[trudy finally speaks]
Nutmeg..I went to post this on the Adia thread and it was closed. It was very long..I asked you to convo me what hospital you were going to and the last time we talked you were going to go to a private hospital. My friend was staying near the University of Hyderbad. He stayed 2 extra days to intervene on Adia's behalf. He contacted his wife and myself for the entire day and we could not tell him where you were going to take Adia.
He was planning on going behind the desk to assess the situation to see if the child was registered under the correct name . You stated that they did not always admit her under her real name. He wanted to make sure that she was looked after. If you needed to talk to him he would make himself available to you. I waited all day to find out where you were taking her. He waited all day and so did his wife.
I told you from the get go that he was doing this for Adia..and was being very discreet at the hospital. He wanted to see for himself. You told me NOT to call you..I got up early to see if you had convoed me. You could have called your husband to convo me. Honestly you told me not to call you...He did not tell the staff...He informed no one.
I informed you that there may be people observing from a far to make sure the family was indeed doing what you were saying that they were doing. They would have been just milling about from a distance. You said that you wanted to spend time with her and then you stated on the forum that you were scared that these people would get in trouble for a rumor. Is that not true? If I knew someone was starving and bleeding their child I don't care if they go straight to hell...why would you protect these vial people..Let the authorities sort it out. Let the chips fall where they may.
I have already brought up so many instances...and you just run around in circles. I am so tired of dealing with this.
Again..I would ask that anyone who has questions convo me...and they have...I have no hidden agenda.
I even gave you a heads up about all the information out there...You know how many scams there are in India..people are going to check it out thoroughly. You had the opportunity to meet with someone with creditials to intervene on Adia's behalf, but did not utilize it.
I don't know what else to say. I will be watching threads and when I see my name I will attempt to give true information. Trudy
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
[after trudy's accusation]
Nutmeg...I have too much info to discuss with you..I've been dealing with this for too long...I can not be convinced otherwise...you have told so many convoluted stories I can not keep up. I just can't discuss it. I am talking to others... I am done with it..absolutely done..You have asked for donations $40 from 6 people...I have all the convos, I have all the info. It is out of my hands now. You don't want to get someone in trouble because of rumors...The police would have handled that! They starved their child for alms? Yet no police report nothing...People do speak English...I am not that stupid. I can go right now and garner money for some cause...I have a gift for gab as do you..You put feelings into your words and you have the people who follow your every word to prove it...How much money have you made? Think about it...There are those out there that believe every word that you say...they have their own families to support yet they are willing to give you their little slice of their world....I have not pulled this information out of my ass it is all there in black and white!
I am not a stupid woman. It is out of my hands now...I'm done...nothing you can say will convince me otherwise..I came here to advocate for a child...that was my main reason, but what you've reported isn't adding up to many inconsistencies and total fabrications.
[by nutmeg, apology for typos]
trudy, i have to question your motives.
these 'people' who were supposed to be at Niloufer? they had NEVER heard of me.
i discussed with our board memebers that we could get ongoing carew by subscription...probably around $40 a day from what i'd seen before of standard fees. i paid $200 that i really don't have to spend from my own pocket last night for HER FRIST DAY.
and trudy, i have sat in piles of garbage on the street holding adia while she shat all oiver me dealing with the grandmother's half-crazy babvble while i tried to coax her to go to the hospital. so don't ry to say i'm sitting ehre fromafar putting a kid in the hospital and taking their money.
thsoe are SERIOUS accusations and i do not think you have any place making them. you havent even asked me enough questions to form an opinion yet.
details? try to get details here when you dont speak the ;langhuaghe much and non one takes you seriously. agencies? again, try to get them not to brush you off.
trusdy, if you are really ahu8manitarian you would HELP ME with these things instead of TRYING TO BELITTLE me.
no police report!!!! hpow i wish you could have been there in the police office with me. first we only went to the police when we first saw her. we finally fiund one who spoke a LITTLE english...'oh yes madam we will check into it' 'yes yes we will check into it' i gues they never made it across the block to check into it.
