tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82627948075281197192024-03-21T19:32:18.509-07:00Kay Garnay for NepalWe are a small NGO doing what we can to help Nepal. If you have an idea to help we are happy to help, encourage and support you. Nepal: A Tourist's Manualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109682886889595522noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262794807528119719.post-37470773770050387882021-07-27T22:29:00.003-07:002021-07-27T22:37:59.315-07:00Day Hikes in the Kathmandu Valley-Where, When and How Much Will it Cost?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T6lcOcxpAiE" width="320" youtube-src-id="T6lcOcxpAiE"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>When you go to Nepal you really need to plan well, but keep your options alive. Be particularly mindful of the travel time. During normal times in Kathmandu it can take up to an hour or more to go from the airport, for example, to Patan. Few taxis have air conditioning and it can get pollution-hot even on a normally pleasant day. That means you really need to enjoy the area where you are staying and then pack up to explore another area. You will save time, as well as money and frustration. </p><p>In this accompanying video and this blog I hope you'll be able to find the best destination for a day trek. It's my main aim to help you get the most out of your time in Nepal. <br /></p><p>There is forest all the way around the Kathmandu Valley, so it's best to think of the Valley like a grit and explore it in sections. That's why we did this temple trek video. Now, all you need to do is take a look and think about where you'd like to explore. There is a map at the end.<br /></p><p>There really isn't a problem with guesthouses being over-booked; booking online will often cost a bit more. However, if there is a festival in the particular area there is a possibility that you could have a problem and you'll need to pay a bit more for a room and for food. So, do check ahead, especially if it's during a full moon. <br /></p><p>Of these temple treks and visits featured in this video you can expect to pay the following: </p><table><tbody><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><br /></td><td class="has-text-align-center" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHjVsRXph9U7PmALafHvds_9kgdYu5ZdE2GeTKGdA_WQ4AnZrarWu44eyVSkBu0r3fPJ0la5Q7wigx380d1hzATKiNHLsCZUZfjQ4bXOTBVKCfhOjBD9DhmgJNwUVZvElpPa2ahTUQ1EGL/s320/chandragiri+2.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><span><span>Prices for Cable Car:</span></span><br />Round Trip Prices: SAARC 1120 NRs. $15 (Chinese) $22 (Westerners) <br />For more information: https://www.stunningnepal.com/chandragiri-hills/ </p><p style="text-align: center;">Swoyambhunath/Monkey Temple </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkL2iet0UxhWq9EUEGG7JvkVrrmqG7VV0q-y10pmFKyJUHjVdSA_F_IKdHvpQBmgT4JROvVK_1U429euWfYM9EW58O9x4PmeuHj9QxdY_QAIkaGW21oQrVb1LnxvtQ4IVJMJoiqFGwVuj/s1920/final+video+temple+.00_02_38_24.Still020%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkL2iet0UxhWq9EUEGG7JvkVrrmqG7VV0q-y10pmFKyJUHjVdSA_F_IKdHvpQBmgT4JROvVK_1U429euWfYM9EW58O9x4PmeuHj9QxdY_QAIkaGW21oQrVb1LnxvtQ4IVJMJoiqFGwVuj/s320/final+video+temple+.00_02_38_24.Still020%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Swayambhunath/Monkey Temple: <br />Admission is 300 Nrs. for westerners<br />Swamabu/Monkey Temple park at street level: Free </p><p style="text-align: center;">Kopan Monastery </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDq-WqeC0t8sOtN_HQV1K3sYXBR93t7cap4zuOCkKY3StPW9jXuOz_sxoJIvTK-f9AHlbUAoiQkGKxhPmGCEihUcR9vNuwTL5e-LZhuo-UThyphenhyphenQuEvjwbHqddH_Frn_QPZ5nnKoubCa1tfH/s1920/final+video+temple+.00_02_58_17.Still023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" 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1,500 Nrs. for Westerners <br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Patan</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDgdLSEfJNnh2q-NEu6vd6FPHxICpgHgzC4zQ7PM6vxM6qE6StuiIqOEKGhean3FmgzEfsAddvtKniP-Yqnff8bccjUWrAM2Y4antKrWsPqXZ8ZiNaXtWc7UaLfFqDZxjBGyTRfTr35Pr/s1920/final+video+temple+.00_05_40_12.Still042.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDgdLSEfJNnh2q-NEu6vd6FPHxICpgHgzC4zQ7PM6vxM6qE6StuiIqOEKGhean3FmgzEfsAddvtKniP-Yqnff8bccjUWrAM2Y4antKrWsPqXZ8ZiNaXtWc7UaLfFqDZxjBGyTRfTr35Pr/s320/final+video+temple+.00_05_40_12.Still042.png" width="320" /></a></div>Patan: 1,000 Nrs. for Westerners <br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Kirtipur </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkjH8oMRhxs4MbBc1UHyyZjTpCa2CMMUBMAWYyHARdMYBstfDlGg_L9HhrB7sOfa0nXmL-G46wby30IDE_P-HIno9mT7JGkYsLfqQbYbSBPLiOBkJoamzVFMyDERWY-C71G1hNStASalD/s1920/Kirtipur+Temple.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkjH8oMRhxs4MbBc1UHyyZjTpCa2CMMUBMAWYyHARdMYBstfDlGg_L9HhrB7sOfa0nXmL-G46wby30IDE_P-HIno9mT7JGkYsLfqQbYbSBPLiOBkJoamzVFMyDERWY-C71G1hNStASalD/s320/Kirtipur+Temple.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"> Kirtipur: 100 Nrs. for Westerners <br /></p><p> </p><p> I think we've all learned the value of Travl Insuance. If you get hurt or become ill in Nepal there are two distinct ways you'll be treated. If you have travel insurance you're much more likely to survive. <span style="font-size: small;">
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know this pandemic has hit every country on the planet and every
person living in every country has their own hardship story. There
was even a COVID positive person at Mt. Everest Base Camp. And that
takes us to Nepal, home of Mt. Everest. </span>
</p>
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</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When
COVID first came to Nepal it was during Chinese New Year of 2020.
Amazingly Nepal was left safe. It could have been a disaster from
then, last February/March. Everyone wore a mask due to pollution and
that probably helped more than people know. </span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>
</p>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We
got locked-down right away and we all waited. I started feeding and
helping people from then but everything seemed fine. The lock-down
was worse than the virus at that point. Society held. Nepali took
care of their own and when people returned to Nepal many had to walk
home-from India. People and NGOs stepped up and even police
departments served as places to fed returning neighbors. </span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>
</p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgad1B-oSQ5cbY79ogrkPKuSsLQ4ttsEWF1ztfpjJPgWYHfhphLoLkVSCWhB0G-as0m1OGGWJq2KcyivDnnw9VVwUSD7f5T0fkTPgtzrHPNIw_WZ1cD_B5roGuQFx9T2rbJHwa54xA5jmCX/s640/Barakpur+flood+issue+7.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgad1B-oSQ5cbY79ogrkPKuSsLQ4ttsEWF1ztfpjJPgWYHfhphLoLkVSCWhB0G-as0m1OGGWJq2KcyivDnnw9VVwUSD7f5T0fkTPgtzrHPNIw_WZ1cD_B5roGuQFx9T2rbJHwa54xA5jmCX/s320/Barakpur+flood+issue+7.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People so used to adversity share so freely. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally,
we were able to go outside and everyone had to wear a mask. Nepal was
managing quite well as I watched the cases in countries like the US
climb. Then the vaccines came and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
We could see the end in sight. </span>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That’s
when the problems came. More people returned from abroad, mostly
India. The government made a mistake and opened tourism too soon. The
trekking guides and such were so happy to see tourists returning no
one wanted to confront our guests with the quarantine rules. One by
one many of these tourists and returning Nepalese became infected
during all this movement and BOOM! The numbers began to jump to
thousands of new cases in a single day. </span>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There
were not enough oxygen tanks or hospital beds. The vaccine didn’t
come to Nepal in time. Although there was time to vaccinate many
healthcare workers, some elderly and other front-line workers, some
of the vaccinations were counterfeit and others may have been
contaminated with the heat of India while getting here. </span>
</p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmNe1mQeuG5JKDQI1CI5dTRvmzbDxh6XthdRhdoXONvyl36CC-pM1I85RodYm0fIM1rn9274pierWy1Xwd-tRVs2Fm5qIhZdXanWbfDyJzrRXW5Ci5xD7a1CqcJ6V4dF8YEX3egWsPHr6/s1920/PPE+Suits+being+made3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmNe1mQeuG5JKDQI1CI5dTRvmzbDxh6XthdRhdoXONvyl36CC-pM1I85RodYm0fIM1rn9274pierWy1Xwd-tRVs2Fm5qIhZdXanWbfDyJzrRXW5Ci5xD7a1CqcJ6V4dF8YEX3egWsPHr6/s320/PPE+Suits+being+made3.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;">Another
issue we really need help with is getting the first responders
the protection they need. Ambulance drivers and police officers do
not all have the protective clothing they need and many are refusing
to go to work for fear of their own lives. There is an agency that’s
making protective gear and providing them for only 1,400 Nrs., which
is about $12 for an entire set. If you’d like to help by purchasing
some of these just let me know. If you make a donation I will make
sure the money goes to this instead of food. </span>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxmf6DFdiYL2q0ymOcdp6iUuxb_8YKtzxS2r-_NQWtFpgUrSsskF_DW3HUZ93JjV3K8O4qU7hGuzYpGbPfdEnlh7pUF4KCJHe3m9zwSE8P0Wd-Mi6lsmyXXc6ZagKMaqy5eIdaERr6AxA/s1920/PPE+Suits+being+made2.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxmf6DFdiYL2q0ymOcdp6iUuxb_8YKtzxS2r-_NQWtFpgUrSsskF_DW3HUZ93JjV3K8O4qU7hGuzYpGbPfdEnlh7pUF4KCJHe3m9zwSE8P0Wd-Mi6lsmyXXc6ZagKMaqy5eIdaERr6AxA/s320/PPE+Suits+being+made2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now
we are all in lock-down again, of course, but it isn’t the same.
