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Uniterra Leave for Change Volunteer Project in Nepal

What is “Leave for Change”?

Leave for Change is a subprogram of Uniterra, one of Canada’s leading international volunteer programs. The program offers individuals and companies the opportunity to contribute towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). While Uniterra offers longer term projects, the Leave for Change program is unique in that [...]

Details of My Fire Accident in Thailand

Those of you who have me on Facebook, might have guessed from my status a few weeks ago that I had an incident in Thailand. The main picture for this entry was going to be the picture my friend took about 10-15mins after the accident, but some people found it a little gross and preferred [...]

First Day in Bangkok

I made it safe and sound to Bangkok and interestingly enough, I met a fellow Montrealer in Kathmandu who was coming on the same flight as me, so I had a travel buddy for a couple of days! I don’t have much time, but I wanted to share some pictures from Bangkok with you:

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Social Entrepreneurship / Business Development Seminar

After some confusion around the audience of the seminar I was scheduled to give, we decided that instead of an ICT awareness training, we would be doing a business development seminar with a focus on social entrepreneurship and ICT instead.

The training was on Friday at the Tibet Hotel in Lazimpat. 30 people from 8 different [...]

Nepal City Tour Lalitpur / Patan

Last Saturday, I was taken for a city tour to 3 locations around Kathmandu. Here are some pictures of the first place we went to called Lalitpur. As with most pictures on this blog, you can click on them to see a larger version.

This is a view of Lalitpur and [...]

First Day on the job at Magnus Consulting

Since it was my first day, the driver came to pick me up in the morning and we headed over to Magnus Consulting, the organization I’ll be working with here. The firm is in Patan which is another part of town, different from where I (and the other volunteers) have been staying, so there is [...]

First 24+ Hours in Nepal

I’m currently in Nepal working on a volunteer project with CECI. I’ll give you all the details when I have a little more time, but here’s what’s been happening so far (it’s long, but bear with me, it’s 2 days worth!):

December 4th

17:05 – Landing in Nepal; I’ve been traveling since the evening of Dec. [...]

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