In Ekatappa, a rural village of Nepal near Mount Everest, a ceremony at the local school was planned to begin at 11:30 a.m., celebrating the visit of Herb '94 and Shelli DeWindt Fynewever '92. But the ...

Emily Shoemaker is doing something different this holiday season. While others are shopping and wrapping gifts, she is preparing for a seven-month-long humanitarian trip to Nepal. “I have never been ...

In recent years, many scholars, policy makers, and educators have pointed to the abysmal results of Nepal’s education system, particularly its government schools. Some have noted the persistence of ...

KATHMANDU: After 73 per cent students of public schools served by Teach for Nepal fellows in Lalitpur district passed the SLC exams, joy and ecstasy have overflowed from the fellows' hearts. The ...

KATHMANDU: Children from a dozen highly motivated community schools in remote villages of the country, on Tuesday, gathered in the capital to prepare to participate in a three-day 'Teach For All ...

Boulder Doctor Cliff Gronseth will join seven other people for a two-week trip to Nepal to teach nurses in that country how to use donated iPads and Chinese-made ultrasound probes to save the lives of ...

The trek from Nayapul to the village of Tolka took six days. It included the crossing of Nepal's Annapurna mountain range, climbing 3,200 steep stone steps at Ghorepani Poon Hill and, finally, a ...

Justin Lantier-Novelli always had a strong desire to travel the world. "From the time I was a kid I wanted to see the world and experience everything it had to offer," the 36-year-old Pittsgrove ...