30 July 2026 Health Needs Assessment 28-30 April 2026 The motorbike taxi driver dropped me off abruptly on the dirt shoulder on the winding road above Pharping. He gestured across the early morning traffic and said, “ Maa jaana sakdina,” meaning, “I can't go,” which told me I was walking up the steep dirt road on my own. I always looked forward to early morning uphill walks in Nepal, and it gave me time to think about my first day meeting the young monks and how the group's s