Kagbeni Library Opening

A great success in Mustang, Nepal! I am just back from the opening of the new Kagbeni Magic Yeti Library at the Kagbeni Secondary School in the remote Mustang District of Nepal. We spent 4 long days with the great team setting up for the grand opening, which was completely mobbed by eager students of the school. 40 boxes of materials, some shipped from the US through the help of the Asia Foundation and their great Books for Asia program (thank you Shameera Shrestha), and others sourced locally through the great folks at Room to Read Nepal, as well as some new education technology courtesy of the Open Learning Exchange Nepal. I was also able to stay for a few extra days to do some teacher training with both the staff and the head of the local community group, Mr. Kunga Tashi. The experience gave me the confidence to say that the model is indeed a strong, replicable one, and the queries that I have received by others working in the field here in Nepal show me that the model also needs to be open-sourced and networked (much more on these ideas and the future vision to come). For now, some pictures from the opening with a great staff and some pumped kids....