News from Nepal: An update

An update to my last message, when we were hopeful that Yubaraj would have a job or volunteer opportunity at the Mountain Fund office. That couldn't be arranged, unfortunately, so we've been focusing our efforts on finding a good tutor for Yubaraj to help him prepare for returning to school. In order to measure the tutor's impact on his studies, and to give us and the schools we're considering a better idea of where Yubaraj stands academically, Basu is arranging for him to take an evaluation exam. I can't imagine that's something Yubaraj is looking forward to, but he's being a trooper and doing whatever's necessary to be back in school soon.

Budget details

I thought it would be informative to post two budget-related documents. The first is an image of the signed receipt sent by Basu yesterday. It shows that Yubaraj has received some funds for us to cover his expenses for the next month as well as for bus fare to return to Kathmandu for the exam (we know it's not ideal to give Yubaraj this kind of "open" financial support but it continues to be the only option while he's not working and we're raising the funds we need to get him back to school).

The second is an image of the budget spreadsheet showing detail to support the totals reported above. Please let me know at any time if you'd like a copy.