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by Laura Recently I was invited to meet the Nepal “Youth Council,” a group of 20-somethings appointed by the U.S. State Department, in collaboration with a youth organization called YUWA.  I wasn’t given very specific instructions about what to discuss … Continue reading →

by Laura One of my goals for this trip to Kaskikot was to think of ways to help our IMT trainees from last year add some business elements to their IMT work.  So far, I’ve been trying to meet with Govinda … Continue reading →

By Laura This morning the newly formed Joining Hands Therapy group completed the design of their therapist badges and piled in to van to Krishna Prasad Hospital. Himal and I made sure that the kids took the lead in introducing … Continue reading →

By Laura I am back in Panauti at Joining Hands Nepal, following up on the visit we made here last year.  After meeting with Himal when I first arrived in Nepal last month, we decided to shake things up a … Continue reading →

by Will Laura’s earlier post, “Children’s Games: Shock” has an eerie foresight in light of the bombing events in Boston this past week. It seems that Boston, and the US feels the victim of the perpetrator’s “Children’s Games” and certainly … Continue reading →

by Laura So my favorite restaurant in Pokhara is called the Olive Cafe.  It’s practically my second office, I am here working on my laptop whenever I’m in the city.  And last year I took all my friends there a … Continue reading →

by Laura Today the most amazing thing happened at the children’s home where we did one of our sessions last year.  I’m there a lot because the organization that rusn it, Vision Nepal, is also the implementing partner organizaiton for … Continue reading →

Today we treated Min Bahadur dai, who got hit in the elbow and has since had a lot of problems with his arm and up in to his shoulder.  He came to our clinic last spring and asked to be … Continue reading →

by Laura This week, I met up with Govinda in Kaskikot.  While I’m here this spring, I’m hoping to tool around with ways to help Govinda and maybe others we trained last year establish a format for providing IMT treatment. … Continue reading →