Don’t Ask Others to Do What You Can
Some things that you feel you have to do, or you must do, or you need to do, may just be your own feeling, and therefore, if it's something you can do by yourself, you might just as well do it yourself.
2015 UWC Scholarships and Challenges
We have an unprecedented number of UWC scholarship offers! While that's great, they do not all cover travel and accommodation. What that means is that the Nepal UWC Committee has a challenge ahead!
Nepal Education: SLC…Is No TLC
When a high achieving student from a private school is not assured of the results expected in SLC, what faith can one have on the examination?
Kantipur TV Interview: All For Education
Video of January 3, 2014, interview on Kantipur TV breakfast show Rise and Shine. It's entirely in English.
10th graders hard at work preparing for SLC in the Science Laboratory.
Project Update: March Visit
COMMITTED makes regular visits to our project site, Thangpalkot village. This is post about our March visit when we took along our Swiss friends!
Education in Nepal: A School in The South
Another government school visit...another dose of reality!
SLC: Price Our Children Pay When Leadership Fail
The difficulties 16 to 18 year olds face with our high school diploma examinations--SLC (School Leaving Certificate) examinations--has less to do with their lack of ability and more to do with the lack of ability of our money- and power-hungry, corrupt leadership.
Human Rights and Education of Marginalized Nepalese
A video of the the presentation I made at four different locations during my April-May 2014 visit to the US. It covers the plight of marginalized groups such as Dalits, women, Tharus and Tamangs both in the country (Nepal) and abroad, and what COMMITTED is doing about it all.
Grinnell College: Video of Honorary Degree Acceptance Speech
In the end, all that truly matters is how you treated other people.
Grinnell College: Text of Honorary Degree Acceptance Speech
In the end, all that truly matters is how you treated other people.