Stark Contrast
What a difference a donor’s expectations make. In our Sindhupolchowk field work, we found three school building projects that illustrate...
School Campin' and Hangin' with the Leeches
We’ve spent the last several days out in rural Rasuwa, a district right up along the China border and studded with unbelievably steep...
Routines and Patterns
We’ve finished our first set of schools and tomorrow we’ll finish our second. Our routine is becoming predictable. We wake up early and...
The Climb to a Hilltop School
Gopal refers to a hill in the north of the Kathmandu valley. The hill rises steeply for nearly 1000 meters and is tightly terraced with...
Sometimes, Help is Not Helpful
The school we visited today was constructed with breath-taking shoddiness. We could see rusty reinforcing steel protruding from under the...
Held Together with Spit and Bubble-gum
In our one hour taxi drive to interview a school this morning, our driver shared his own story about failed school construction. In his...
