In my last days with Kopila Nepal, I went all over the place with Prakash on the back of his motor bike.This included a visit to another NGO to have a look at their accounting software to see if it was any better than they had (it wasn't) . I also was there to witness the building of the 'roof' of their new office, which involved more than 50 workers: some mixing cement, others lifting it onto the first floor in buckets, then others laying it out to provide a fl...

Now in the relative peace of Pokhara, Nepal's second city. What a pleasure it is to have warm weather, hot showers, fresher air, and wi-fi in my room. We still have 12 hour power cuts, but at least this guest house has a more reliable backup, so not spending evenings in darkness. As soon as I arrived, I phoned the director of the charity I had come to see, to check that they could see me sometime. Ten minutes later the accountant arrived on his motorbike t...