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Not even halfway there and already they’ve reached their target!

Declan — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:18:22 +0000

Given that the journey began ‘way back in October (while I was too simply too busy dealing with the unfortunate combination of my annual fund-raising trip to Ireland and a family crisis of mammoth proportions to even contemplate trying to blog about it here) most of you will be forgiven knowing little or nothing about [...]

Shades of Kathmandu

Declan — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:36:53 +0000

The words, to be fair, come relatively easily – it’s finding the time to actually sit down and put them all in the right order which I find mostly problematic… With what I hope to be a sufficient amount of this ever-elusive time on my hands then, I’d best get cracking and weave for you [...]

The very last ‘annual’ blog-post!

Declan — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:56:00 +0000

Those sane and rational amongst you (which I believe to be all 5 of you) would be so easily forgiven for thinking that just-one had simply ceased to exist or that my three typing fingers had been horribly mangled in an unfortunate encounter with a rusty juicing machine… Thankfully, I can report that neither are, [...]

I just love it when a town comes together!

Declan — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:37:37 +0000

Clonakilty… almost as strange a sounding place as Kathmandu, wouldn’t you say? Born and raised there as I was (Clonakilty that is, not Kathmandu), perhaps I was destined early on for a life in oddly named destinations…? Regardless, that is (as they might say back in my native West Cork) neither here nor there! Light [...]

A lot of inking, without much thinking…

Declan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:08:33 +0000

At times, it seems that it’s the very nature of childhood which proves to be one of just-one‘s greatest obstacles in successfully achieving our overall goal of helping the children we work with to work towards creating brighter futures for themselves. Children, being children, tend not to see the bigger picture and, without much life [...]

Back to a more normal kind of chaos…

Declan — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:08:54 +0000

May-Day protests here in Kathmandu marked the beginning of a week-long Maoist enforced, country-wide strike which saw an already crippled country slip ever closer to oblivion. Thankfully, the week-long shut-down was considerably more peaceful than expected and was temporarily postponed by the end of the sixth day, allowing life here to return to its usual [...]

An end to the curse of unfinished blogs!

Declan — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:37:07 +0000

Would anyone believe me if I said it’s not from the want of trying that this site remains shamefully scant on the blogging front? No!?! Oh well, you’ll just have to take my word for it… because it’s true – honest! I’ve just had the strangely refreshing experience of purging my drafts folder, which lies [...]

The Boy in Bed 435

Declan — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:38:38 +0000

Almost five and a half years ago, late in the Monsoon of 2004, I had the pleasure of meeting with Arjun Mahat for the first time. I have to be honest here and admit that I don’t remember the exact date, or even what day of the week it was, but the one thing that [...]

2009 Newsletter

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:43:16 +0000

In keeping with the recent flurry of activity (does a single post really constitute as a ‘flurry of activity’? ;o) here on the just-one blog, I’m happy to unveil our first-ever newsletter! It’s been a while in the making for sure, but I hope it will have been worth the wait and will give our [...]

The first of many, many premières….

Declan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:35:46 +0000

If you look closely at the photo below, you’ll notice that the kids are watching a film on a laptop perched on a chair in the classroom of the just-one temporary transit home. The film they’re watching is one in which they feature and this was the first (& most important ;o) screening of the [...]