Hello!
Just a short blog today, I've been given the global discussion topic this week of Climate and Environment! (get in), so I need to do lots of research.
We've been getting stuck into manual work like no ones business, shoveling, breaking down walls, building wall, pulling other enthusiastic Nepali school kids away from the pic-axes. It's been really fun and we start teaching next week as well.
My dhai (eldest brother) is a farmer as well as a market researcher in Kathmandu, so yesterday he let me interview him about the climate and environment in Lamatar. It was really fun, definately a bonding experience. Using a dictaphone waas a hilarious experience, I only wish I had asked him more questions. The main issue seems to be forest fires, which although does not effect the villages directly, it drives the leopards out of the forest and they tend to eat people's live-stock, which is great. They grow everything here themselves. Nothing is bought from a supermarket, which probably goes some way to explaining why we have dhal bhat for every meal of the day.
Today we got the bus into Labhou. There were tens of woman lining up with anything that could hold water, from milk pails to fanta bottles. Apparently there is no water supply in Labhou and the woman have to take a daily bus ride to collect all the water from our village. I've got some great photos and I've started thinking about a project on woman's inequality for when I get back. We'll be visiting Maiti Nepal soon, a refuge for trafficked women. They teach them to make and sell beaded braclets and bags, so friends and family, be expecting beaded gifts on my return.
Shuva Din,
Mariam
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