A Prayer on the Wind: Walking To Thamel...

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Walking To Thamel...

Bamboo scaffolding...that's all I'm sayin'

And I mentioned that they live in the construction site, right?

Trash baby... lots of trash

More trash...this being the infamous dump...my view that is!

Tuk Tuk Transport Anyone?

The corner store


Ok, this is insane...the human dump truck

Beautiful, sacred, pond of brown scum

Pukar asks me every time we pass by what this is? Junkyard? Playground? Empty Lot?

Tuk tuk delivery?

A little green relief!

Sherpa headquarters; all the big photos are Joe's: RIP

Temple Peek a boo

Fashion Mantra... gorgeous at night

Royal Palace...now a Museum

Fresh coconut?

Getting tired? Try a rickshaw!

Crossing the street...and this is NOT a busy day...mellow...Saturday is a holyday

The most interesting part of this is the wheelchair guy...coming to work where he crawls around on the ground begging

My destination; respite

Mommy! MomMY! Goose goose! Two goose!! Mommy two two!

The reason for all this insanity

How cute are they?

So this was on my walk this morning from my house to the garden restaurant where the Saturday Farmer's market is held. This was all shot in about a 12 minute walk. Good times, Kathmandu. I decided I should post the mundane as well as the great photos...this is the day to day reality.

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THE US GOVT WAS WRONG TO SHUT DOWN ADOPTIONS. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

There were 55 families stuck in the Nepal Pipeline because the US Government had 'suspicions' of 'fraud' and 'serious irregularites' based on a poorly conducted 82-day investigation of 62 orphan cases. That's 1 1/2 days per case. Their findings are rampant with errors, cultural insensitivities and blatant incompetence.

IN THE END, EVERY CHILD WAS ABLE TO GO HOME WITH THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE NOT A SINGLE SHRED OF FRAUD WAS FOUND. NOTHING. ZERO.

THE US WAS WRONG.

Children spent an average of 200 extra days languishing in orphanages, and cost families an average of 25K extra dollars for no good reason.

Both Ends Burning, a non-profit international adoption advocacy group has published an investigative report based on a the findings in an extensive review of the 55 investigations US parents were forced to make to prove the orphan status of their children. They studied over 3,000 pages that were compiled by lawyers and private investigators. Their discoveries are shocking. See the full report by cutting a pasting this link: https://bothendsburning.org/help-out/current-initiatives/re-open-nepal/

On June 6, 2014 we travelled to Washington DC along with many other families and Both Ends Burning to meet with our Senators and Congressman and women. Help us keep the momentum by signing our petition: http://www.petition2congress.com/15574/lift-suspension-adoptions-from-nepal/

We are asking our Senators and Representatives to follow-up with these actions:

1. Sponsor a Congressional Resolution to open re-open Nepal for international adoptions

2. Call for a Congressional Hearing to Investigate the closure of Nepal

3. Enter a floor speech on behalf of us and our children to correct the record

Read the blog notes dated June 13, 2014 to see all the videos, news coverage and links to the report. There is also links to the news below in "Jenni in the News".

ABOUT NEPAL:

The status of women is low in the Nepali society, contributing to frequent abuse and abandonment of wives and children. More complicated reasons for abandonment of children include being unwed, the caste system, poverty, the lack of a social system, unequal access to education, and religion. There are no social services and the per capita income of the average household is less than $350 a year.

With adoptions halted, and orphanages either closed or full to capacity, there is nowhere for these abandoned children to go. Some live on the street, many others die.

I have travelled extensively all over the world but never been to a country where the need is so great. With a total population of 28 million people, Nepal is home to approximately one million orphans.