Casualty of Qatar: Shattered Dream?
What happens when the breadwinner of a poor rural family, working abroad, in a country like Qatar, returns in a coffin, and what COMMITTED has decided to do about it.
Qatar…From Afar: In Qatar, jailed Asian expat’s guilty until proven innocent
In Qatar, Asian workers, deemed to have run afoul of the law for whatever reason, are treated as guilty until proven innocent...by their own selves with hardly any support from the legal system.
Qatar…From Afar: Irony of Ironies
What I thought of, and expected from, Muslims and Arabs in general before I arrived in Qatar, and what I actually discovered about who, what and how they are as a people, based on how they treated me (and other Asians).
Qatar…From Afar: Riyality Check
The plight of Nepalese unskilled workers who go to Qatar to make just some money so their families back home can have just a slightly better life but end up ensnared in the country's Kafkaesque legal system.
Raithane school with the new building still under construction.
Project Update: SIP
Update on what's been happening at Raithane School in Thangpalkot.
The hatchlings in their oxygen-air polythene bag containers.
Project Update:…Teach a Man to Fish…
Social Business for Education farming projects, once set up, will generate income for the school making it self-sufficient. In the case of Raithane School. the project is a fishery, which we setup during this visit to the village.
Travel: This May Sound All Greek To You But…
Stories of challenges with or at diplomatic missions around the world trying to get a visa as Nepali passport holder.
Fig. 5. Fishing for dinner.
Project Update: Fishery as an SBE
Sustainability of development projects is always an issue. In our efforts to ensure that our projects are sustainable, and addresses a number of related issues faced by struggling communities, we establish Social Business for Education (SBE) projects. The blog post describes in details what SBE is.
Project Update: Kulekhani Fishery Visit
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…
Jeremy Rifkin - The Empathic Civilisation
The Science of Empathy And Buddhism
All about compassion and why I believe in it and have been a proponent of all my life!