have you every TRIED to get an indin cop to fill out an actual report!
seriously, i am dealing with SO many obstacles here that i really dont need YOU to be one.
tell me ONE 'outrright fabrication;' i swear to my gods thai i have never fabricated a single thing.
and trudy exaclty the amount we have made is there for eveyone to see on my blog (last monmths) the current month is in the gourps account handled by our treasurer.
has all your work made you a cynic or something? to say drdjc is in 'cohoots' with some scam! that sounds CRAZY.
seriously, WHERE were these 'people' at niloufer?
and WHAT convoluted stories?
i want actual details of what you are challenging - that should be MORE than reasonable/
you have all the posts, you have all the info -well of course you do. i put them in a public forum!
have tyou ever stopped for one minute to think of what a TERRIBLE thing you're doign if youre assumptions are WRONG?
look i know you say your mind has been up without giving me a fiar chance bu i cannot accept that! i am DOING NOTHING WRONG and for to accuse accuse accuse and then drop it? that is NOT FAIR trudy!! couldnt you just call me or something and actually try to twork this out and get to the bottom of somehting without acting this way - i cannot understand this!
and if you had all these supicions yesterday why disnt you call me? you could have called me when i was at the hospital. we had our phone!!1
Nutmeg...I have too much info to discuss with you..I've been dealing with this for too long...I can not be convinced otherwise...you have told so many convoluted stories I can not keep up. I just can't discuss it. I am talking to others... I am done with it..absolutely done..You have asked for donations $40 from 6 people...I have all the convos, I have all the info. It is out of my hands now. You don't want to get someone in trouble because of rumors...The police would have handled that! They starved their child for alms? Yet no police report nothing...People do speak English...I am not that stupid. I can go right now and garner money for some cause...I have a gift for gab as do you..You put feelings into your words and you have the people who follow your every word to prove it...How much money have you made? Think about it...There are those out there that believe every word that you say...they have their own families to support yet they are willing to give you their little slice of their world....I have not pulled this information out of my ass it is all there in black and white!
I am not a stupid woman. It is out of my hands now...I'm done...nothing you can say will convince me otherwise..I came here to advocate for a child...that was my main reason, but what you've reported isn't adding up to many inconsistencies and total fabrications.
[by nutmeg, apology for typos]
trudy, i have to question your motives.
these 'people' who were supposed to be at Niloufer? they had NEVER heard of me.
i discussed with our board memebers that we could get ongoing carew by subscription...probably around $40 a day from what i'd seen before of standard fees. i paid $200 that i really don't have to spend from my own pocket last night for HER FRIST DAY.
and trudy, i have sat in piles of garbage on the street holding adia while she shat all oiver me dealing with the grandmother's half-crazy babvble while i tried to coax her to go to the hospital. so don't ry to say i'm sitting ehre fromafar putting a kid in the hospital and taking their money.
thsoe are SERIOUS accusations and i do not think you have any place making them. you havent even asked me enough questions to form an opinion yet.
details? try to get details here when you dont speak the ;langhuaghe much and non one takes you seriously. agencies? again, try to get them not to brush you off.
trusdy, if you are really ahu8manitarian you would HELP ME with these things instead of TRYING TO BELITTLE me.
no police report!!!! hpow i wish you could have been there in the police office with me. first we only went to the police when we first saw her. we finally fiund one who spoke a LITTLE english...'oh yes madam we will check into it' 'yes yes we will check into it' i gues they never made it across the block to check into it.
have you every TRIED to get an indin cop to fill out an actual report!
seriously, i am dealing with SO many obstacles here that i really dont need YOU to be one.
tell me ONE 'outrright fabrication;' i swear to my gods thai i have never fabricated a single thing.
and trudy exaclty the amount we have made is there for eveyone to see on my blog (last monmths) the current month is in the gourps account handled by our treasurer.
