mountains with fifteen of our university level scholarship girls to conduct leadership trading. First day included arrival, speed friending, a strenuous ( for us) hike through the villages and mountains, dinner, games and dancing!

Our Nepal girls came over and cooked dinner for us to celebrate Erica’s Birthday. Their handmade cards are so beautiful! Thank you for a wonderful evening!

Grocery shopping is just a wee bit different here. We are buying ingredient to makes chicken spaghetti and cookies with our ENG girls this weekend

One of my favorite parts of ENG work is conducting home visits. It is a very personal time with families to sit quietly over tea and build relationships. Today we broke into groups and visited families. Our scholarship girls are so proud to walk us to their homes and share their life with us. Today’s family was so sweet. They rent a small farm that the grandfather, mom & dad work. They mostly grow tomatoes for the small village, have a few goats, a cow, a few chickens, and bees. The parents work so hard so their children can study and have a better life. Their daughter wants to be an “airline hostess” she has only seen a plane on tv or in the sky but she dreams of being in the clouds.

ENG sponsors 30 precious girls at Little Moon SChool. Part of our commitment to these children is to have visits to their schools to check on their progress and the environment in which they are learning. The NSU grad students brought a few educational supplies for the girls and the school held a special ceremony. There were welcome songs, khatas, blessings, hugs, and so much joy!

The students were a great help choosing grade appropriate materials for the science lab that Judy McIntyre donated in honor of Evans.

We spent a very long evening preparing for the suicide awareness training at the American Embassy tomorrow. This training is a collaborative effort between our American and Nepali graduate students. It is an interactive training on signs, symptoms, assessment, and intervention of suicidality. This topic is taboo in Nepal and yet they are 3rd highest rates in the world. We are doing ground-breaking work training 3 different groups of young professionals to train others. Embassy training will be for staff & medical students. We have prepared train -the-trainer manuals, posters, brochures, awareness bracelets, pocket cards, and handouts! This evening we all learned so much from one another as we prepared for our training!

We had to stop by the monkey temple after school visit!

first school visit today at Tising Rays. The NSU students did so well interacting with the ENG girls, touring the school. , building friendships. They brought gifts to each girls., i