Saraswati Puja Festival and the importance of education
A couple of weeks ago our boys celebrated Saraswati Pooja, which is another important festival in Nepal. Saraswati is for me the most fascinating of the Hindu goddesses. She is known as the goddess of knowledge, but she is also goddess of music, art, speech, wisdom...
Fancy running the Virtual London Marathon this year for Our Sansar? Sign up now!
The London Marathon was born in 1981 but before it another marathon had been taking place on a yearly basis since 1909 – did you know that? It was called Polytechnic Marathon, often referred to as the Poly, and it was Europe’s oldest regular marathon. It...
A new project in Province 2: understanding the geographical context
Nepal is topographically divided in three regions: Mountains, Hills and Terai (aka plains) but politically is composed of seven provinces. Our Sansar’s work is based in Province 2 which is in the Terai plains, in the south of the country, close to the Indian border....
Erica’s Story: On The Way to School
The walk to school is about 20-25 minutes, on a dirt road, passing through the oilseed fields and the village. The area at the very end of the village is extremely poor. Many of the houses look more like mud huts. Kids and adults walk with bare feet in the dust. Water...
