190 Entries for “Recent Blogs”
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READ MOREAug. 3, 2012 | Impact Stories | OLE Nepal
Something out of a science fiction
Imagine. A million bits of information hatching into life, fissioning into a billion more, flying across plains, hills and mountains. On arriving at destinations where sometimes no roads, boats or even aeroplanes can reach, every single one of the million bits manage to fall in just the right places to together make identical copies of the shell from which they initially hatched. This process of fission and subsequent fusion is happening even as we speak. These bits are spreading far and wide, creating shells of information that become knowledge for anyone fortunate enough to open them. An education epidemic growing viral far and wide, like something out of a science fiction.
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READ MOREJuly 20, 2012 | Team Reflections | OLE Nepal
Another step in the right direction
A week into my internship at OLE Nepal, I was still the newbie struggling to remember everyone's names when I was asked if I wanted to go on the support/survey visit to Doti and Dadeldhura. Besides popping up on headlines now and then, the last time I had much interest in either of these places was when I was memorizing them for a social studies test a few years ago. I said, Yes.
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READ MOREApril 11, 2012 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
E-Pustakalaya Installation at Moti Community Library, Phalebas, Parbat
OLE Nepal’s team met Mr. Bhola Nath Sharma during a visit to install E-Pustakalaya at Moti Community Library in Phalebas, Parbat district, and was immediately impressed by his dedication to uplifting his community. The people of Phalebas have great respect for Mr. Sharma and his contributions to community development. Moti Community Library, Radio Parbat, Helping Hands Health Clinic, and Bhawani Bidyapith H.S. School are some of the institutions he currently heads. Even in his seventies, he continues to work tirelessly on community development. During our two-day stay in Phalebas, we found him engaged in meetings and events throughout the day, often advising villagers on ways to make Moti Community Library self-sustainable.
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READ MOREDec. 29, 2011 | Team Reflections | OLE Nepal
Doti school networking
After a long wait networking at Doti finally started in mid of November 2011. Initially, it was planned for June/July 2011. But heavy downpour and poor weather conditions made it impossible to work during monsoon season. All the equipments required for the networking were already in place and had been moved to the World Food Program Dadeldhura office by the end of June, making travel much lighter and hassle free (even then our luggage was overweight by 15 kg, but we were able to convince airport crew about our project and didn’t have to pay for the extra weight).
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READ MOREDec. 26, 2011 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
E-Pustakalaya Yearly Maintanence
With the constant expansion of our content and features, it is only natural that our system would require further upgrades. We want to make sure that these changes will appear on Jan 1st; hence, we will be closing down our regular service for a week (Dec 26–31). This year, we have had a lot of feedback from our users—most of them have provided us with suggestions about certain features that would add to the overall user experience. We value the feedback we get, and we will be trying to include all these features and much more by Jan 1st.