Posted on 04/26/2015 5:59:25 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
In the evening, Lucas and I walked down our street and into a village, the oldest community of ethnic Newars in the Katmandu Valley, a place where goats often live on the ground floor of homes and women wash their pots and their hair on the stoops. Making our way along the town’s narrow, medieval paths, we passed building after building that had collapsed. Residents, police officers and Nepal Scouts were digging through the debris with their hands, trying to rescue those who had been buried. Others were setting up temporary shelters in any open space. Blankets and cushions were laid out in the middle of roads.
Neighbors were helping neighbors. Those with motorcycles were ferrying cheap plastic canvas for tents from the shops that remained open. Many people stopped us and asked if we needed food or water. Several invited us to spend the night with them.
This is why I love Nepal. People here help one another because they know the government often cannot. They reach out to one another, and they persevere. They open their shops, because what else can one do when the world is upside down?
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I initially went to see the mountains but kept coming back for the people.
Hope to go back again in a year or two to show support.
I agree. The most generous people I have ever met.
They are strong people too. They will pull together and get through this.
It’s where the infamous Ghurkas come from. Incredible soldiers.
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/donation-items/nepal-earthquake-response/
One of the better organizations to donate to.
I use them and CRS.
Yes indeed......fierce in battle and endurance - impeccably dressed in mufti.
Prayers up for all suffering from this earthquake and avalanche.
What...no looting and blaming the government?
Absolutely.
Nepalese also don’t kick their kids out of home when they turn 18 like Americans do. They have a no pressure ideal when it comes to performance expectations from their offspring.
I also experienced great genuine hospitality from Nepalese while there.
They live on a dollar a day, and yet have the richest spirit.
Namaste
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