Slavery is a practice that persists into the present day, albeit in the shadows; behind the bars of prisons, the closed doors of private homes and within the walls of brothels. In Nepal, caste-based barriers impeding social mobility put “untouchable” […]
The mission of Empowering Communities Globally is to reduce the impact of poverty in the world’s marginalized and underserved populations by empowering communities through participation and education. They currently have openings for high school and college interns to teach English for […]
Scott DeLisi served as US Ambassador to Nepal for more than two years, before being transferred to serve in Uganda in 2012. He is now the Executive Director of the Soarway Foundation, an organization founded in April of 2015 in the […]
The mission of Mission Nepal is to have positive impact on the people in Nepal who have been affected by the 2015 earthquakes which devastated the country. The Boulder based non-profit is a project of the Who Dream Wins Foundation […]
“It is very chaotic, it was so devastated and people can really not imagine that such a thing could happen to the world.” Narayan Shrestha, originally from Nepal, now a businessman in Boulder and the founder of the non-profit Helping […]
Dhaka Weaves is a non-profit social business designed to address economic equity for the women weavers of Nepal. One of the founders, Susanne Jalbert, talks with host Nikki Kayser.
“It was like a cloud of dust from the ground going toward the sky…red, red, dust all over. It was such horrifying scenery, many many houses had just collapsed and people were crying and screaming.” Narayan Shrestha is a Boulder […]
“I think the country is filled with the gentlest and kindest people I’ve ever met in my life and that’s why the whole thing is so shocking and so harrowing when I heard about it because it just seemed unfair […]
