Serendipity in Serendib
Ayubowan. In addition to our Nepal project, which is going very well, I have been in Sri Lanka starting a new project and reconnecting...
MicroAid Assessment Trip - Paraguay
Paraguay is interesting so far. I guess I’m used to third-world Asia, because this place seems pretty developed, prosperous, clean, and...
Nepal House Project — Spring 2016
Namaste from Nepal. All the structural work on the house for our beneficiary family is complete! Setting wood forms for second slab...
Nepal House Project
Here in Nepal, the house for our beneficiary family is coming along slowly but surely. After series of delays, we are finally making...
Holidays in Nepal
The project is moving forward here… but slowly. We work seven days a week—when there are no Hindu, Newari, or Buddhist holidays, which...
Philippines House Project
Maopai! I am in Omawas, Philippines, on the east coast of the island of Samar. An area that is in the direct path of Pacific typhoons....
Poverty is not Picturesque
I spend a lot of time in impoverished areas—ones that have also experienced disasters—so the neighborhoods where I do projects are not...
Living La Vida Loca
Living La Vida Loca After two months in Peru, I think I’ve come to accept the fact that I am not just visiting to do a quick project, I...
What's My Bag
MicroAid in the Macro World Here at MicroAid we are committed to being as environmentally conscious as possible; even on a personal level...
Eating for Two
Just rid myself of some kind of intestinal parasite after three weeks trying to use a local homeopathic remedy: eat a big handful of mint...