Now the food situation is really dire. It happened so fast. There was
no way for the Nepalese people to protect themselves from this
ordeal. What could they have done? When the COVID positive people
came many had the Indian variant. Without many shipments of supplies
it’s been difficult on top of impossible for the Nepali government
or the people to protect themselves. </span>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As
I mentioned, I found a few people I could help during this past year and
I’ve found a lot of joy in helping one family, more than I thought
possible. This family who have recently lost their father, consists
of two teenage children and the mother. She fell with her husband and
damaged her back before he died, but she doesn’t let that stop her
from caring for her son. You see, he has two ‘clubbed’ feet and
has to crawl on his hands and knees. The mother has to help him with
things like toilet because they don’t have anything like a wheel
chair or handicap bars or any kind of physical therapy type
apparatus. I was attempting to help with that, but it’s been
lock-down for most of this time. </span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybCQCaT4Ha-BeEh2QsZHWRsnMElQmf3rBgFrtKvsBXHbGcOKKMqWEETfcz0lyQUFz1lPV_S0p6frAkiNUDosbwjspKBHx_pYSP_JxBo7x2iHtFKEK7CJQR-HR4oUf3xk2sXCz0HpQfFCn/s1688/Rockesh+sitting1_Moment+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="1308" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybCQCaT4Ha-BeEh2QsZHWRsnMElQmf3rBgFrtKvsBXHbGcOKKMqWEETfcz0lyQUFz1lPV_S0p6frAkiNUDosbwjspKBHx_pYSP_JxBo7x2iHtFKEK7CJQR-HR4oUf3xk2sXCz0HpQfFCn/s320/Rockesh+sitting1_Moment+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you imagine being in this situation, being born into a family in abject poverty? <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For
some reason, sharing with this family has really brought out my inner
hero or something, but I’ve bonded with them and hope to be able to
be there for them for many years. It's brought me so much joy that I’d like to help match other
families here with sponsors in the west. But I cannot do that until
after this crisis is over. </span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>
</p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_gSY-u5w6o_wU863XBnCbU9Y54v0s86DgYCY1PnvZoMFwtWV1mBrocZhVz_Ttq27Q9OlqGXMr8Pa3zZLvU2pAZtIQUyBObubcpSJQ-_H5-AKO8RjPMM5Q0rQA34e_vum9gbTdT0aQ9nm/s4000/Food+and+Oxygen+NGO+w+Blind+people+%252812%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_gSY-u5w6o_wU863XBnCbU9Y54v0s86DgYCY1PnvZoMFwtWV1mBrocZhVz_Ttq27Q9OlqGXMr8Pa3zZLvU2pAZtIQUyBObubcpSJQ-_H5-AKO8RjPMM5Q0rQA34e_vum9gbTdT0aQ9nm/s320/Food+and+Oxygen+NGO+w+Blind+people+%252812%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's heart-touching to see a blind person being led by a child or carrying their own food. You can see these things in the video.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’ve
been doing whatever I can; hiring people to work, have people staying in the home here with
us, providing assistance to an older man who worked as a musician and sarangi salesman on the streets of
Thamel, a shoe repair person who worked on a street corner, an older
woman without husband or children, and provided masks to a police
officer and nurse when there weren’t many masks here and even
bought more things than I needed just to support the local
businesses, but I cannot do much more by myself and there are so many
who genuinely will not have food if we cannot bring in money from
abroad. </span>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For
now, I’d like to invite anyone with a little money to help to
participate in helping to feed some people here. We’ve connected
with a small agency that’s feeding people, day workers like
rickshaw drivers, blind street musicians and others who have no means
to feed themselves during this time. </span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>
</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN29aUeTNxxTROhyphenhyphenkat1yRnJUoD1tk5LSnMWmHw9vaVlModHW3mD_RSzIvS4RAnl4Sjsn9MV7wMBHWtDKaZ7zRbCZJHvSeu8Zg8uAmci0kjwQXpsDvmu1S1U6qlvxEADQnu7SuhfK8Xmij/s1920/People+in+Line+for+food.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN29aUeTNxxTROhyphenhyphenkat1yRnJUoD1tk5LSnMWmHw9vaVlModHW3mD_RSzIvS4RAnl4Sjsn9MV7wMBHWtDKaZ7zRbCZJHvSeu8Zg8uAmci0kjwQXpsDvmu1S1U6qlvxEADQnu7SuhfK8Xmij/s320/People+in+Line+for+food.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There
are ‘soup kitchens’ open now and agencies are making up bags of
rice, lentils, oil and salt to last a few days to a couple of weeks
for people, but each new day brings more and more people out to find
food. Yesterday after feeding 600 people many had to be sent away
hungry. So, I’m asking that if you could send a little money I’ll
make sure the money goes to good use to help. Just $35 can feed a
family for about 2 weeks, but for now, it’s come down to one day at
a time for as many people as possible.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWktTB-LAFVL5tDcVARRJX8IrKvmVz4iPFlkd7Ce8itJsHrffvHpnJ-32NkAUjejRkw3Gr1nsJOEn9tF7a6888vjFi3UbHwu8xU2BkYUvo53i0ul3lPXooXz34V72gAtbQxcUvU_wpQuk/s1920/Rickshaw.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWktTB-LAFVL5tDcVARRJX8IrKvmVz4iPFlkd7Ce8itJsHrffvHpnJ-32NkAUjejRkw3Gr1nsJOEn9tF7a6888vjFi3UbHwu8xU2BkYUvo53i0ul3lPXooXz34V72gAtbQxcUvU_wpQuk/s320/Rickshaw.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First the day workers and blind were given food to last a few weeks.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7IIxSsIFgJMFBKQ_IjXDf4k6eba0EpHR1pDcFirE-TNQvAUE_uzrMtOrbScvRDyWwCXrNbzvCGSEDAqRcqBuOmJRMqZ_DH0xuQNh8Ss-Mm_ijNkK0pZVqbyxtK7vpZYEteKgKkvByqDF/s1920/People+in+Line+for+food4.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7IIxSsIFgJMFBKQ_IjXDf4k6eba0EpHR1pDcFirE-TNQvAUE_uzrMtOrbScvRDyWwCXrNbzvCGSEDAqRcqBuOmJRMqZ_DH0xuQNh8Ss-Mm_ijNkK0pZVqbyxtK7vpZYEteKgKkvByqDF/s320/People+in+Line+for+food4.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's sad that the people were lined up for almost a km just for the food one can hold in one hand. Many were turned away.<br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There
was an earthquake earlier this week with several deaths and injuries
and that’s always a fear for Nepal. In 2015, for example, 9,000
people died in earthquakes. So many were left homeless, injured or
dead with their entire village. Yes, villages were disappeared from
landslides during that time. I guess you could say Nepal knows
hardship, but if you can help, even just a little, it would mean so
much. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYr7Ud83yhDxX0S2sk91TLSMnDc0TSLGg4rAxJ0Iq_MZZ-PzegtjyuCWBoDVRMg3IyibhH3tnTnh-TF7SLEhTCv5E2kshrwHco8hoZPpbD7doNd8fUkf-YqAsSr_NKC5Lt0JvVendCyaAR/s1200/earthquake-1665887_1280-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYr7Ud83yhDxX0S2sk91TLSMnDc0TSLGg4rAxJ0Iq_MZZ-PzegtjyuCWBoDVRMg3IyibhH3tnTnh-TF7SLEhTCv5E2kshrwHco8hoZPpbD7doNd8fUkf-YqAsSr_NKC5Lt0JvVendCyaAR/s320/earthquake-1665887_1280-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Each
year we have flooding in the lower elevations and that time is coming
very soon. That means more homeless, more food insecurity, more COVID spreading and death. One of my Nepali family staying with us left to work with a tourist doing a film documentary during the time we had no lock-down. He ended up getting COVID
while he was away and quarantined for 10 days before coming home.