has all your work made you a cynic or something? to say drdjc is in 'cohoots' with some scam! that sounds CRAZY.
seriously, WHERE were these 'people' at niloufer?
and WHAT convoluted stories?
i want actual details of what you are challenging - that should be MORE than reasonable/
you have all the posts, you have all the info -well of course you do. i put them in a public forum!
have tyou ever stopped for one minute to think of what a TERRIBLE thing you're doign if youre assumptions are WRONG?
look i know you say your mind has been up without giving me a fiar chance bu i cannot accept that! i am DOING NOTHING WRONG and for to accuse accuse accuse and then drop it? that is NOT FAIR trudy!! couldnt you just call me or something and actually try to twork this out and get to the bottom of somehting without acting this way - i cannot understand this!
and if you had all these supicions yesterday why disnt you call me? you could have called me when i was at the hospital. we had our phone!!1
(at this point i went to Niloufer Hospital and spoke to (name removed - email if curious) as well as most of the rest of the staff. no one had heard of me, trudy, or adia. i returned home to go to sleep - in the morning, trudy had accused me of stealing money in adia's name).
i think maybe a lot of your suspicions are from not knowing firsthand what india is like. the image people have in the West of India is maybe different than what it is - in any case it is VERY hard to get things done here. the infrastructure is lss than functional. to get help from people who are there to help is almost impossible - sometimes things like that even work on bribes (the police and gov't too). also a lot of thins are jsut done very differently. your friend might have had a different experience here because he was 'someone important', but we're just a couple of artists and no-one special here.
i am sorry about your friend being upset with you. i still just cannot figure out how we miscommunicated that so badly. you were wanting me to see him - and I was wanting to see him too! i figured he'd call me if he needed to, or somehting like that would happen - i asked a bunch of times where and how i could meet him and i didn't get an answer - anyway i didnt see it or didnt understand properly. then i got sort of afraid about the organization who you said you didn't know who they were - why are they asking me things when they wont say who they are, etc, am i going to get ambushed by some shady group and end up getting hurt somehow....it sounds paranoid maybe, but it wouldn be the first time something REALLY weird has happened in India! i had a friend who was held hostage BY THE COPS for a bribe. that sort of thing makes me nervous because we are totally alone here - and i have a baby daughter.
you weren't getting clear answers from me, i wasn't getting vclear anwers from you - it all turned into something horrible where it should have turned into something good. i sort of hate using the intrnet for important communciation because of that - it is so easy to miss something or understand it wrongly. and our inability to talk to eachother well made such a mess - i feel so sad about that. but Adia is well so that really lifts my spirits regardless - she's way more important than what i am doing here online!
i'm going to be scrambling for the next 5 days to find an NGO here or anywhere who will get someone to supervise Adia and the family while i am in Nepal. it will be 2 weeks max (because of transit time eand waiting for the visa) but i am not comfortable leaving them for so long. fortunately i will have internet access there too (my laptop is the most useful thing i have for this!) and can keep rallying for attentions for her cause.
another really good thing is that this week there will be a feature about her in an Indian newspaper. i am happy beyond words at that.
okay, i said i wasn't going to take up uch more of your time so i will cut this short and go. trudy, if you ever hear of any NGOs that could help me help Adia in the next couple of weeks, PLEASE tell me thier contact info. i need every resource i can get and i dont want our arguement to stand in the way. i know you are a good woman, we just somehow hit it off badly. if you can help me help even in that small way i would be grateful - i trust your information as you're someone who has been a social worker for a long time. i need someone i can learn from.
love,
nutmeg
i think maybe a lot of your suspicions are from not knowing firsthand what india is like. the image people have in the West of India is maybe different than what it is - in any case it is VERY hard to get things done here. the infrastructure is lss than functional. to get help from people who are there to help is almost impossible - sometimes things like that even work on bribes (the police and gov't too). also a lot of thins are jsut done very differently. your friend might have had a different experience here because he was 'someone important', but we're just a couple of artists and no-one special here.
