Among others, the region’s Medical Superintendent showed up, along with the Head Doctor for Arunghat and all 8 of Dhawa’s volunteer health professionals.
News
Transforming Dhawa’s Health Post
Extending Dhawa.net
After taking a Christmas break to Malaysia with my girlfriend I am now back in the village. My time away has allowed me to come back with fresh eyes and really enjoy settling back into village life.
Christmas the Nepali Way
Overall an incredibly productive 4 weeks since I last wrote: several nodes have been erected; the computer classroom has been painted, carpeted and provided with internet connectivity; broken computers have been fixed and a tracking system to help manage IT stock introduced.
Into the Unknown!
I said before I left England that one of the biggest challenges I would face would be logistical, and so far this has been true enough. Although Dhawa only sits at around 900m in altitude, it takes a good couple of days to traverse the 130km dirt track that winds its way from Kathmandu.
UK Testing Success
This has come sooner then I was expecting, which is good news as this means that I have a fully functional testbed emulating the mesh architecture I will be using in Nepal. Woohoo! I promised pictures, and although I wished a mesh testbed was a visually stunning piece of architecture, it unfortunately consists of grey boxes with the occasional green LED flickering to tell you something is happening (which doesn't tell you a lot!).
Starting the Dhawa Wireless Internet Project
Welcome to my first blog entry – future editions, I promise, will include some interesting pictures and won’t be structured like the essay this one has become!
Our first Newsletter!
Our first Newsletter is hot off the press. We’ve had something of a crash course in desk top publishing – so we hope it’s laid out OK.