Comments for Morgan St. Clair

Comment on The Hindu Spirit found everywhere by Ajaya Kumar Sah

Ajaya Kumar Sah — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:37:12 +0000

Slowly catching Neplese culture, good job !

Comment on dancing in the streets of Gaighat by Carolyn

Carolyn — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:16:02 +0000

fantastic Morgan!! sounds like an amazing experience! I second the idea of turning mother’s day into a dancing, traffic stopping event.

Comment on Part 2 of Hadiya: Women Unite! by Melissa Shettleroe

Melissa Shettleroe — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:11:18 +0000

Hey Morgan,
Sounds like you’re having heaps of adventures in Nepal. Love the pics you’ve posted. Hope all is going well!
grace and peace,
Mel

Comment on Eating on leaves in the Udayapur District by Jaime

Jaime — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:16:15 +0000

Hey morgan!
sounds like you are having quite the experience in Nepal. Keep up the good work and the open mind and heart.
Lots of love,
Jaime

Comment on Pondering out the windows in Eastern Nepal by Morgan St. Clair

Morgan St. Clair — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:29:15 +0000

Thanks Raka for the comments! I am so happy you are reading and can picture what I am writing about. I hope to get together to share our experienes when I return! Hope you are getting settled in DC.

Comment on Pondering out the windows in Eastern Nepal by bow tie

bow tie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:55:58 +0000

A pleasure to come to your site. Thnks very much!

Comment on Pondering out the windows in Eastern Nepal by bow tie

bow tie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:33:04 +0000

Great blog. Thanks for the interesting article. Will send others your way.

Comment on Pondering out the windows in Eastern Nepal by Raka

Raka — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:15:50 +0000

i really love your observations on the issue of using aid effectively – i think you’ve really hit the issue exactly. studying aid in one of my classes last year, it was so frustrating to see how so much aid can be lost or wasted through mistargeting and/or corruption, among other things. it seems to me that one of the hardest things to figure out, in terms of our responsibilities as the citizens of “the best country”, or at least the wealthiest, is how to deliver aid resources in a way that best supports the population so that they themselves can become the agents of their economic and social betterment. but i think often the morass of entangled problems such as corruption, poverty, lack of medical care and so on are so intricately woven together as to seem almost insurmountable.

still, the nepali people are so active in the NGO sector, which is such a blessing for the country, and i think (and hope) that aid donors are trying to improve their methods of aid delivery to ensure that it is making the greatest impact. from my perspective, possibly heading into a career in economic development, maybe we need to turn away from our impression that all we need is to donate $5 to feed a hungry child, and begin to expand that tiny laser-point focus to the infrastructure surrounding the entire community of children – the infrastructure that they will need to rely on as they grow up, so that they can become the citizens upon whose backs true change will really be effected.

wow, that turned into quite a treatise there! keep up the great work, thanks for sharing!

Comment on Pure Food in Gaighat by Aaron Fuchs

Aaron Fuchs — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:49:40 +0000

HI Morgan,

I dont see a way to contact you via this site. What is your email address? I have a question for you. In case you dont remember I’m also an AP fellow.

-Aaron

Comment on Pure Food in Gaighat by Raka

Raka — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:12:32 +0000

great to hear about your experiences so far, and exciting to see gaighat through your eyes! enjoy all the delicious dahl-bhat and vegetables – i think that the three months i spent there were the happiest that my stomach’s ever been i think you will also get to see much more of the surrounding field areas than i had a chance to, so please keep sharing them with all of us! best of luck and best wishes, raka