i am sorry about your friend being upset with you. i still just cannot figure out how we miscommunicated that so badly. you were wanting me to see him - and I was wanting to see him too! i figured he'd call me if he needed to, or somehting like that would happen - i asked a bunch of times where and how i could meet him and i didn't get an answer - anyway i didnt see it or didnt understand properly. then i got sort of afraid about the organization who you said you didn't know who they were - why are they asking me things when they wont say who they are, etc, am i going to get ambushed by some shady group and end up getting hurt somehow....it sounds paranoid maybe, but it wouldn be the first time something REALLY weird has happened in India! i had a friend who was held hostage BY THE COPS for a bribe. that sort of thing makes me nervous because we are totally alone here - and i have a baby daughter.
you weren't getting clear answers from me, i wasn't getting vclear anwers from you - it all turned into something horrible where it should have turned into something good. i sort of hate using the intrnet for important communciation because of that - it is so easy to miss something or understand it wrongly. and our inability to talk to eachother well made such a mess - i feel so sad about that. but Adia is well so that really lifts my spirits regardless - she's way more important than what i am doing here online!
i'm going to be scrambling for the next 5 days to find an NGO here or anywhere who will get someone to supervise Adia and the family while i am in Nepal. it will be 2 weeks max (because of transit time eand waiting for the visa) but i am not comfortable leaving them for so long. fortunately i will have internet access there too (my laptop is the most useful thing i have for this!) and can keep rallying for attentions for her cause.
another really good thing is that this week there will be a feature about her in an Indian newspaper. i am happy beyond words at that.
okay, i said i wasn't going to take up uch more of your time so i will cut this short and go. trudy, if you ever hear of any NGOs that could help me help Adia in the next couple of weeks, PLEASE tell me thier contact info. i need every resource i can get and i dont want our arguement to stand in the way. i know you are a good woman, we just somehow hit it off badly. if you can help me help even in that small way i would be grateful - i trust your information as you're someone who has been a social worker for a long time. i need someone i can learn from.
love,
nutmeg
by trudy
OMG no I'm not offended at all....You are doing what you can...Some "Major Authorities are involved in this and they are just making sure this isn't a scam or an internet fraud that's all...There are many people that have been scamming from India lately they just want to truly know what's going on...and so that is why they are looking through threads etc. to make sure that everything is legtimate. They have probably been reading convos and making sure that things add up. I assured them that you just a humanitarian seeking help for a child in a dire situation. They just want to meet you and Adia and the family (without them knowing of course) and will be very much assessing situation from afar...
They have been looking for her with the pictures you posted, but so far to no avail...Also Indians are prone to gossip as you know so they want to also check about the area for the Yenutaya family..with children's name that you provided...to "Look into" the rumor about the child disappearing and one starved to death...They take these things very seriously, but your name will not be mentioned...
No heaven's no..I'm not offended. I did not realize the extent of these questions..I think they just want to make sure that they are not working with a scammer before they do anything drastic. So many of them are around...It makes it hard on everyone.
Oh the last question I was supposed to ask you is , "Why do you have to go to Nepal for a Visa? Don't even know why they asked that question....
I hope that I cleared that up for you. Once they ask you these questions and get their answers and are positive that this is legtimate and above board then they will proceed forward. I do not know at this point what the outcome would be...I have no idea...I am sure that they will place her in a place where she can at least recover from her starvation and will be kept safe. I am sure once you have satisfied them with honest answers they will arrange for visitation........It's honestly better than her being on the street in those conditions...I don't know what else to tell you.
I can understand you feeling uncomfortable about it, but you are doing nothing dishonest...Do have any other solutions?
