EdufreeNepal Campaign: Final Plea and Challenge.
What lack of education can mean to a Nepalese migrant laborer jailed in Qatar on trumped up charges.
Education Is Freedom: Campaign in Nepal
As the international fundraising campaign Education is Freedom - Nepal winds down, the long-awaited fundraising campaign in Nepal for fellow Nepalese either residing in the country and/or unable to pledge through the startsomegood.com page, for one reason or another, is live. Here's the link to the pledge page: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1czZzu59A5wk1O8MbnbTmuwDIOxj0RTwo6pBhVSLwV2o/viewform Pledge away! Thank you. * * * * * * * * The drive has ended! Thank you for your pledges! * * * * * * * *
Qatar…From Afar: The Timeline
The timeline of my ordeal in Qatar following a complaint logged by the parent of a twelve-year old student based on the child's version of an incident in the cafeteria of Qatar Academy. I was fired and subsequently jailed but freed following an international campaign.
EdufreeNepal Campaign: Days 15-27
Days 15-20 Fig. 1. Education is Freedom-Nepal Campaign Status as of the morning of June 20. I could have sworn I had posted this last week!! I even have recollections of what I wrote for a number of the backers. (Could I have dreamt them?!) Anyway, I have these backers to thank for their pledges: Sarita Vaid, from my years in Azerbaijan. Monika Ranjitkar, yet another pledge! Alisa Greenwald Greenbacher, a classmate and friend from Grinnell. Liz Favret. Cindy Bagshaw, pledged by my friend Paula Boon on her behalf. Mateja Jamnik Bierman, another UWCAD friend. Nathalie Fetzer-Hoernig, a dear friend…