In my head, and in an eventual reality with a decent connection and more motivation, this site features photos with every substantial post, updated sites, links, and lists, and a bit more quality in terms of ranting. I think that after I'm home from Nepal I'll use the site as a way to manage my thoughts that I forget is visible to a few people, like the moleskine notebook that i leave lying open all the time,but with legible writing.
Earlier in the week I met with the two founder/directors of VSN to discuss my and others' concerns about the health program. I don't feel like rehashing them here for the 4th time. Essentialy the message was that while I realize that the program is only a few months old and has provided healthcare where exactly none previously existed, the level of care could be improved from better-than-nothing to decent with just a few medium term modifications. Rather than resisting what I said, Sej and Sughanda were extremely enthusiastic which was incredibly refreshing after some of the frustrations of trying to change anything anywhere in Nepal.
Long story short, for the remainder of my time here I will be compiling Nepali health statistics, drug trade/generic names with photos, procedure availability and costs andc some other juicy stuff into an orientation manual for all new health volunteers. I will also be visiting a few of the hospitals around Kathmandu and possibly eventually working on fundraising to hire a physician to work for VSN at least part time. Out of steam again, more later
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