For a travel-lover, living in the midst of another culture is exciting and intriguing.  It can also be downright awkward and call into question one’s own value system.  One of the things I struggled with during my stay in Nepal was the practice of chaupadi.

I no...

I want to talk to you about why you would want to go to Nepal and volunteer some weeks or even months with an organization called Volunteers Initiative Nepal.

I love traveling but have found going to foreign countries and staying in hotels while traveling around from...

On the steps of the Swayambhu Temple, in Kathmandu, Nepal, a girl with a baby in her arms begs for money 

“What we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from violence, their familie...

FVIN is a US non-profit (2011) whose mission it is to support marginalized communities, especially women and children, in Nepal! There is this really awesome organization in Nepal that we are excited to support, called Volunteers Initiative Nepal (...