It was a shame to end the Peace Corps program in Nepal, even if the halt is only temporary ('End of an era', #216). I know of one example, of I'm sure there are many others, where Peace Corps engagement has helped many other Nepalis. A good friend who lives in California was sponsored more than 20 years ago by a young Peace Corps volunteer. After successfully completing high school while living in a boys' orphanage in Kathmandu, he requested to study in America and his Peace Corps brother agreed. Two academic degrees followed for this bright and ambitious young man, then a career as a successful accountant. Now, he has decided to give back to his birth country and help others benefit from his good fortune: he started a children's home in Godavari where today 35 children live happily and with great promise for the future. One good Peace Corps deed multiplied many times, as these children grow up and will in turn do a good deed for their society. I'm sure there are many similar stories. The Peace Corps has been important in Nepal and needs to return.

Heidi Feldman,
Pacific Grove, California