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February 1st, 2025 Bhakunde Beshi, Nepal One year in Nepal is a crazy thing to conceptualize.  The feeling of a year seems much shorter than it used to be.  I haven’t figured out yet if it’s a Nepal...

August 1st, 2024 Bhakunde Beshi, Nepa In the Peace Corps, how do you measure success?  It’s a good question.  There are a hundreds of Peace Corps staff paid a full U.S. salary in their respective...

I am a different person than I was five and a half months ago.  This morning, I saw that clearly.  I had a good long look in the mirror and realized I was looking at a face I wouldn’t have recognized a...

Sunday, April 7th, 2024 10:32PM Dulikhil, Nepal Emotional whiplash is probably the most fitting phrase to describe the end of Peace Corps pre-service training.  Somedays, it felt like my life in Panauti...