Like I said they are going to call around charities and hospitals..and show them pictures of Adia..at this point it looks like they are investigating to make sure that it is all covered and legal....Trudy
OMG no I'm not offended at all....You are doing what you can...Some "Major Authorities are involved in this and they are just making sure this isn't a scam or an internet fraud that's all...There are many people that have been scamming from India lately they just want to truly know what's going on...and so that is why they are looking through threads etc. to make sure that everything is legtimate. They have probably been reading convos and making sure that things add up. I assured them that you just a humanitarian seeking help for a child in a dire situation. They just want to meet you and Adia and the family (without them knowing of course) and will be very much assessing situation from afar...
They have been looking for her with the pictures you posted, but so far to no avail...Also Indians are prone to gossip as you know so they want to also check about the area for the Yenutaya family..with children's name that you provided...to "Look into" the rumor about the child disappearing and one starved to death...They take these things very seriously, but your name will not be mentioned...
No heaven's no..I'm not offended. I did not realize the extent of these questions..I think they just want to make sure that they are not working with a scammer before they do anything drastic. So many of them are around...It makes it hard on everyone.
Oh the last question I was supposed to ask you is , "Why do you have to go to Nepal for a Visa? Don't even know why they asked that question....
I hope that I cleared that up for you. Once they ask you these questions and get their answers and are positive that this is legtimate and above board then they will proceed forward. I do not know at this point what the outcome would be...I have no idea...I am sure that they will place her in a place where she can at least recover from her starvation and will be kept safe. I am sure once you have satisfied them with honest answers they will arrange for visitation........It's honestly better than her being on the street in those conditions...I don't know what else to tell you.
I can understand you feeling uncomfortable about it, but you are doing nothing dishonest...Do have any other solutions?
Like I said they are going to call around charities and hospitals..and show them pictures of Adia..at this point it looks like they are investigating to make sure that it is all covered and legal....Trudy
YIKES! i would have never mentioned going to Nepal for a visa if i thought someone 'official' would be reading my posts. we're going to Nepal for what is known amongst the backpacker's world as a 'visa run'. that's when you leave the country, spend a little time in another one, then get another visa for the original country. it's not illegal but also sort of frowned upon - but we couldn't afford a longer visa last time. if you could explain to them that we're visiting Pokhara and Kathmandu and then coming back in a couple of weeks, i would really appreciate that.
i cannot imagine how they would think this is a scam from reading the whole progress of the story. i know people can be cynical here, though, and with good reason sometimes. it's just very abrupt to have someone step in and take over - and i was never expecting to have to answer these sorts of questions.
in any case, what else do they need to know? and if i am to take Adia back to the hospital today, who should i speak to when i get there to make sure i'm not brushed aside? the last doctor i spoke to there when i was trying to bring her clothing and such was very snarky with me and didn't want to tell me anything, so i don't want to get all geared up for her being able to get treatment again, and then not know who to speak to!
is there anything you know about the organization who is dealing with this? are they gov't or NGO, what is the scope of their work? it's fine if you don't know, just trying to feel out what they will be able to help with and what i should expect from them.
i'll be here for a few more hours - it's morning now - and i'm supposed to meet the family at two.
i don't know if i mentioned fully before, but the place i meet them every day is downtown Hyderabad in a district called 'Abdis' - across from the GPO (general post office) and right next to the bus stop there. i really want to be able to see her today at least, so would you mind asking them not to come take her away or anything before i can see her....i'm supposed to take her to the hospital around 2.
thanks again, trudy. i feel personally a little sad that i might not be able to be as involved with Adia but as long as they're a competent organization and can truly get her the help she needs and hopefully long-term support, that's all that matters.
love,
nutmeg
i cannot imagine how they would think this is a scam from reading the whole progress of the story. i know people can be cynical here, though, and with good reason sometimes. it's just very abrupt to have someone step in and take over - and i was never expecting to have to answer these sorts of questions.
in any case, what else do they need to know? and if i am to take Adia back to the hospital today, who should i speak to when i get there to make sure i'm not brushed aside? the last doctor i spoke to there when i was trying to bring her clothing and such was very snarky with me and didn't want to tell me anything, so i don't want to get all geared up for her being able to get treatment again, and then not know who to speak to!