Both of his parents got COVID and his mother had to be hospitalized.
One of his aunts died from the virus during the same time. We learned
this morning that the young man who delivers our groceries is ill
with COVID. </span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjIlOW1XMjr5RLeXR7dcD10FjEk8Copr_j10jRzm2VZM1bwx2tb1Tnuemv2Dwlq8Mbk4cowjm4l3sc93mbKxH8T58LYY2imB-hjSeSzwAjgGTmB6daVeVrSqweEFkzhGQRvEkxxtIT9P5/s960/flood%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjIlOW1XMjr5RLeXR7dcD10FjEk8Copr_j10jRzm2VZM1bwx2tb1Tnuemv2Dwlq8Mbk4cowjm4l3sc93mbKxH8T58LYY2imB-hjSeSzwAjgGTmB6daVeVrSqweEFkzhGQRvEkxxtIT9P5/s320/flood%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here’s
how you can help. If you can trust an old, retired, American widow
you can send the money through our agency’s Paypal account or if
you prefer sending to a Nepali person who’s been helping to feed
people in an organized way throughout this pandemic you can send to
him. He could also put you in touch with a family to help on a more
personal level if you prefer for after this crisis passes. </span>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just
send anything you can to </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span></span></span><span><a class="gmail-_1FRfMxEAy__7c8vezYv9qP" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkE5YzJMWk5DR1VHNWJBbFJvRXUyNFN5S2g0UXxBQ3Jtc0tuaWQ3TDdNbDZkbGNMUGhHeG45Nmx2MkNZUi1vUWwxNnZRMGg5NWlJX0MxQmRUSmlYV0F6a25Id19jLTI0R2VMVk9hNDJmdXB3cTR4ZWgzbXFJMFNDU3I4SEFUMGcza0F3U1hpUmFLREkxcHhkSVh0VQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fgofund.me%2F01433799"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span>https://gofund.me/01433799</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;">
which uses my Paypal (HelpChangunarayan@gmail.com) or contact this NGO directly to help. Menz Foundation Food
Cloth/bank. Free food. </span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:Menzfoundation@gmail.com">Menzfoundation@gmail.com</a>
Satghumti, Thamel +977 9851044798 </span>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m
also looking for people who can collect money for Nepal. If you can
do anything else please let me know so I can work with you. I’ll
help you even if you need me to give money to a friend you already
have here. 95% of the people here need help in one way or another, so
anything you do will help more than you know. Send inquiries to me,
Amanda Summers at <a href="mailto:FrugalTravelsNepal@gmail.com">FrugalTravelsNepal@gmail.com</a>
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stuck in the house for so long during the 2020 pandemic I spent a
lot of time thinking about how I could help my planet, Nepal and the
people here in the Kathmandu Valley. Here’s what I came up with.
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This project will provide all the money needed for this transition through a voluntary, rounding-up campaign sponsored by banks and other Nepali businesses.<br /><br /><b style="line-height: 1.15;">Details</b><br /><br />Small, metal banks in the shape of buses can be made and placed at cashier check-out desks where it will say, ‘Got a rupee? Give a rupee! Get an Electric Bus!’ or some other catchy slogan in Nepalese. These will be like the metal banks that are popular in the shape of a house that are readily available at aluminum/stainless steal workshops. <br /><br />This money will be used for electric buses and the old buses will be exchanged as new buses are provided. Bus owners will be able to trade up by giving their old bus, which will be taken off the road. It will be a one for one exchange first then new, additional, electric buses will be put on the road. It can be 100% people funded.<br /><br />The idea is that customers can donate a 5 rupee note or a coin they get in their change when they pay at checkout. Instead of putting it all into their pocket they can put it into the little bus shaped bank as they take their groceries or finish their bank transaction. Each store or bank in this project will have a display to encourage people to trust that it will work without corruption being an issue. <br /><br />One way to encourage donations would be that the bank or store chain can advertise how much they have brought in with their customers and see which store or bank branch brings in the most money. <br /><br />Another idea to encourage participation would be the following: Customers could enter a contest each time they shop at the store for a weekly drawing. Perhaps they could get an entry slip each time they donate. Prizes would be gift cards and other ‘in-kind’ donations from large, Nepali companies. They will get publicity in exchange for their participation. <br /><br />Prizes can be things like a free bus pass for a year, 5 years or even a lifetime of free bus travel in the Kathmandu Valley. Ncell and other corporations can provide gifts as prizes: recharge cards, mountain flight tickets, gift certificates for shopping, etc. <br /><br />The store or bank will be able to advertise on the buses they actually collect enough money to purchase. The buses or bus routes could be named after the corporation that sponsored the bus. For example, a bus or route may be called ‘Batbhatini 1,’ ‘Big Mart 2’ ‘NIB 1.’ The buses will actually be donated to the program by the companies through their customers’ donations. <br /><br />Some of the money can be used for low interest loans for people to buy electric cars and scooters, as well. One grand prize could even be an electric scooter or electric car. It will all be paid for by customer donations, one rupee at a time. <br /><b style="line-height: 1.15;"><br />Summary</b><br /><br />The much needed electric buses for the Kathmandu Valley can be purchased without a burden for the people or government. People can simply round up a bit from the change they get while shopping. Not only will this help the environment, but it will be enjoyable for the people. <br /><br />The key to this program’s success is the enthusiasm the people have to support it. Therefore many gifts from merchants and possibly cash gifts out of the donations will be important. Additionally, it will be important to keep the transportation industry functioning well. <br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><font size="4" style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; line-height: 1.15;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><font size="4" style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; line-height: 1.15;">Kay Garnay for Nepal invites anyone to take this and make it your own. We have no attachment to this idea other than to help Nepal. <br /></span></font><br /></div>Nepal: A Tourist's Manualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109682886889595522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262794807528119719.post-19399163759585194692019-01-28T01:20:00.001-08:002019-01-28T01:27:44.203-08:00Best Bhaktapur Activity-Mountain Biking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It took an ungodly amount of time to get it going, but we finally have our mountain bikes at the main entrance of Bhaktapur available for renting. The weather in the Kathmandu Valley is lovely throughout the winter. I'm actually sitting up on my rooftop without a jacket. It's been cold for a few days, but it's mild compared to most places in Europe or N. America.<br />
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Each bike comes with a helmet, spare inner tube and tools for repairing a flat. Although not brand new, our bicycles are in excellent shape and 21 gears. When you come to Bhaktapur just go to the main entrance and tell one of the trekking guides to help you rent some bikes. If you need a guide there are several who love doing bike tours.<br />
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How much will they cost? 1,000 NRs. per day (or any part of a day), plus 1,000 NRs. for your guide's bike if you would like to hire a guide. A guide will help you to see the more interesting things along the way and keep you safe. They will generally need at least 1,000 NRs. plus expenses per day.<br />
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One of the advantages of doing a bike ride with a local guide is that he will have excellent stamina in case you are planning a trek outside the Kathmandu Valley. If you find him helpful and enjoy his company you will be able to get a good price for a guide for a trek.<br />
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There are many excellent biking trails in and around Bhaktapur. With a couple of mobile apps you will have many options for destinations. I recently read a blog post that made <a href="https://www.3nions.com/best-cycling-apps-for-android-to-track-your-ride/" target="_blank">several suggestions for moblile apps for bikers. </a><br />
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What is your money for the bike rental going to be used for? All our profit from this project will be to help the local farmers to transition to organic farming. If you plan to come to Nepal and would like to work in organic farming we can place you with a local family or host you at Star View Guest House.<br />
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Some festivals in Nepal aren't as 'tourist-friendly' as others. Here's one you will surely enjoy if you come around the end of August or the first part of September. Be sure to check the Nepali calendar before you book your flight. <br />
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The Kay Garnay for Nepal registered NGO in Nepal is a grassroots agency to help the people of Nepal. As you probably know, depending on the economic index,Nepal is the second poorest country in Asia, just ahead of North Korea. It's our desire to enrich and empower our members, the people of our village and Nepal. Check out <a href="https://whataboutnepal.org/" target="_blank">our website</a> to see our work. <br />
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Our first priority is to get the start-up funded and and our gifts made. Each of our trainees are specializing in just one stlye. We have their bios and pictures up on our page. Donors can look at our hats being modeled by our knitters, each proudly wearing their own handiwork. We are asking for donations of just $30 (plus $15 shipping/handling) and will be sending hat/glove sets as 'thank you' gifts. Our donors will be able to select the style and colors they want. Here's our youtube video demonstrating our backpack you can have sent with your donation for an additional $15, about 50% its retail value in Europe. <a class="m_-6974902117999591077OWAAutoLink" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://youtu.be/6mnc1EXivo8&source=gmail&ust=1535347244331000&usg=AFQjCNFAFCYD7kcwmJ-9mg6zJQhL2wzb0Q" href="https://youtu.be/6mnc1EXivo8" id="m_-6974902117999591077LPlnk56771" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/6mnc1EXivo8</a> <br />
