the sagarmatha girls won their first soccer game 5-0! after nearly 6 weeks of searching for another girls team to play we finally found one! last friday afternoon we played the international school. at first the kopila girls were really … Continue reading
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according to the nepalese calendar, sunday marked the start of a new month in the year 2068 as well as the holiday of Mehendi. for this entire month women and girls celebrate by drawing henna tattoos on their hands and … Continue reading
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today was teacher appreciation day! it was definitely a lot different than any teacher appreciation stuff i ever did in school. all of the teachers sat up on the stage while the students formed one very long line. the kids … Continue reading
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a few days before i left for my trip to Kopila Valley I received a little envelope in the mail. inside was a crumpled note from one of the girls my team sponsors, Hima Tamata. the note read, “dear lindsay, … Continue reading
boys trip to bul bule! last friday i took the boys soccer team to bul bule because sometimes i think they don’t like me very much! now they have to share the soccer field with the girls and on the … Continue reading
i showed this quote to some of the kopila girls earlier today because i think it’s pretty powerful…but of course they just couldn’t seem to get past how short of shorts the girl is wearing (by now i should of … Continue reading
way to go Harimaya! Harimaya scored 1st in her class on last week’s english spelling quiz! (in nepal they don’t give letter grades or percentages on exams, instead they rank the kids 1st, 2nd, 3rd…) i’m super proud of Harimaya … Continue reading
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team trip to the goat temple! even though 1st quarter exams start Sunday and we probably should have been studying, the soccer team and i made a trip to the “goat temple” on saturday morning. i figured the girls could … Continue reading