is there anything you know about the organization who is dealing with this? are they gov't or NGO, what is the scope of their work? it's fine if you don't know, just trying to feel out what they will be able to help with and what i should expect from them.
i'll be here for a few more hours - it's morning now - and i'm supposed to meet the family at two.
i don't know if i mentioned fully before, but the place i meet them every day is downtown Hyderabad in a district called 'Abdis' - across from the GPO (general post office) and right next to the bus stop there. i really want to be able to see her today at least, so would you mind asking them not to come take her away or anything before i can see her....i'm supposed to take her to the hospital around 2.
thanks again, trudy. i feel personally a little sad that i might not be able to be as involved with Adia but as long as they're a competent organization and can truly get her the help she needs and hopefully long-term support, that's all that matters.
love,
nutmeg
by trudy
I do not know the agency...I only know what questions I am supposed to ask..Yes absolutely I will tell them not to go today...they may be lurking about, but you wouldn't notice them. They will notice you though I'm sure! You have a very distinct look..ha
I don't know...I just had no idea it would snowball like this and so fast...It's not that they think you are a scammer ...they are really cracking down on internet fraud and Indian scams..They have so many complaints that apparently they decided that you and Adia were top priority. I don't know what's going on...No one tells me anything..I guess I'm just the go between because I was once nominated as the Humanitarian of the year (see profile) and thought that they could trust me.
I will have to ask about the hospital questions are you going to the private one or back to Niloufer...are you going to pay? Is the family going with you? Are you going to be the Guardian...so many questions...
I did not know that your father was Sonny Vincent...That's cool!
OK...What do you want to do? If you are just going just for travel to Nepal and are afraid to lose contact with Adia why don't you cancel and remain in Hyderabad if you are araid that they will take her and you won't see her again. I would hate to be in your shoes right now...ugh...I'm sure you need a mini vacation.
I do not know what to tell you. I'm wondering also if the family get's wind of this they will go underground....I know that you are exhausted...I'm sorry you are going through this...Trudy I am sorry that you are sad!
I do not know the agency...I only know what questions I am supposed to ask..Yes absolutely I will tell them not to go today...they may be lurking about, but you wouldn't notice them. They will notice you though I'm sure! You have a very distinct look..ha
I don't know...I just had no idea it would snowball like this and so fast...It's not that they think you are a scammer ...they are really cracking down on internet fraud and Indian scams..They have so many complaints that apparently they decided that you and Adia were top priority. I don't know what's going on...No one tells me anything..I guess I'm just the go between because I was once nominated as the Humanitarian of the year (see profile) and thought that they could trust me.
I will have to ask about the hospital questions are you going to the private one or back to Niloufer...are you going to pay? Is the family going with you? Are you going to be the Guardian...so many questions...
I did not know that your father was Sonny Vincent...That's cool!
OK...What do you want to do? If you are just going just for travel to Nepal and are afraid to lose contact with Adia why don't you cancel and remain in Hyderabad if you are araid that they will take her and you won't see her again. I would hate to be in your shoes right now...ugh...I'm sure you need a mini vacation.
I do not know what to tell you. I'm wondering also if the family get's wind of this they will go underground....I know that you are exhausted...I'm sorry you are going through this...Trudy I am sorry that you are sad!
do you know the agency's name? i do want to make sure they have legitimate credentials and all before i give them any really personal information.
i definitely want to talk to them and see who they are and what their intentions are - what the scope is of what they can do to help Adia. if they can provide her real and helpful care, as far as getting her health restored and making sure she isn't starved again, i have no problem with placing the matter in their hands. otherwise, putting her in a private hospital to get well and continue searching for options is a solution too.
