MORE 2006 PICTURES
Michael Olaf Project—Kathmandu,
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At the beginning of each meal a child is selected (perhaps as a reward for being quiet) to stand on the bench and lead the group in prayer of thankfulness. This girl is clearly happy to be chosen.
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The meals are very simple—dal bhat— which means rice and lentils, at every meal, with Tibetan bread, greens, and occasionally part of an apple.
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These two students have volunteered at the small, one-room school clinic for 2-3 years so are now in charge of registration and record keeping for the annual dental clinic held by volunteers from Denver, Colorado.
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Monks, nuns, and students from the local orphanages and schools attend the dental clinic. Here one of the SMD students is teaching a group of nuns the correct way to brush teeth,
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Nepal is considered by many the poorest country in Asia. Here is a neighborhood furniture factory, to illustrate typical local manufacturing conditions.
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The only toys I saw, for sports and exercise, were hacky-sack made of rubber bands, and a "jacks" game played with pebbles (no ball or jacks). But the children are very happy to make their own.
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I was shown how to play the traditional Tibetan-Nepali stringed instrument called the tungna.
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After my lesson, I taught some songs on an old guitar found at the school, and then taught my "student" how to teach others—the way learning occurs in a Montessori class, student to student.
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