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	Podcast:		Nepal Now
	Episode:		Community to the rescue, again — COVID-19 in Nepal
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:51:14
	Publish Date:		2020-06-30 15:23:29
	Description:		There’s no doubt that today COVID-19 is the main issue in Nepal and in most parts of the world, so I decided when I started planning this podcast that it would be the subject of the first episode. But I also knew that I didn’t want to discuss the daily news — case numbers, quarantine centres, equipment shortages, government mismanagement, etc. Instead, because this podcast is all about examining issues in Nepal with an eye to doing things differently and contributing to change, I wanted to focus on something far more positive: how Nepalis have rallied to help one another during this crisis, a response that started even before the government announced the lockdown on 24 March. I was very fortunate to be joined by NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati (Facebook, Instagram). Nayantara is doing very interesting creative work in Kathmandu that stretches conventional boundaries of visual storytelling, research, pedagogy, and collective action. In 2007, she co-founded photo.circle, a platform that facilitates learning, exhibition making, and publishing opportunities for Nepali photographers. She is also the co-founder of Nepal Picture Library and co-founder and Festival Director of Photo Kathmandu, an international event that takes place in Kathmandu every two years. Resources - Report on humanitarian aid by Overseas Development Institute - Related ODI report: Aid in Nepal following 2017 floods Facebook Twitter Instagram Music: amaretto needs ice ... by urmymuse (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/57996 Ft: Apoxode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nepalnow/message Stay in touch on: Instagram Twitter LinkedIn
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