One of the great things about working in different countries and cultures around the world is to get to know their celebrations and festivals. In Nepal, right now, the biggest and longest festival of the year is going on. Dashain celebrates the victory of good over evil. Every day, they bless different gods, animals, people, and objects. Today, our worksite power tools got the “puja”—blessing—receiving snacks and cash. This should ensure that we finish the house for our earth

Last week I was interviewed for the BarCrawl Radio podcast in New York City. The interviewers, Rebecca McKean and Alan Winson, asked some really interesting questions about MicroAid and my personal life. For instance, they asked how my 20-year meditation practice has helped during the crisis. I also told them how MicroAid continues to build permanent houses for disaster survivors in Nepal and in Mexico, and how our project manager in Nepal was trying to get to our worksite, d