Save a forest, empower a community
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Nepal Now. My name is Marty Logan. As we’re recording this, there is news that landslides and flooding have battered some of Nepal’s hill districts. Our hearts go out to th...
16 Juni 202134min
No magic pill—maternal healthcare in Nepal
Send us Fan Mail As you've likely heard, Nepal is in the throes of a second wave of Covid-19. This has raised fears that, just like during and after the lockdown of 2020, women will be using reproduct...
1 Juni 202118min
Oman O2 — Overseas Nepalis lead Covid19 relief drive
Send us Fan Mail I just checked two popular online fundraising platforms and very quickly found more than 130 campaigns raising money for Covid-19 relief in Nepal. Nepalis and non-Nepalis alike are ra...
23 Maj 202128min
Nepalis reaching new heights
Send us Fan Mail These are terrible, painful days for many people in Nepal, and so I hesitated to post this episode. But then I thought, in the midst of the devastation and death caused by Covid-19 it...
10 Maj 202134min
Lockdown lessons: caring for those most in need
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Nepal Now. I’m Marty Logan. Today is Thursday, April 29th. A few hours ago we started a second lockdown here in the Kathmandu Valley in response to a frightening rise in th...
29 Apr 202133min
Training teens on mental health
Send us Fan Mail In a country where mental health is often talked about in whispers — if it’s discussed at all — I was surprised, and happy, to recently see a photo of a new counselling room set up in...
11 Apr 202131min
Men take on the patriarchy
Send us Fan Mail Santosh Shah is a household name in Nepal after finishing runner-up on MasterChef. Sanjog Thakuri’s father was cooking the daily meals for his family decades ago, so it was natural fo...
1 Apr 202136min
Citizens’ movement sets lofty goals
Send us Fan Mail How do Nepalis put up with this government; they’re too patient! is a statement I’ve repeated regularly in the 15 years that I’ve been linked to this country. In fact, in 1990 and 200...
18 Mars 202136min
