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	<description>Supporting Self-Sustainable Schools in Rural Nepal</description>
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		<title>HEF e-Newsletter: December 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jiwan Giri</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends and Colleagues:
Happy New Year! Attached is our latest HEF e-Newsletter.  This will provide you an update of all the current accomplishments and status on our project activities.  
HEF Board would like to THANK each person receiving this e-Newsletter for supporting us.  HEF continues to achieve recognized status as a major support base for many project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HEF e-Newsletter: Chairman&#8217;s Message</title>
		<link>http://www.himanchal.org/2010/01/hef-e-newsletter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jiwan Giri</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends and Colleagues:

Happy New Year! Attached is our latest e-Newsletter. This will provide you an update of all the current accomplishments and status on our project activities. 

HEF Board would like to THANK each person receiving this e-Newsletter for supporting us.  HEF continues to achieve recognized status as a major support base for many project activities helping the people living in rural communities of Nepal.  Your support is very important and makes a major difference in lives of people living in Nepal.

Thank you for signing up for this e-Newsletter of the Himanchal Education Foundation!

Himanchal Educational Foundation
5610 Avenue N
Kearney, Nebraska 68847 
Web: www.himanchal.org 
Email: contact@himanchal.org
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		<title>Appeal for Solar Charging Unit</title>
		<link>http://www.himanchal.org/2010/01/appeal-for-solar-charging-unit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.himanchal.org/2010/01/appeal-for-solar-charging-unit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jiwan Giri</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently looking for donations to help us buy a portable solar charging unit to use during the project manager’s visits to the villages in Nepal. This portable charger will make it possible for our project manager to update project information and report on timely manner while he is regularly monitoring different projects taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Ambassador to Nepal Honors Mahabir Pun</title>
		<link>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/07/us-ambassador-to-nepal-honors-mahabir-pun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/07/us-ambassador-to-nepal-honors-mahabir-pun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandeep Giri</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesey of Nepalnews.com:

American Ambassador to Nepal Nancy J Powell honoring Mahabir Pun, the recipient of the prestigious Ramon Magasaysay Award, in a programme felicitating 26 social leaders for their special contribution in the field of social development in Nepal, organised by Antenna Foundation in Kathmandu, Wednesday, Jul 02 09.
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		<title>Himanchal School as seen by Andris Bjornson</title>
		<link>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/himanchal-school-as-seen-by-andris-bjornson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/himanchal-school-as-seen-by-andris-bjornson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandeep Giri</dc:creator>
		
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Andris Bjornson is a professional photographer who visited Nangi and surrounding areas in Nov-Dec 2008. He took some great shots of the area, and has kindly permitted us to republish here. Check out the mindblowing pictures on our Facebook album (and share yours if you have some good ones from your trips to Nangi!) 
Don&#8217;t forget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robin Shields, Former Volunteer, is Walking Across Nepal</title>
		<link>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/robin-shields-former-volunteer-is-walking-across-nepal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/robin-shields-former-volunteer-is-walking-across-nepal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandeep Giri</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Robin Shields is one of the earliest volunteers to visit Nangi (we need to get your profile page up Robin  .. and now, this fall, he will walk all the way across Nepal, east to west, all 900-odd kilometers through the mountains and the valleys on foot.

Here is a link where you can find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Debra Stoner in Nepal March 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/dr-debra-stoner-in-nepal-march-2009-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/dr-debra-stoner-in-nepal-march-2009-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Stoner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Namaskar from Dolakha (east of Kathmandu) and Happy St. Patrick’s Day….what a crazy combination! Despite it being the day of the green leprechauns there’s ‘nar a bit of green in these hills as the last of the arid season pelts us with dry, blowing winds. The land is parched and a far cry from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paper Making Project &#8212; We need your help</title>
		<link>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/paper-making-project-we-need-your-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/paper-making-project-we-need-your-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Sabin Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The women started producing paper again this January. So far they have produced 1,454 sheets of 20 grm paper and 91 sheets of 40 gm colored paper.  97 kg of lokta bark has been harvested from Nangi and 194 kg lokta has been harvested from Ramche village in  February. We purchased lokta @ Rs.50 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blood Drinking Festival - a fundraiser for local schools</title>
		<link>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/blood-drinking-festival-a-fundraiser-for-local-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/blood-drinking-festival-a-fundraiser-for-local-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Sabin Davis</dc:creator>
		
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The Blood  Drinking Festival was conducted for five days from 02-06 March 2009; there were 205 people involved. All these people are from  around the villages of Nangi, Paudwar, Ramche, Shikha , Narchyang, and Pulachour.  During the festival, 11 yak was killed and sold  for meat. Blood was sold @ Rs. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Debra Stoner in Nepal March 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/dr-debra-stoner-in-nepal-march-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.himanchal.org/2009/03/dr-debra-stoner-in-nepal-march-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Stoner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is always a great day to be headed back and visit my bighearted and spirited HEF friends in Nepal. I look forward to long talks around the fire and sharing cups of tea as we discuss present and future projects for HEF.
The purpose of this visit is multi-faceted. The first few weeks will be [...]]]></description>
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