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How our money is to be disbursed:<br />
Approximately 1/3 to 1/2 of the proceeds are used for expenses. After a small portion for each woman to save a little bit we will help 7 of these women and any who enter into our program in the future with such a need, with assistance in rebuilding their earthquake-damaged homes. Then the rest of the money will be used for our village projects.<br />
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There was a kind tourist who came to Changunarayan and made so many connections we all felt like he belonged here. He noticed a young man, a cook at a nearby guesthouse, who had lost his home during the earthquakes of 2015 and was still living in an earthquake shelter. The man had a wife and baby and the baby had been in the hospital several times due to diarehea and dehydration from the living conditions. The young man was such a hard worker and easy to get along with that our volunteer inspired others in the village to help this family with a home. Altogether, we collected 3,000 euro and the family has a safer <a href="http://dada-home.org/" target="_blank">place to raise their baby. </a><br />
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As time goes on, we hope to have an additional little bit for our own hardship fund to be used by members for micro-loans and hardship gifts.<br />
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We are also working on getting connections with high-end boutiques whereby we can provide non-sweatshop, above average paying jobs in Nepal and exceptional values for our western partners and donors.<br />
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Our vision for Changunarayan Village:<br />
We hope first to help people rebuild after the earthquakes and then do projects for village beautification. We hope to help farmers transition from low-end produce to fruit trees and other higher yield crops.<br />
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Additionally, we hope to help women with female issues, such as prolapsed uterus and fibroid cysts. There is a high number of women with such issues that could be taken care of for well under $500. This is often a low priority in the family, as they would need to borrow on their land, therefore, most women suffer in silence. We hope to sponsor women's health seminars and similar such programs.<br />
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It's been the long-term goal of Kay Garnay for Nepal to encourage and help farmers to transition to organic, higher yield crops through projects such as a tool lending project, village recycling project, natural outdoor lighting, etc. Give us just 2 years and come to Changunarayan in 2020. It will be the highlight of your time in Nepal. Ultimately, we hope to make Changunarayan a 'Butterfly Village' worthy of a visit from every tourist coming to Nepal.<br />
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By the way, if you save $50 a month from this month, you will have enough money for an amazing trip to Nepal in 2020. If you need a part-time job to help you pay for the trip please let us know.<br />
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Nepal: A Tourist's Manualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109682886889595522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262794807528119719.post-2647577569040286762018-07-10T04:04:00.000-07:002018-08-11T03:30:38.479-07:00Getting ready to Launch our Women's Initiative Project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our coordinator, Patricia, has arrived from Austrailia and has begun exploring the situation here in the Kathmandu Valley. Sunday we went to Bhaktapur to see the products and workmanship of what Nepal produces. I learned a few things along the way and we had a great shopping day.</div>
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Although we've started the workshop for hats and gloves, the women are not ready to produce anything to sell or give as gifts just yet. We are at the point now where we need to select various styles and colors and get the women to pick one style to specialize in. We had a little meeting with the ladies and we discussed a tentitive pay schedule. We came up with a schedule that will allow the women to earn enough to enjoy life a bit.</div>
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Many work initiatives pay either a low salary or a small commission; we will provide both. Work initiatives, in our opinion, should not just provide a starvation wage. We also provide a nutricious lunch and an afternoon snack and tea. They only need to work from 10 am to 4 pm.</div>
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Patricia also plans to make natural fiber shopping bags to export and even brought some patterns. Nepal has some interesting fabrics and patterns, so it will be an pleasing mix of culture with Westernized variations on traditional themes.</div>
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This is the third week for our women's group and rather than having the normal attrition that we've had in the past, the group has actually accepted a new member. We provide them with a pleasent setting and all the supplies they need and they have responded quite favorably. Ranjana, the group leader/teacher, is a lovely young woman who's taken advantage of as much training as she could throughout her life and does her best. One of the problems with elevating Nepal is that many INGOs/nonprofits come with money and provide a month of sewing, knitting or looming training, leave the sewing machine/loom for the young woman and leave them without enough skills to find their way. One woman we provided emergency funds for after the earthquake had a sewing machine in her room with no way to use it for an income.</div>
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Thursday Patricia went to Kathmandu with Sujit to explore pashmina possibilities. She had a wonderful idea. We plan to use local women in other initiatives to start with. This will assure better quality, as we do not plan to deal in inferior products. We will use only the highest quality materials and inspect the products well.</div>
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I hope you follow along with us. We'll be putting the crowdfunder together as soon as we get a few more details worked out. Being as we are a very small NGO in a very small country our marketing strategy is to provide an awesome value for a donation, tax deductible if you are in the US.</div>
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For all of you who've been asking how to help (other than sending a donation) please retweet and share our appeals often and if you do give a donation please post a picture of the hat/gloves and give a sincere reveiw of your gifts.</div>
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Nepal: A Tourist's Manualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109682886889595522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262794807528119719.post-3631120986478633862018-07-02T22:26:00.001-07:002018-07-02T22:26:30.739-07:00Money, Money-Everyone's Needing Money. Do You?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our agency, Kay Garnay for Nepal is looking for high school students who want to earn money for traveling. If you have good connections to high schools or would like to establish some, we have a great part-time job for you. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Introduce high schools in your town to our line of school spirit hat and glove sets in school colors. The school will become your account and you will get commission for each set they order. You do not have to close the sale, just introduce us to the band/orchestra teacher/cheerleading team captain, etc. We can pay you upon delivery or we can save it in the bank in Nepal for you at 9% interest. When you are ready to come to Nepal we can buy the ticket and have the rest for you to spend while you are here. If there isn't enough for airfare we can send your money to you via Paypal. You can use your own money for the balance or keep the money. </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXbQGfTJyRsrAjDVpw8WoVGYVwlnFjY14GRJpwYuavos0tIPbxuwEwlHHBYIjN4hdUbIE8nEdYJlVJGHuGqDWxKKMj_oEi4SmVXfK2-_CQpDnTgbTrnudpWc9bI-21BJlyOyMgMG2S5eA/s1600/Women%2527s+Knitting+Group+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXbQGfTJyRsrAjDVpw8WoVGYVwlnFjY14GRJpwYuavos0tIPbxuwEwlHHBYIjN4hdUbIE8nEdYJlVJGHuGqDWxKKMj_oEi4SmVXfK2-_CQpDnTgbTrnudpWc9bI-21BJlyOyMgMG2S5eA/s320/Women%2527s+Knitting+Group+2.JPG" width="320" /></a></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you choose to go to Nepal we will act as host for you. We'll pick you up from the airport and provide accommodations at no charge if you'd like to volunteer with us. We can arrange for your trekking and will act as your point of contact throughout your stay in Nepal. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If your plans change and you are unable to come to Nepal you will get the entire amount refunded along with the interest paid via Paypal. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Must be able to work alone or have a partner working with you. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We will send you some business cards, sales materials and a sample set. We suggest two people team up together for this project and we are happy to hire two for each town or city. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We make custom, handcrafted, knitted hats and gloves in school or club colors. These are the highest quality of wool with micro-fiber lining in an assortment of styles. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Why are we offering this? Kay Garnay is a 3 year old NGO registered in Nepal. I am a retired American widow and founded the agency after the devastating earthquakes of 2015. You can learn about our work in other blog posts and about me at https://frugaltravelsnepal.blogspot.com/ where I've been blogging for 7 years about Nepal. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have started our women's group and are eager to begin making woolen hat and glove sets for our customers. People wonder how to help the needy in less developed countries. I believe the best thing you can do for any struggling people, whether it be or , is to provide a job. That's how we plan to help the women of our little Newar village in the beautiful Kathmandu Valley.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's something you can do to earn a bit or maybe pass on to someone. Ya know how high school football teams are all about school spirit? We're puttting a project together whereby young people who want to travel can go to the school and see if they want to do a fundraiser. We'll send the hat/glove sets in the school colors the school initials. We should have about 5-6 styles to choose from. If a person wants to get a school to do this we can give them $1 per set that the school orders. I'd expect a school should do at least 200 sets. It would only take a few phone calls and a meeting and then a bit of PR, yes? They will be high-quality wool with microfiber lining. Total cost is only $60 with the school splitting the shipping cost and keeping 1/2 the retail price. I would love to have some students do this and get money for traveling.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Here's a blog post about the project, as well as some background information about Kay Garnay for Nepal, registered NGO: <a href="https://kaygarnayfornepal.blogspot.com/2018/06/our-pre-launch-womens-handcraft.html" target="_blank">https://kaygarnayfornepal.--handcraft.html</a></span></span></h3>
