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Located along the Bagmati River and among flowers, rice paddies and vegetable farmers is the Blind Mother Home Care Centre. They currently have about three dozen abandoned and orphaned children and several impaired men a...

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After about 34 hours of flights and a layover in Doha Qatar, I arrived at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, at about 7:30 am on Wednesday the 27th of September (Nepal Time). Nepal is one of several time zones...

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Our first journey to Nepal in about 3 years, due to the COVID restrictions, proved to be a great success! We worked from Kathmandu while staying mostly at the Hotel Visit Kathmandu, which is a partnership that includes o...

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Now that the Covid situation appears to have subsided enough for international travel, I am planning a trip back to Nepal this October. We also will be holding a live fund raising event this summer to help with the aid a...

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According to several sources, to date (8/15/20) there have been 26,019 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Nepal. Reportedly 17,201 diagnosed have recovered and 102 have died. There is in effect again a lock-down in Kathman...

","url":"https://planetofkids.org/home-privacy-policy/f/nepal-the-pokf-and-the-pandemic","title":"Nepal, the POKF and the Pandemic.","summary":" According to several sources, to date (8/15/20) there have been 26,019 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Nepal. Reportedly 17,201 diagnosed have recovered and 102 have died. There is in effect again a lock-down in Kathman...","date_modified":"2020-08-15T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://planetofkids.org/home-privacy-policy/f/the-trip-to-jyamdi","html_content":"

We got a lot done in nearly one month in Nepal, and we also found other potential targets for aid. More about that in the next installment.

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A lot has happened since last I checked in. Not all of it has been good, yet we have overcome the obstacles for the most part and are moving forward! For the last week or so there has been periodic power outages. Usua...

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Sunday Oct 20; We made the first visit this trip to the Disability Center outside of Kathmandu in an area named Tarkeshwor. Even though the facility is not that remote the area is very impoverished and in many places...

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Friday, Oct. 19; The 20 hours or so of flight was a bit of a challenge, especially with only an hour before connecting to my Kathmandu flight in Singapore. The gate I needed was at opposite ends of the airport in an...

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I will be returning to Kathmandu and other locations around Nepal in just a few weeks. Lots of preparing before hand and I will be taking donated items like yarn, knitting and crocheting items, and some school supp...

","url":"https://planetofkids.org/home-privacy-policy/f/back-to-nepal-1018","title":"Back to Nepal 10/18","summary":" I will be returning to Kathmandu and other locations around Nepal in just a few weeks. Lots of preparing before hand and I will be taking donated items like yarn, knitting and crocheting items, and some school supp...","date_modified":"2019-10-03T19:17:19Z"},{"id":"https://planetofkids.org/home-privacy-policy/f/spring-trip-to-kathmandu-valley","html_content":"

Though I was only in Nepal for about two weeks, a great amount of progress was made. On this trip I met with producers and the director of the Godawari Handcraft Products Center, and the faculty, students and Headmaster ...

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I will be heading back to Kathmandu on the 15th of May. This trip will be for taking materials to our producers, and bringing finished items back. Also while there, I will be getting the shipping process in place for fut...

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I first met Tika, her husband Bishnu, and son Jonas, in the far west town of Dadeldhura on my first trip to Nepal in October of 2017. They all spoke at least some English so we were able to communicate fairly well.

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Namaste friends, family and supporters of The Planet of Kids Foundation!

","url":"https://planetofkids.org/home-privacy-policy/f/planet-of-kids-foundation-blog","title":"Maiden Voyage of the POKF Blog.","summary":" Namaste friends, family and supporters of The Planet of Kids Foundation! ","date_modified":"2019-04-11T22:24:38Z"}]}