Office Depot: We are preparing for a neonatal team visit in November. This is the Nepali version of Office Depot where we buy stationery and folders for the program. In Nepal similar types of stores group together on the same street or in a part of a bazaar. This store is located in an office products mini bazaar.
Italians: We attended a neonatal program. We were surprised to find that it was sponsored by an Italian INGO. We had dinner with the Italian representative after the program. His accent and mannerisms reminded us of our son in law. We miss you Gabrielle.
Big Taxi: We went to Bharatpur to inspect the wheelchair warehouse. Sugam (shown below) told us that we needed to take some wheelchair cushions to a spinal cord injury center across town. We asked how we were going to transport 4 medium size boxes that far. He said it was no problem and that he would get a big taxi. As you can see we managed to fit the boxes and three passengers into a "big" taxi. Pictured here are Lear and the taxi driver. It was not easy stuffing all of us along with our boxes in this golf cart sized taxi but it worked.
Heroes: Here is a picture of us at our distribution of the cushions at the spinal cord injury center. Standing beside us is Sugam. He helps run NRSD, the NGO (non-governmental organization) that coordinates wheelchair distribution for Latter-day Saint Charities in Nepal. Sugam lost his forward, but not peripheral, vision in a vehicle accident. He decided to dedicate his life to helping others with their disabilities. He manages the center where LDSC has provided computers and programs that teach the blind and disabled to use computer programs and the internet. He also helps with the wheelchair program. Seated in the wheelchair is Samieer Thakuri. He was
an engineering student five years ago when he was hurt in a vehicle
accident which left him a paraplegic. Unable
to continue on the career path he had selected, he enrolled at the Nepal
Polytechnic Institute to become a medical lab technician. He has one year left. Samieer lives 13 kilometers south of Bharatpur
with his father, mother, younger brother and sister, sister-in-law and
cousin. For the last five years, he has
also worked as a peer counselor to the other patients at the spinal injury
center. What a great role model he
is. He told us, “I don’t think of myself
as disabled. The accident gave me a
chance to experience two lives in one life.
It helped me develop my self-confidence.” Both of these fine men are heroes. In the USA many hero-worship the popular politician, the famous actress the billionaire. If only they could appreciate these real heroes.
A Bug: We were going into our apartment and noticed a small bug on the door step. It looked like a cross between a bumblebee and a butterfly. We have seen florescent dragon flies, exotic birds and other creatures that look like they come from a science fiction movie They are in Nepal.
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