Every time I come back from a trip, humanitarian or not, I am racked with feelings of guilt, sadness, thankfulness, and confusion. How can I live in such an amazing place where I am so blessed yet others live lives where they just wish they had access to clean water? I have...
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Thursday, November 30, 2017
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Little Princes
After coming home from Nepal I had a rough adjustment. The next morning I had to be up at and school at 8am which was about 8pm in Nepal. So the time adjustment was hard but what was truly difficult was being catapulted back into my regular routine. Starting a new school year is hard enough. Starting...
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Nepal: The Final Thoughts
When I came to Nepal I had a really bad attitude. I was hormonal, tired, and cranky. It was hot, humid, dirty, and there were spiders. So many freaking spiders. Enough that I couldn't sleep at night. The air pollution is so bad that everyone has respiratory problems, I developed a cold quickly and so many had lice and parasites. I was terrified and...
Days for Girls
On Saturday we were able to go to Days for Girls. Here are some notes I took as Maya was telling us about the organization:10,000 a year trafficked from Nepal to India because they like the lighter skin- taking for sex and for organs - found girls who were skinned and killed for skin graphs on other people to lighten their skinMenstruation is taboo...
The Hike Project
When I signed up for HELP you better believe I had no idea that a ten mile backpacking trip each way was going to be involved. Neither did I know I would be using my $10 target backpack, in the pouring rain and mud, for 8 hours up insane footholds. But... 8 hours of hiking, with a head cold and I made it!I'm actually super impressed with myself. I've...
The House Project
This morning we left at 5:45 to our other project: the house project. HELP partnered with an organization called Choice. Choice does some awesome work here in nepal and while on one of their projects they decided they wanted to help this family build a new house. So we walked a bit and then boarded a public bus. The bus put more and more and more people...
Friday, August 18, 2017
Raksha
For the last three days we have been working and staying at Raksha as well as some projects in the city.This has been the hardest and most touching part of the trip. The other night I was sitting in the prayer room surrounded by 50 girls ages 4-18 who are all victims of sexual abuse or trafficking....
A Emotional Contrast
Today was rough, emotionally. We went and toured the massage parlors. Behind the tourist streets down little alleys lie the massage parlors and dance clubs where women are working as prostitutes. As we ascended the stairs a literal darkeness swept over everyone. All light left and it was so heavy you could feel it.When we entered the small shanty there...
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Orientation/ Welcome
In the morning the girls have meditation and prayer and then karate. Afte karate we had breakfast and then a welcome. We all sat on chairs and the girls did some beautiful dancing for us. Then they had us shut out eyes and when we opened them they had this huge canvas poster made with our faces on it...
The Program Day 1
Monday morning we met Nicole and then headed into the market for some shopping. We had a great morning and found Kurtas- the tops we have to wear for super cheap which was great! After a little exploring we headed to the coffee shop to meet up with the other people from the group who had arrived early....
Sunday, August 6, 2017
Exploring Patan
Today was great! I'm having an attitude change and it's better!I don't even know where to start! So this morning we met with a Shiva again- guys hiring a man for. Full day for $25 was the best thing that ever happened. You, I, we, need to do something like this in every city. It makes it was easier...
Saturday, August 5, 2017
Nepal. The Beginnings.
I'm not going to lie when I got here I was in such a bad mood. Now remember that the day before I was in Abu Dhabi- super nice airport, amazing hotel, air, hot water, posh baby posh. When I stepped off the plane in Kathmandu... the humidity slapped me hard- then had to board a bus and be packed like...
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