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Our coordinator, Patricia, has arrived from Austrailia a few days ago and has begun exploring the situation here in the Kathmandu Valley. Sunday we went to Bhaktapur to see the products and workmanship of what Nepal produces. I learned a few things along the way and we had a great shopping day.</div>
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Although we've started the workshop for hats and gloves, the women are not ready to produce anything to sell or give as gifts just yet. We are at the point now where we need to select various styles and colors and get the women to pick one style to specialize in. We had a little meeting with the ladies and we discussed a tentitive pay schedule. We came up with a schedule that will allow the women to earn enough to enjoy life a bit. It will be a good living wage; after all, that's the point of our projects. </div>
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Many work initiatives pay either a low salary or a small commission; we will provide both. Work initiatives, in our opinion, should not just provide a starvation wage. We also provide a nutricious lunch and an afternoon snack and tea. They only need to work from 10 am to 4 pm.</div>
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Patricia also plans to make natural fiber shopping bags to export and even brought some patterns. Nepal has some interesting fabrics and patterns, so it will be an pleasing mix of culture with Westernized variations on traditional themes.</div>
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This is the third week for our women's group and rather than having the normal attrition that we've had in the past, the group has actually accepted a new member. We provide them with a pleasent setting and all the supplies they need and they have responded quite favorably. Ranjana, the group leader/teacher, is a lovely young woman who's taken advantage of as much training as she could throughout her life and does her best. One of the problems with elevating Nepal is that many INGOs/nonprofits come with money and provide a month of sewing, knitting or looming training, leave the sewing machine/loom for the young woman and leave them without enough skills to find their way. One woman we provided emergency funds for after the earthquake had a sewing machine in her room with no way to use it for an income.</div>
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Thursday Patricia went to Kathmandu with Sujit to explore pashmina possibilities. She had a wonderful idea. We plan to use local women in other initiatives to start with. This will assure better quality, as we do not plan to deal in inferior products. We will use only the highest quality materials and inspect the products well.</div>
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We started our women's knitting group last last week and they enthusiastically knitted their way to the bottom of the knitting basket. Sujit, the teacher and I will go to Kathmandu to purchase more wool and other supplies today.<br />
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The women made several different styles to practice with, but here are a few they found online that they like. Out of the ones below which hats do you like the best? Can you please tell us the top 5 you'd like to see offered? Please put your choices in the comments.<br />
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Do you know of any other designs of hats or other knitted items that would be of high interest for consumers? Please let us know what you'd like to see offered.<br />
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We are also planning to start a project as a joint fundraiser for high schools to make a line of football team spirit hats and glove sets. <br />
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One of our supporters from Finland, Anti, left us a couple high quality mountain bikes when he left a couple months ago. We have a standing offer of allowing room rent to be used as credit for bikes from tourists getting ready to return home. Our deal is that you can ride them, or an equal number of bikes, from the bikes that we have on rent any time you come back to Nepal. We've gotten bikes from tourists, like this. But not enough to start a bike rental concession.<br />
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Earlier this year a guest offered to donate some money to help us get the project started. We are so grateful for the gift of $1,600 for the project sent after travels were finished. Wow! so nice. There is a good demand here in the village for biking and many bikers come through Changunarayan on bikes.<br />
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Now we have 8 high quality mountain bikes for rent. 75% of the proceeds of the rentals will benefit the Changunarayan Village. The other 25% is commission and such for someone to manage the concession.<br />
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Since we didn't have enough bikes to actually advertise them, we were just loaning them to our guests and volunteers. Although we can give them for free to our volunteers, our guests enjoy 25% discount ($6 instead of $8). We can also provide you with a day guide if you'd like. I give one of my helpers a bike and the day off to act as host to our guest/volunteer. They could take him to lunch and give him 1,000 NRs/$10 or so for the day to guide them.<br />
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We also have several people living in the village who work as local guides or licensed, trekking guides. Hiring people direct from the village is a good way to save money while supporting the economy. Ideally, a tourist would hire a professional trekking company, but for those on a tight budget, a local guide is a wise investment. We are always happy to provide a name and phone number. We only ask that our guest give us a sincere review of the person so we'll know whether or not to continue to recommend them. If you plan to do some trekking you'll enjoy this post about <a href="http://bit.ly/2ah167M" target="_blank">whether or not you need to hire a trekking guide.</a><br />
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We are on the Valley Rim Trekking Route with several interesting villages and temples, forest and streams, and trails that can be both rigorous or mild, depending on the route you take. So, hike or bike, this quadrant of the Kathmandu Valley has much to offer, whether you come to Nepal to trek, study, volunteer or just take in the sites and rest.<br />
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If you are coming to Nepal and like mountain biking come to Changunarayan and let it be your home base. Our mountain bikes are soon to be located at the entrance of Changunarayan and will rent for 800Nrs./$8 per day. We do not have the shelter for them made yet, so give us a call if you have interest. 015141181 or 9849930812. Stay with us at the <a href="http://starviewnepal.com/" target="_blank">Star View Guest House</a> and get $2 off each mt. bike per day, as indicated above.<br />
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Of all the places in the world to volunteer, I don't think you can find a better one than Nepal. Notice these benefits compared to other countries:<br />
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1. A tolerant populace.<br />
2. The local people genuinely want to know you. Nepal has recently been added to the 'World's friendliest countries.<br />
3. The government, including police, are kind to tourists.<br />
4. Violent crime toward tourists is almost non-existant in most places in Nepal.<br />
5. Nepal is one of the least expensive countries to travel to.<br />
6. There is a genuine need just about anywhere you look for help. You should not pay a private company (or NGO) for a volunteer placement in Nepal. However, you should be prepared to pay from $5-10 per day for food.<br />
7. The weather in the Kathmandu Valley, outside Kathmandu City, is mild and with fresh air. Chitwan makes an excellent volunteer experience in the winter time, otherwise, you'll need to worry about things like it being too hot and malaria other times of the year.<br />
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I highly recommend Nepal. I'd also like to let our readers know about our need for a computer person. It's been a difficult few years getting the agency off the ground and it didn't seem like I had done enough to help. Recently things have started to change and we are moving forward with some bigger plans.<br />
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Broadband has come to Changunarayan, which has created an opportunity for one digital nomad to come stay with us. We also have WIFI boosters so you can get a good signal throughout the building. It's been providing us with excellent service so far. The internet speed has been one of the biggest obstacles to having guests stay with us long term.<br />
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Star View Guest House is offering a free stay for someone traveling in Nepal with website design skills. We can provide a room with a shared bath at no charge and 1/2 price for your daily food/utility charges (half of $7 or 350 NRs.). If this is a hardship please let us know.<br />
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We are in need of someone to help us with our new website, http://WhatAboutNepal.org . This is a project I've been wanting to do for a long time. I wrote a book to help tourists coming to Nepal back a few years ago and haven't really published it properly. I just have it as an eBook. This project is to put the book up on a website that will help tourists with anything they want to know about Nepal. We are also developing another Nepali handcraft website.<br />
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The purpose of the websites is to not only inform people about the best reasons to visit Nepal, but to promote Nepali art and handcrafts. It will have the added value to be a source of funding for our projects. Presently, we use my share of http://TraditionalArtofNepal.com for administrative fees. Without this funding I wouldn't be able to have two college-educated workers working full time with me, etc.<br />
