[Sca-cooks]OT/OOP Nepal was Re: Re: List Statistics for Jan 19, 2004 - Jan 31, 2004

[vicki shaw]

Well, then I am glad Olaf's daughter did not run into any difficulties!
This is a very bad situation then.  Thanks for the information!

Angharad ferch Iorwerth; MKA Vicki Shaw
Barony Beyond the Mountain
East Kingdom
vhsjvs at gis.net

www.omygoddess.biz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan Nicholson" <gryphon at a-glitch.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks]OT/OOP Nepal was Re: Re: List Statistics for Jan
19,2004 - Jan 31, 2004


> Sadly, it seems to have gotten worse.  I was sponsoring a child in
> Khatmandu, through Children International, and was sadly informed that the
> organization had to pull out of Nepal.  It seems that the political
> situation had gotten very dangerous and the terrorists were specifically
> targeting Americans and American charitable organizations. As it had
gotten
> so bad that they could not guarantee the safety of their workers, they had
> to leave.  Needless to say, I'm worried about the repercussions against
any
> who received aid.
>
> Prydwen
>
> Angharad scrive:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "vicki shaw" <vhsjvs at gis.net>
> To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Nepal was Re: Re: List Statistics for Jan
19,2004 -
> Jan 31, 2004
>
>
> <snip>
> >  I have a Buddhist monk friend here who
> > espcaped from Nepal after the monastery he lived in was sacked by some
> > members of the communist party trying to get a stronghold in Nepal.  He
> told
> > me it was not a good place for tourists when I met him, but that was
year
> > ago, so maybe things have calmed down.
>
>
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