Nepal: Microgrids for Rural Development Program Resources
Nepal: Microgrids for Rural Development Program Resources
Start learning before your program begins! Below are resources that will help prepare you for your program. If you have any questions, please contact our team at info@thegreenprogram.com
✈️ Preparing to Travel
- • Course Catalog: Course information, General Health & Safety, Packing List & more
- • Lodging Recommendations:(if you want to extend your stay pre or post your program)
- • Travel & Medical Insurance: Students have had good experiences booking their travel medical insurance through World Nomads.
- • We require that, at a minimum, you are covered for medical expenses including emergency repatriation. We strongly recommend that the policy also covers personal liability, cancellation, curtailment and loss of luggage and personal effects.
- • If you attend SDSU, please purchase travel insurance through SDSU via Aztecs Abroad
- • If needed, we recommend you ask your travel medical insurance provider about virtual counseling options, if gender-affirming care is included, and access to a network of recommended healthcare providers where they will be traveling, etc.If it is not included, you can also look into private options, such as BetterHelp.
- • Flights: Students have had good experiences booking their flight through StudentUniverse.
- • TGP will offset your flight's CO2 flight emissions when booking with them
- * TGP recommends that you wait to book your flights until after the enrollment deadline passes; if a program does not have enough participants to proceed, we will reach out to you directly. Typically, the enrollment deadline is approximately 8 weeks before the program's start date. For more information, please contact your TGP representative or our team at info@thegreenprogram.com. Additionally, TGP strongly encourages students to consider purchasing travel/flight insurance with "Cancel for any reason" coverage as an extra precaution.
- • As of January 20, 2025, the U.S. Federal Government passed an executive order that no longer issues U.S. passports or Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBAs) with an X sex marker. Please read the information from the U.S. State Department regarding sex markers in passports. Note: Current passports with sex marker X cannot guarantee an individual's entry or transit through other countries
- • Enroll and Register your travels in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) | The Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) is a free service to allow U.S. citizens and nationals traveling and living abroad to enroll their trip with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate.
📚 Pre-program Education: Getting into the TGP Mindset
- • A Global Pulse: Climate Change on an International Stage
- • Breaking the Bad: Self-motivation and Collective Agency
- • Getting Ready for Your Capstone Project
- • Innovation and the Private Sectors Influence
- • Introduction to Solar Energy
- • Intro to Climate Change:
- • "What is Climate Change?"(SDG Academy)
- • "Why Should We Care About Climate Change?"(SDG Academy)
- • "Business Solutions for Climate Change?"(SDG Academy)
- • Intro to Sustainability:
- • "An Introduction to Sustainable Development"(SDG Academy)
- • "Getting to Know the SDGs"(SDG Academy)
- • "Scale and Scope of the SDGs"(SDG Academy)
- • Sustainable Travel Guides:
- • What is Sustainable Tourism? Everything You Need to Know about Traveling with Impact
- • A Global Citizen's Travel Mindset
- • SDG Academy: Additional Courses (Optional, Online, Self-paced)
- • Transforming Our World: Achieving the SDG's | How do we achieve the SDGs by 2030? Taught by Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University
- • Sustainable Cities | Learn how government, the private sector, and other actors can support sustainable urban development
- • Rural Development
- • Energy and Poverty | By Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University
- • Engaging All Stakeholders | Exploring the transnational cooperation for success in achieving the SDG
- • Renewables: Solar | Profiles the science and potential impact of solar power.
🇳🇵 About Nepal
📝 Reources for Underrepresented Students
- • Black + Abroad Webinar Recordings
- • BIPOC Travel Articles:Resource Blogs by GoAbroad.com
- • US Dept of State: LGBTI Travelers Information Page
- • How to Pick Where to Study Abroad as an LGBTQIA+ Student:Blog by GoOverseas.com
- • How to Find Your Community During LGBTQI Travel:Blog by GoAbroad.com
- • Diversity and Iclusion Abroad Guide:Resource List by Diversity Abroad
- • LGBTQ+ Laws by Country:Resource by Equaldex
- • What to Expect Within Airports and TSA Experiences:Resource by A4TE
ℹ️ Regular Tourist Visas
- • If you will arrive by air, either apply for a visa at a Nepalese embassy or consulate before traveling, or purchase a tourist visa upon arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
- • For an online visa application form, see HERE.
- • Hotel Information/Address: Kathmandu Guesthouse - Saat Ghumti Marg 16, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
- • If you do not have a visa and do not receive an entry stamp from an immigration officer, you will not be allowed to depart Nepal
- • For regular tourist visa provided upon arrival by the Nepali Department of Immigration, tourists may stay no more than 150 days in any given calendar year.
- Tourists may request the following visa at the time of arrival at TIA and checkpoints: *Please be prepared to pay with cash!*
- • 15 days multiple-entry tourist visa ($30 USD)
- • 30 days multiple-entry tourist visa ($50 USD)
- • 90 days multiple-entry tourist visa ($125 USD)
- • Visa fees are payable in U.S. dollars (must be paid by cash). While money-changing and ATM services are available at the airport, credit card payment is not a reliable option, and ATM machines occasionally malfunction.
- • Travelers arriving to Nepal may need the following information:
- • Temporary Address: Kathmandu Guesthouse - Saat Ghumti Marg 16, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal. Kathmandu Guesthouse, contact number is +977 1-4700800
We are always looking for more ways to improve our resource library and help equip students for their experiences with TGP. To suggest or request additional resources that may be helpful to you and others, please contact our team at info@thegreenprogram.com
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Contact info@thegreenprogram.com or +1 (215) 821-0935 if you have any questions. If you are traveling to our program and trying to contact our team outside Mon-Fri 9:30 am - 5pm ET, please contact your TGP Guide directly (Melissa Lee: melissa@thegreenprogram.com or +19082685797 on WhatsApp)
*The safety of the team, students, guides, vendors and the wider local community remains our main priority and any return to operations will be done in a safe and responsible way. As such, all TGP actions must follow local government guidance. Any breach of local regulations will be a serious matter. Please note that this information above is provided by official Nepal and CDC sources, and can change from time to time. Visit the official websites above for the most up-to-date information.
Please see and follow TGP's Health and Safety Guidelines HERE.
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