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Sujit has been my assistant for more than a year and has improved his computer skills immensely. What we need is someone to guide Sujit in the making of our Wordpress websites. We would ask for about 2 hours per day, 5 days a week, as needed as a consultant mostly. We are also in need of someone to teach the local, young people computer skills.<br />
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Clean/serviced room, shared with one other volunteer if we get a full house.<br />
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Meals while you are at the guesthouse, prepared for you.<br />
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Cheese and eggs, fresh produce and coconut and olive oil<br />
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Hygeinic, aluminum-free kitchen<br />
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Our volunteers' experience generally is more like a home-stay than a guesthouse stay.<br />
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2 hours of computer work either working on the websites or working on your own project while you guide our simi-skilled staff to upload apps, SEO site, install and arrange buttons, etc.<br />
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2-3 hours teaching simple Wordpress web design to local young peopl and help to create an outsourcing workspace for young people in our village who may not have been able to go to college.<br />
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Whether you come to Changunarayan and help with one of the projects here or not, I hope you'll consider one of the secular, humanitarian, agencies helping the people of Nepal.<br />
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Note: We do not support the orphanage industry, nor the begging industry, nor the exploitation of the Nepali people through sweatshops.<br />
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When I lived in the US I really couldn't make a difference in my town. I volunteered at the elementary school to encourage children to learn to read better, but nothing on a larger scale.<br />
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Since I've been in Nepal that's changed. Last year we had a Nepali visitor at the guesthouse who was so happy to meet me. She said I had helped her sister and it really made a difference, something about school tuition or something. I really don't remember, but I remember a cleaning lady. I guess I gave her a little bit that helped her quite a bit during a difficult time. What a pleasure to be able to do this.<br />
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I recently learned about a couple of dangerous curves on the road coming to our village. What a pleasure it is for me to buy a couple of convex mirrors for the road to make a difference for Changunarayan, our village. <br />
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If you give money for an opperation you can only save one person, but if you put a mirror on the road or even fill in a pothole with some sand you can save a lot of people so much hardship. And that feels amazing!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4XTBfwZlFMtV7UuX7iSPCkAkLCsNf9OUItFIW-17R45kwp2uXmHn_H_Ih7f7nn22joLDBzrNc2uVDtpXLP8ODB13IQUe3___dIHBSV1SMDEiWBEeKNsNRC7V3srUEIi5FHXDvFfOEAGn/s1600/DSC_0055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4XTBfwZlFMtV7UuX7iSPCkAkLCsNf9OUItFIW-17R45kwp2uXmHn_H_Ih7f7nn22joLDBzrNc2uVDtpXLP8ODB13IQUe3___dIHBSV1SMDEiWBEeKNsNRC7V3srUEIi5FHXDvFfOEAGn/s320/DSC_0055.JPG" width="180" /></a>I think the mirrors installed on the road will cost a bit less than $300. Between renting a taxi to go to Kathmandu to find them and buying the poles, paint and such, it's taken over a month to get this far, but we are so happy.<br />
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This first mirror is up and we'll have the other one up ASAP for the other dangerous turn.<br />
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This is the biggest reason for me to be in Nepal. I can just do fun stuff to make a difference. We can never know how many children will have a father who may have lost him due to an accident without the mirrors. And how much is a father worth?<br />
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If you'd like to bring something to change one person's or more person's life here are a few suggestions.<br />
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Ways Tourists Can Make a Difference for a Small Amount of Money:<br />
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1. Bring books when you come to Nepal. Don't buy books from your country; they are pretty cheap here in local shops, but few children actually own a book that isn't a textbook.<br />
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2. Bring gently used, warm clothing. Imagine being a child born in Nepal's high country. It's so cold and the people hardly ever get any cash. These communities are among the poorest people on the planet and they are so cold people still die each year from the cold. Contact Kay Garnay for Nepal if you need a letter from a nonprofit for the airline. We can send you a letter and you can give the items to whomever you wish. If you want to bring anything we can help you.<br />
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3. Bring your old mobile phone. Although it may seem like a mobile phone is a luxury for people in Nepal it can be a life saver. Make sure the phone is SIM card compatible or it won't work in Nepal.<br />
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4. Do you have a hearing aid, back brace or some other medical equipment no longer needed? You can bring such things to medical clinics and health posts. You can also go to the medical equipment outlets in Kathmandu to find lumbar supports for around $5 each. The women need them for working in the field or in construction.<br />
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5. If you are going to the high country for a home-stay it's a good idea to bring some rice. If you go to a home-stay at lower elevations it's a good idea to bring lentils. Check to see what isn't grown in the region and bring that.<br />
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6. Some tourists buy someone a bicycle to help change a life. There are bicycle shops in Kathmandu that sell the delivery bikes. You can feed a family for years by buying them a bicycle. They also sell shoe shine boxes, but they are probably mostly a scam because they sell them for around $200. A bike is a better value. <br />
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Medications that are expired.<br />
Western attire that is not warm or is immodest.<br />
New books-they are cheaper here and buying here supports the local economy.<br />
Foods from your country to share. The Nepali generally like their local diet and won't want to eat peanut butter or other processed type foods. Of course chocolate would be an exception. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been a slow start at Kay Garnay for Nepal. As hard as I tried, not much has happened to help our village, Changunarayan and Nepal. However, in my own defense, it's hard to move anything in Nepal. Well, perhaps I just expect too much out of the little money we've been able to draw. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've decided to ask for start-up donations so we never need to ask again. Please keep an eye out for more details. We are working hard on the foundation so the project will be both interesting for the donors and something that will be able to bring donations and income to support our work.</span></div>
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Basically, it’s about anything we can do for under $100. If you notice, unless we get funding from an outside source, each of
our projects cost less than $100 and helps people on an individual basis. Sometimes an imagination and creativity is more important than money.Here's a video and information on <a href="http://dada-home.org/2018/02/22/home-for-pariyar-family-in-changu-narayan/" target="_blank">our latest venture.</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have given about 30 back supports to women who work in farming and construction. </td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We've planted trees, sponsored students, supported various projects for other NGOs, neutered street dogs, sponsored warm clothing and book drives, etc. We have turned an empty room into a library/learning center here at Star View Guest House and we're working with the village to do weekly village clean-up campaigns and things like this. </span></span></div>
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project is to put metal, beveled mirrors on the road at the horse-shoe bends to save
lives. There are two of these dangerous curves on the way to Bhaktapur. I wonder how many lives we can save for our $100 this month.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">One time I
brought 10 pairs of bathroom shoes to a hospital so people wouldn’t be
spreading germs from the bottom of their shoes. I wonder how many people didn’t
get sick because there were shoes to keep the gross smelling, standing water on
the floor in the bathroom instead of having it dragged all over the hospital. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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thinking about helping more people for even less money. I’m going to spend
about $2 on 10 bars of soap and leave them at various bathrooms throughout
Kathmandu as I spend a day shopping. I can just leave a bar in any restroom I use. There are seldom soap bars in the
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We are looking for tourists who purchased a good quality mountain bike in Nepal and are leaving Nepal. The question for many tourists is, ‘what to do with the mountain bike when I go back home?’ Our answer is to let it continue to work for Nepal while you are away. And let it help us rebuild our lovely village.</div>
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Kay Garnay for Nepal, a Nepal registered NGO, is setting up a bike rental concession here in the Changunarayan Village to help with our beautification efforts and encourage tourists to come back to Nepal.</div>
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Either donate your quality mt. bike to us partially or 100% and get the following:</div>
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1. Get a free stay at our lovely guesthouse, Star View. http://StarViewNepal.com </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our spacious rooms capture views of village life, as well as glimpses of portions of the Himalayas, such as Ganesh Himal and Lantang. </td></tr>
