STRIKE AGAIN!!!

Strike day!! AGAIN!!! This is getting frustrating as our field placements are also on strike. The children at the Day Centre are finally use to our western looks and are much happier around us. It's been a great experience thus far and I hope we get to see more of them next week. There were 8 children in attendance yesterday which has been the most we've seen in one day!!! We missed the Day Centre with the babus today which means that we have four days left with the children... this is hoping that there aren't anymore strikes in Kathmandu...

My sister has asked me to define dance competition from my last blog...well the dance competition turned into a talk-a-thon in nepali where you speak as long as you can and have some dancing in between... We were there for 3 hours and saw 3 dances and one comedy act in nepali...."The dance competition" was actually not a competition, just random traditional dances in between speeches... it felt like I was at church, i had no idea what they were saying and I was getting tired fast. It was a warm, warm day too. One interesting point of that day was that the WORLD'S SMALLEST PERSON was in attendance. He's from Nepal and apparantly has a TV show every friday night at 9PM here in Nepal. He was passed around and also did a knife dance which was very impressive. People ran towards the stage an took his picture.

So, today the Maoists are one strike and from what I hear it's because they have been asked to forfeit their weapons. This is something that has been refused and so the STRIKE IS ON. I have been informed that this morning there have been 4 buses that have been destroyed in protest to keeping vehicles off the street. The constitution is suppose to be written tomorrow so I hope Saturday is still a weekend for everyone and that there isn't a strike again. (weekdays in nepal run Sunday-Friday and Saturday is the weekend).

In other news, ITS ALL FOR NEPAL donation will be given to the Himalayan Helpless Child Academy and Action Autonomy Nepal. This is after a long and thought out decision. this was not easy as many people in the community are in need. The monies will be donated to the school, (educational supplies are the focus) and the rest will be donated to a youth for his/her education from A.A.N. This includes their tuition, uniform, accomodations and food. After meeting the children and youth, visiting their schools, living in their community, visiting their homes and speaking with Cecile and Man who are very involved with AAN, this is the right decision. I am VERY HAPPY to say that this effort is thanks for everyone from Victoria and Delta, BC who supported IT'S ALL FOR NEPAL.

Thank you and Namascar