Nepal is NOT a knowledge-based economy. As a matter of fact, the aim of those in positions of power and influence--for whom power and money trumps everything--has always been to keep the population poorly education in order to control and manipulate them. So, view towers are prioritized over schools and libraries.
From a month before the April 25 and May 12, 2015 earthquakes in Nepal, I was in the US for what was supposed to have been a short three-month long visit. But I ended up spending much longer than that initially to raise awareness about the calamity and funds for COMMITTED's effort to provide emergency relief and rebuild schools in Thangpalkot. Some efforts bore fruit, as it were, while others didn't, as was to be expected!
Reconstruction of Saat Kanya Primary School, another school in Thangpalkot, is almost complete thanks to a generous non-profit donor.