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2. Get either a Nepali Dal Bhat or a Western dish of your choice for dinner each night you are with us. If you've been missing a dish from home let us know so we can try to prepare it for you.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a favorite, Enchilada Casserole with homemade tortilla.</td></tr>
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3. Get organic coffee/tea and homemade desert, available each mid-afternoon at no charge.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our afternoon coffee and desert. This day it was banana nut bread with walnuts.</td></tr>
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4. Get breakfast the next morning.</div>
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5. When you come back to Nepal we will have a Mt. Bike waiting for you, either your own, or a newer one of similar value. You'll be able to use it at no charge while you are here in Nepal. You'll even be able to choose the bike you want from among our selection.</div>
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6. We can pay you for the bike (up to $100).</div>
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Isn't this a lovely way to help create an even more beautiful, ancient village. We are planting flowering trees, placing trashcans around the village, stabilizing a hilltop and much more. You'll be happy to know your bicycle will be doing a lot of good work for the village, for Nepal and for the planet. </div>
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We promise to keep the bike maintained for you or have one on hand for you to use if you prefer a newer one. If we end the project we'll let you know.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kids everywhere are so cute and they all love candy, so Nepali kids are no surprise. Many tourists enjoy bringing candy for the kids they meet along the way. Should we do it? Seldom, if ever, is this a good idea. Here's why:</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Nepali, and children from other developing nations tend to only brush their teeth one time a day. Many families find themselves without money for such things as tooth brushes. Candy is acidic and will stay on their teeth a long time. They also seldom go to the dentist, so that chocolate/candy will eventually cause a lot of pain and the tooth will most likely be pulled, not repaired. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. If you are a mother you will understand why you wouldn't want strangers feeding your children. You could ruin the mother's night with a child who wouldn't eat dinner but cries all night from hunger.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Teaching children that it's OK to take from anyone can cause a problem with boundaries. People in Nepal see tourists as superhuman, rich and so mysterious. It is best to help them understand we are just human. We are not gods seeking to dole out a random blessing.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What if you just talk with the child? Teach them a word or phrase. Ask them about their village, how to say a particular word in Nepali or even take them to lunch with you if they seriously look hungry. Although I haven't done it for a very long time, I love to share a meal with a street kid. They almost always want mo:mo, so you don't need to worry about a big cost. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What I'm trying to convey is if you must, if you really feel compelled to share your wealth with children please give something other than candy or money. Take a pen or pencil out of your bag and give it to the child. They will seldom refuse a pen. Pens and pencils can be found all over for about 10 rupees or less. Never take new pens or pencils still wrapped in packaging, to prevent returning it for a partial refund.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Often, especially if you give them a pen, the child may ask for a book. DO NOT fall for this. They will take you to the stationary store for you to buy a $12 dictionary. There are cheaper dictionaries, but they want the hardcover Webster's Dictionary and will only return it 10 minutes later for a partial refund. If you must buy them a book be sure to take it out of the wrap and write their name in it. Or, better yet, open it and act like you are going to write in it and look at their face as they think of a reason to get you to stop ruining it. Then walk away.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's a great idea to bring some used books from home if you are from a country like the US. Used books can be found in some countries for cheap or even free. Just ask a library, school or friend for a donation. If you'd like a letter for extra luggage we are happy to write one for you under our registered agency (contact: FrugalTravelsNepal@gmail.com). You don't even need to give us the books or warm, used clothing. If you are going trekking you can just give to people along the way. We just love to be a small part of helping.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whether it's Lord Krishna's birthday or my own, just about any day-trip to Bhaktapur is met with a celebration of one kind or the other. This past Saturday found us for the second time within a week celebrating a festival in Bhaktapur. In fact, August has been quite an enjoyable month due to Gia Jatra, these two festivals and my own 64th birthday. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It's monsoon and there is terrible flooding along our Indian border and into India. Here in the Kathmandu Valley the weather in August is really nice compared to much of the rest of the world. Most of India and the Middle East are extremely hot and Malasia and Eastern Asia are hot and sticky with monsoon. Here in the Kathmandu Valley it hasn't broke 30 degrees (or more than 85 degrees F.) yet this year. Here at the Star View Guest House the rooftop terrace is getting a lot of use with its gentle breezes and village scenes. Even still, we haven't used the room fans much this year. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This last trip to Bhaktapur, as well as my recent trip to Kathmandu, was met with many young people collecting funds for the people in the flood region. Although I am a bit cynical of social workers, I believe these young people in these clubs can be trusted to be in their integrity. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our agency, Kay Garnay for Nepal, is also shifting its focus to help the recent flood victims. I know first hand how quickly the world moves on to the next disaster, such as the recent earthquake in South America where 25,000 people died. Now it seems these Nepali and Indian flood victims, the refugees from Syria, African refugees and starving people and the earthquake victims from S. America all have to compete for the same funding dollars-that is until tomorrow when another group is added to these innocent people. How can I ask for funding for an organic farming project or a women's work initiative when there are so many who are so much worse off? The plight of each of these groups is beyond imagination. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, here are my thoughts on our need to be funded verses taking care of those in severe need elsewhere. The most important thing for these people, whatever group they find themselves, is that they participate in their own care and subsistence. It reminds me of the Vietnamese 'Boat People' of the 1970's-80's. They went from being castaways on a boat to serving as emergency room doctors and in other professional fields faster than I ever thought possible. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we make progress on our online ventures via NepalWebMall.com or the projects at KayGarnay.org we will be funding exclusively for the flood victims in Nepal. Additionally, we have this consumer-friendly shopping site and use our profit for the flood victims through the end of the year: <a href="http://traditionalartofnepal.com/" target="_blank">Nepali Thangka Paintings and Wooden Masks </a></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">People wonder about food in Nepal. If you have a sensitive digestion the last thing you’ll want to do is go where you cannot eat the food. Nepal can be such a place, and is such a place for me. Nepali eat just about the same food every night, curry, lentil soup and white rice. I am just unable to deal with such foods, which is fine because I have my own cook. Bimala is my Nepali granddaughter and is in college. She has been living in Changunarayan for several years with her mother in the remote village with her grandmother, so she’s been a bit more than a big sister for quite some time. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Served on a bed of white rice, it was the best cabbage dish I’ve ever had. I’m not big on cabbage, but I could have had it for leftover lunch if we hadn’t eaten it all. This is a vegetarian recipe and probably vegan. I'm not a big fan of vegan because if it weren't for milk and cheese people wouldn't raise cows in Nepal. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I hope this recipe will be one you ask for when you come to Nepal. Changunarayan is really starting to look lovely as the homes get rebuilt after the earthquakes. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the recently rebuilt Changu Guest House and Restaurant. It's at the front steps of the temple. It's just lovely!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you can see by this picture, the homes are being built to be safe for earthquakes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chimichungaon rice up on the rooftop terrace.</td></tr>
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Our agency is in need of a few things that we cannot get from here, either due to our finances or because we just cannot find it. We don't have much money, but we do have a lovely guest house in an amazing village. We went to Kathmandu yesterday and it was so sticky-hot we felt like we were melting. Then we got half way up the mountain after Bhaktapur and it started to rain and cooled us off. It was so good to feel the cool water coming in the window. We have only 4-40 air conditioning-open 4 windows and go 40 MPH. </div>
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Star View Guest House was fortunate to have a guest come to stay a month who is a creative crafter. She* is helping us put the joint project with Siddhi Memorial Health Centre (hospital). We walked all over Kathmandu asking for such a simple thing, straight pins for our new sewing project. We couldn't believe they just do not seem to exist in Nepal.<br />
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*Not all volunteers are commendable. This volunteer acted like she was doing such a great thing and got a lot of consessions, free room, transportation, etc. Then after 'bye-bye hugs' and well wishes she left a review that said we had rats in the kitchen and use child labor. Then, in the end the blanket looked horrible and we couldn't salvage the project. There is a higher than expected percentage of tourists who travel with their egos instead of their hearts. This one cost quite a bit of money, not to mention the embarrassment of a 'rats in the kitchen' review. I was blind-sided by this one. </div>
