Interviews
Interview with Mike Rosenkrantz in Nepal
Mike Rosenkrantz has spent the past few years working and volunteering in Nepal. He wrote Living in a Village in Nepal for this website and it has been very popular. Mike continues to live in Nepal and he kindly agreed to the following email interview with me. I know you find it interesting and ...
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A Better Life for Half the Price
To be able to cut one’s living expenses in half seems like the impossible dream. How would you like to go from paying $1300 per month to share a small, cramped two-bedroom apartment with two others in a major city in the developed world to a spacious 2 bedroom apartment in an Asian capital city, ...
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Living In A Village in Nepal
Photo © Michael Rosenkrantz I’m experiencing something that I never have before; living in a village, not necessarily how most people live, because I’m living in the hostel of a hospital with A/C in my bedroom, although with cement floors in my bedroom, but nevertheless I’m living in a village. Karjanha lies in the Terai ...
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NGOabroad: Frugal, Customized International Volunteering
“NGOabroad is well suited to people over 50. Why? Because NGOabroad places so much emphasis on utilizing the work or life experience that the volunteer brings,” Ann McLaughlin explained to me in a recent interview. McLaughlin, founder and principal of NGOabroad, has been involved in providing international volunteer opportunities and international career counseling since ...
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Maya Pedal — pedal-power in Guatemala
I have a non-technical mind and am always impressed to see the results of human ingenuity at work. The ability of humans to both define a need and to create a gadget or machine that satisfies that need is exciting to witness. On my recent trip to Central America I came across an organization that ...
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