April 8, 2004: Headlines: COS - Nepal: Blogs: PCVs in the Field - Nepal: Personal Web Site: Since fully completing my service as a PCV in Nepal, the content of this site is once again available. At the request of PC's Washington office, I suspended this site on December 29, 2003 for "security" reasons.

Peace Corps Online: Directory: Nepal: Peace Corps Nepal : The Peace Corps in Nepal: April 8, 2004: Headlines: COS - Nepal: Blogs: PCVs in the Field - Nepal: Personal Web Site: Since fully completing my service as a PCV in Nepal, the content of this site is once again available. At the request of PC's Washington office, I suspended this site on December 29, 2003 for "security" reasons.

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Since fully completing my service as a PCV in Nepal, the content of this site is once again available. At the request of PC's Washington office, I suspended this site on December 29, 2003 for "security" reasons.

Since fully completing my service as a PCV in Nepal, the content of this site is once again available. At the request of PC's Washington office, I suspended this site on December 29, 2003 for security reasons.

Since fully completing my service as a PCV in Nepal, the content of this site is once again available. At the request of PC's Washington office, I suspended this site on December 29, 2003 for "security" reasons.

Close of Service Part 2

After two bombs exploded at the American Center in Kathmandu, throwing shrapnel here and there, Peace Corps decided to suspend its program in Nepal. This is the first time that Peace Corps has suspended its program in Nepal in 42 years:

PEACE CORPS SUSPENDS PROGRAM IN NEPAL

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 13, 2004 – 11:00 a.m. (EST) Peace Corps Director Gaddi H. Vasquez today announced the suspension of the Peace Corps program in Nepal effective immediately.

“The Peace Corps has had a successful 42-year program in Nepal, making great strides in the areas of small business development, education, environment, youth development and working on health and HIV/AIDS education and awareness. The safety and security of the volunteer is the number one priority of the Peace Corps and in light of the current conditions in Nepal, suspension of the program is a necessary action,” said Peace Corps Director Vasquez.

Currently, Peace Corps volunteers are being consolidated.

The Peace Corps program in Nepal began in 1962. Since then, more than 4,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps volunteers in the East Asian country.

Peace Corps.gov

My group, Nepal 194, will become the last volunteers to COS in country for quite a while. After looking back on my service, I realize how damn lucky I was. Everything finished according to plan and five months later volunteers are waiting around a five-star hotel in Kathmandu for boarding passes to Thailand, where they'll spend a week or so COS'ing. Probably in a nice hotel there, too.

Well, maybe I wasn't that lucky. It's one adventure I never experienced.

Posted by Scott Allan Wallick @ 9/14/2004 08:19:47 PM


Preface / Endnote

Since fully completing my service as a PCV in Nepal, the content of this site is once again available. At the request of PC's Washington office, I suspended this site on December 29, 2003 for "security" reasons.

See, folks considering coming to Nepal were reading about the country & were alarmed about the security situation — from a perspective in the States. The office in Washington thought it was best to quiet those raising the alarm. I didn't raise any alarm. I just wrote about my life for my friends and family.

One more note. Some of the people I worked with were worthless. Others were extraordinary. PC/Nepal is a wonderful & flawed organization. PCVs are amazing & lazy. Any person familiar with the current situation in Nepal understands that there are no easy answers, no clear questions. Things are built & things are blown-up.

I dedicate this website to all those people who don't need white SUVs to get things done — the people of Nepal. They are numerous. They are beautiful. They are why I loved life in Nepal.

Posted by Scott Allan Wallick @ 4/8/2004 12:23:59 PM






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By Anonymous (user-12ldaud.cable.mindspring.com - 69.86.171.205) on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 2:28 am: Edit Post

Hi,

Just wanted to update the URL for this link:

http://www.plaintxt.org/peacecorpsnepal/


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