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We use the guest house to help the agency and sometimes the agency even helps us fill the guest house. So, if you would like to put a package of straight pins (cost is only about a dollar) into your luggage for us we would be happy to give you a night's stay in our guest house. We'll give you a nice room with an attached bath if one is available and even breakfast. </div>
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We have so many birds here it would be wonderful if we had a pair of good binoculars to share with our guests. If you could go to a second hand store and pick up a good, used pair we could give you 3 nights stay with breakfast.</div>
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If you have a used laptop we can give you 5 or more nights with breakfast, depending on the age/value. We are teaching the villagers who are unable to go to college how to make websites with affiliate marketing links. The class is coming along rather well, but we need more computers in order to expand the class and provide computers for more of the students. Many of them have to share.</div>
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If you have a broken camera or SIM card compatible mobile phone, or laptop computer, good quality and less than 5 years old we can give you a free stay as we agree upon. We really appreciate help with these things. We are looking for something we can make videos with and take great close-up, nature shots, computers we can use to expand our computer classes and getting by is difficult without a mobile phone and many poor women need one. Many electronics can be repaired for a small amount when the corporation repair center doesn't want to look at it. This is definitely something to consider bringing, whether you want to come to our guest house or get a great deal on a repair. </div>
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If you can bring gently used, warm clothing we can give you a room for 1 night for each 10 KG. that you bring. You can distribute the clothing yourself, either with us or when you go trekking. The people in trekking country suffer horribly from the cold. So far, Kay Garnay for Nepal, in conunction with our volunteers and guests, has collected and distributed over 200 KG of warm clothing. </div>
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One last thing I'd like to mention; Nepal is a nation in need of books and learning materials. We do not need new school supplies, as they can usually be purchased here for less. We need used children's books and simple to understand books about solar projects, organic farming and first aid books. We can give you $1 off your room charge for each 3 books you bring.</div>
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We can write a letter from our registered nonprofit agency so you can get some free baggage on the airlines. We are always happy to provide you with whatever you need, but please keep in mind that we will have to pay a tariff on the items and pick them up in Kathmandu. Computers and electronics are too expensive to ship by parcel. We suggest putting an extra 1-2 in your luggage. </div>
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Our next stop was a tent city at the river. This is where the poorest people live. This area has an international INGO that helps the people some. This is a Christian agency, which we do not support. Although Christianity is an established religion, and we don't wish them ill will, we do not support conversion of the local people. They actually have a religion that has been here for thousands of years prior to Christianity, so we see it as a matter of preference rather than need to change.<br />
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This day we all got to play 'Santa Claus' to some of society's forgotten. We've done this so many times and it never gets old. There were only tents on one side of the river and make-shift dwellings on the other. The people on the tent side of the river discouraged us from giving to the 'rich' people on the other side. It was smelly and really filthy there at this camp, but passing out these jackets was a pleasure and joy. <br />
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When we have guests who bring clothing or books we always do our best to do as they wish with the items. We've taken books to our rec. center in Bhaktapur that our volunteers made and passed money onto those in need as our donors ask. You do not need to stay with us at the Star View Guest House; we are happy to help anyone to help Nepal.<br />
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We've gotten packages from New Zealand, UK, Spain, Polland and other countries of books, school supplies and gently used, warm clothing. We are always happy to pay the Nepali charges and other costs associated with picking up the packages. The man at the post office is starting to recognise us and he's been very kind as to assessing the tarrif. But because the taxi costs $30-35 and around $10 per box, we ask that our donors keep that in mind in deciding whether or not to send things.</div>
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Our amature radio friends from Polland recently sent us a couple boxes of school supplies, really lovely and mostly things that have a higher quality than what we can find here. Another from this group, Kaz, left us an amature radio compete with antenae.</div>
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One lovely volunteer, Anna, left us some lumbar supports for the villagers who have to do difficult labor in construction and farming. Here are a few of them getting the supports. If you wonder what to bring to a family you will be doing a home-stay with in a remote village, I suggest bringing a lumbar support if you know the size of the woman ($5 each), a knee support ($2 each) or a bag of lentils($2-3 per kg.). But be sure to check to make sure which would be most appropriate for the host family. If you get a scarf be sure to bring one for the mother-in-law, as well as the hostess ($5-10 each).</div>
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Another project we have that was inspired by volunteers is our library/play room. We've made play dough, tutored the children and given them a safe place to learn, play and study. </div>
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Although I've tried to get to the annual tattoo convention in Kathmandu for years now, this was the first year I actually made it. Two years ago I was on my way to the convention along with a couple of our guests and Kamal's son, Kiran when the earthquake struck. This year I was determined to get there and I'm really glad that I did.<br />
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As I walked passed the stalls I spoke with several artists. This is a personal issue so it's important to feel comfortable with the artist. As it turned out, I found my way back to an artist from Spain and spoke with her briefly a second time. She just felt right and had time for me. Maria was excited to do my tattoo, as she had just had her first reiki attunement; I wanted a small reiki symbol. It felt like a synchronicity that she also had a connection to reiki.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">It’s the hardest thing for me </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;">to do</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">, ask for money. Even when someone stays at the guest house I try to give as much value as possible. Some of these travelers have such a small budget they even skip meals-in Nepal! If you can’t afford to eat in Nepal or India you probably need a better plan for traveling. I really admire them for going after all the adventure they can get before settling down.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I budget about $200 a month for our agency and to help our village from my own funds. That covers administration expenses and it’s a real pleasure to help. We also provide a free room for volunteers, which is an annual expense of a few thousand more in ‘in-kind’ donations. We also have a dedicated room for our agency that the kids enjoy as a library/reading/play room and classroom. Our volunteers just pay for food if they can. Last week we had a couple who only ordered one dinner. We gave them half price so both could eat. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">It kept coming up, how to get enough money to do more than just run the NGOs monthly costs. I want to do more. There is the hilltop at the temple with several trees having exposed roots. It’s just a matter of time before it landslides, so it has to be fixed ASAP. The sad thing is it would only cost a few hundred dollars to make it look lovely and be secure. Yes, I’m sure it will come out of one of my ‘oh so deep pockets.’ <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Particularly after a natural disaster, people wonder how to help. Purchasing from these factories or cottage industry workers is an important way to help Nepal. If you just send money the social worker and many other people will take some of the money, which is fine because getting money flowing is a big part of healing an economy, but not much will end up going for supplies and labor for the project. Even in the West, this is a problem. I remember reading that the Red Cross only released 5 million dollars after collecting almost a billion after Haiti’s earthquake. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Our Offer: </b>If you have an idea of something you'd like that is not offered on our site or our partner sites, just give us an idea of the medium and price you want to pay, brass, oil, acrylic, religious or secular item, something for the wall or something for the shelf, etc. We can shop for you and get a great local price. We'll add our expense of our shopper and up to 25% for our agency. However, we cap the 25% at $75. So if something cost wholesale (including our expenses and shipping) $300 our profit would be around $75, or under $400 total. If something cost $400 you would only pay $75 commission and expenses, plus shipping. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Shipping rates can be quite expensive if your item is brass, but here is an idea of the shipping costs. 1/2 kilo will cost $35 max. plus about $5 for each 1/2 kg of additional weight for 5 day UPS/DHL or about half that if you want slower time via the Nepali Postal Service. In this case, we would use the Nepal government parcel service. It would be insured, but slower and about half the price of UPS. </span><br />
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