Project Update: Kulekhani Fishery Visit

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The biggest challenge facing any development work is sustainability. Addressing that in our education-related charity work is Social Business for Education--a business venture that generates income to support mainly education and other community development projects, as identified and deemed important by the community themselves. The fishery we are setting up at Thangpalkot for Raithane School is just that. In preparation for that, Friday, August 1st, we accompanied our expert consultant Madhav on a trip to the Kulekhani Hydropower Reservoir fishery. The local government and Kulekhani community has run a very successful fishery in the reservoir. At one time, Madhav himself…

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Travel: You Know You…

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You know you have lived abroad for too long when... you have spent more time abroad than in your own home country. you have acquired a foreign accent. you have lost the fluency you once had in your two mother tongues (Nepali and Seke, referred to as a dialect in the Wikipedia entry) and have pretty much lost the ability to communicate in (Hindi) the third language you learned growing up. the language you express yourself best in is (English) the fourth language you learned growing up. you even think and dream in (English) the fourth language. you return home…

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