When I entered Nepal it was a Kingdom and now it is a Republic. I had to cut short some of my days at work as a 3 day public holiday was announced. There was increased security in the form of riot police and army on the streets and a bomb did go off not far from where I was staying.

Because of the holidays I could not complete all of my audit testing but I had done enough however to have a close-out meeting on 30th May with Shalini (The Country Director) and her finance team (Hari & Anil). I made 9 recommendations and the team agreed to all of them. This was very pleasing for me and hopefully it will further enhance SPW Nepal's financial management framework.

I had a great time in Nepal during a momentous period of change for the country. I thank the SPW Nepal team for their support, patience and for the great gifts.

Now off to India.....

Richard

(p.s. for those of you that are interested my stomach is ok now, Imodium did the trick!!)