i don't know if i'll have a choice necessarily - one thing i've found about India is that it's really, really hard usually to get people involved with something, but when they DO finally get involved, they won't let go of it and sometimes go really overboard. if they go overboard in the mater of getting Adia the care she needs, that's great of course! but if for some reason they can't actually so much for her but still think they should be handling her case, i don't think they'll rest until i'm out of the picture.
you said 'They have so many complaints that apparently they decided that you and Adia were top priority', do you mean they got complaints against my involvement with Adia? if so i'm shocked, i didn't know anyone here was even taking notice of her except for the people in the direct area, even when i was trying to get people to pay attention. how terrible that if people did notice her, they weren't trying to get something done to help her instead of just complaining!
the thing with Nepal is that we've been planning to visit but didn't know if it would be now or in about 3 or 4 months - we're doing a photography book on hand-painted signs of India and surrounding countries and want to get some from Kathmandu & Pokhara. our current Indian visa is up this month, and we heard we possibly could extend it within the coutry, but that turned out fruitless - so we'll take our Nepal trip now, and then come back to India. we can get the visa from the Indian Embassy while we're there. so, all signs point to it being a fairly mandatory vacation!
anyway, i don't mean to sound alarmist or anything about all of this - i've just had some experiences with volunteer and charity work in India before, and some of those ended up turning into a huge mess when Indian organizations tried to get involved with the work international groups were doing. so i guess i'm a little wary from the start! but again, i will be incredibly grateful to them if they can indeed provide the help that i've been trying to get Adia all along. is there anything else they want to know from me right now? and if they wanted to meet me, can they tell me when and how?
oh, also - i really appreciate all you're doing with this! i hope none of it is to stressful for you or too much work. that's aweseom you were Humanitarian of the year, what an honourable position!!! when all of this is calmer, i'll have to get some ideas from you if i aspire to the same title someday ;)
love,
nutmeg
i definitely want to talk to them and see who they are and what their intentions are - what the scope is of what they can do to help Adia. if they can provide her real and helpful care, as far as getting her health restored and making sure she isn't starved again, i have no problem with placing the matter in their hands. otherwise, putting her in a private hospital to get well and continue searching for options is a solution too.
i don't know if i'll have a choice necessarily - one thing i've found about India is that it's really, really hard usually to get people involved with something, but when they DO finally get involved, they won't let go of it and sometimes go really overboard. if they go overboard in the mater of getting Adia the care she needs, that's great of course! but if for some reason they can't actually so much for her but still think they should be handling her case, i don't think they'll rest until i'm out of the picture.
you said 'They have so many complaints that apparently they decided that you and Adia were top priority', do you mean they got complaints against my involvement with Adia? if so i'm shocked, i didn't know anyone here was even taking notice of her except for the people in the direct area, even when i was trying to get people to pay attention. how terrible that if people did notice her, they weren't trying to get something done to help her instead of just complaining!
the thing with Nepal is that we've been planning to visit but didn't know if it would be now or in about 3 or 4 months - we're doing a photography book on hand-painted signs of India and surrounding countries and want to get some from Kathmandu & Pokhara. our current Indian visa is up this month, and we heard we possibly could extend it within the coutry, but that turned out fruitless - so we'll take our Nepal trip now, and then come back to India. we can get the visa from the Indian Embassy while we're there. so, all signs point to it being a fairly mandatory vacation!
anyway, i don't mean to sound alarmist or anything about all of this - i've just had some experiences with volunteer and charity work in India before, and some of those ended up turning into a huge mess when Indian organizations tried to get involved with the work international groups were doing. so i guess i'm a little wary from the start! but again, i will be incredibly grateful to them if they can indeed provide the help that i've been trying to get Adia all along. is there anything else they want to know from me right now? and if they wanted to meet me, can they tell me when and how?
oh, also - i really appreciate all you're doing with this! i hope none of it is to stressful for you or too much work. that's aweseom you were Humanitarian of the year, what an honourable position!!! when all of this is calmer, i'll have to get some ideas from you if i aspire to the same title someday ;)
love,
nutmeg
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