Kind thanks to our latest volunteer Vanessa, another ISRM-trained therapist who spent most of March training our students. She's worked on their massage skills, helped them with theory learning taught them new exercise routines (they even know Pilates now!) and even taken them on a boat on the lake. We'd resisted the boat experience as they can be tricky to get in and out of - even if you're sighted but they did fine and loved it. Vanessa comments on her own blog:

"Here i am in Pokhara - 2 weeks into my volunteering position at the Seeing Hands Massage Clinic. As usual at 8pm at night the electricity has just gone off...we all get to experience the 'blind path' at some stage in Nepal! My torch has been my trusty companion. Nepal truly does have a way of getting under your skin - quite literally. The students have completely won me over. From day 1 their eagerness to please the new volunteer was charming. The qualified therapists likewise. The clinic is simply beautiful. Three rooms - a training room and two large treatment rooms - clean, tidy, spacious and welcoming. The therapists could not be more professional and efficient. There is even a bell under the couch to summon your therapist into the room."

New volunteers Andy and Evan arrived from the US at the beginning of April. We will bring you news of their progress in due course.