On Buddha Jayanti, the Himalayan Development Initiative family would like to wish you all to always find rays of hope and be showered with plentiful fortune and prosperity, and find the path to eternal happiness. May Lord Buddha enlighten you on the path of love, peace, and truth. Happy Buddha Purnima. Lama Students from Pal […]
Teaching Traditional Nepali Folk Dance
The kids, especially the girls, loved to dance. Phurba Miss has been teaching them their traditional/local dance but there was no one to teach them “Nepali Dance.” The definition of “Nepali Dance” was very simple to the kids, any dance performed under a song with Nepali words was a “Nepali Dance.” “Kham”, a Tibetan dialect, […]
Human Chain Bridge
We took our students, from class 1 to class 6, to Namdo village for the”Inter-School Students-Teachers Interaction Program 2018″. Namdo was about a 4-5 hrs walk from our Village (Nyisal, Dolpo). We had to cross this river and there was a single log bridge while we were going towards Namdo. This was during the first […]
Happy Dashain 2077
On this auspicious occasion, the Himalayan Development Initiative family would like to wish you all Happy Vijaya Dashami 2077. May the color, bliss, and beauty of this festival be with you throughout the Year. May this festival gift you Blessings for a wonderful life ahead and bring a beautiful time to treasure. As we are […]
Trekking to save Nepal’s snow leopards
[Article Source: Nepali Times] It is morning here at 4,000m, and an overnight blizzard has left everything white. All around us, the outlines of the mountains of Dolpo have been softened by new snow. Below, Phoksundo Lake is partly ice-covered. The snow has made it easier for us to look for snow leopard tracks. These cats are elusive […]
Uwa Experience
[Credits to all media used in this post: Nyima Tenzing] Nyima Tenzing, from Karang village, is a former student of mine. He was one of the kids who was studying “Lama studies” under the guidance of a local Rinpoche in Pal NgongGa Jhangchup Choling Gumba, Nyisal Village. We used to take turns going to Gumba […]
Upper Dolpa Deprived of Lifesaving Health Services
[Article Source: The Himalayan Times] Children of upper Dolpa get lifesaving immunisation services for six months which is normally available around the year in urban and accessible areas.Owing to geographical remoteness and excessive cold, the children of four rural municipalities of Dolpa have not received this vital service for six months.According to the Health Service Office, […]
Meet Dorje Dolma, the first Female Writer from Dolpo
[Article Source: The Kathmandu Post] As the oldest of 11 siblings, Dorje Dolma spent most of her childhood taking care of her younger brothers and sisters as well as herding yaks and goats. This was in the early ’90s when Dolpo had just started seeing visitors. Rich local city dwellers and foreign travel enthusiasts had […]
Nurti
[Photo Credit: Dustynep] “His name is Nurti and he is about 3 years old. He is the youngest brother of two of my students Kunsang and Dhonyap (boy on the bottom right of the photo). The thing about this kid is that even though we had little communication with each other, because of the language […]
Phoksundo Kids
[Photo Credits: DustyNep] “It was a very good day at Phoksundo. We took an entire day to reach Ringmo from the other side of the lake (cholubu) experiencing loads of view, color, wind, and trail. We reached the hotel and there were these beautiful kids running here and there, a bit shy to customers in their […]