05/20/2026
This is Ngima Dawa Tamang who lives in Kathmandu, Nepal. We are soon to be together again. Dawa had a hostel Chhahari House in Kathmandu, which was focused on young children who had lost contact with their parents by death, location, or abandonment. He, his wife, and children are some of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life.
Tessa met him when he and his wife lived at Upaya center in the early 2000s. After Tessa died, the Tessa Foundation went to Nepal to meet him and support his initiatives.
This little girl, Mary, was a baby when we first met her. She is now in Albuqurque, going to nursing school. Dawa always thought she was a reincarnation of Tessa, when Tessa's brother Devin and I stayed with them at their home. Mary who is very shy, reached her arms up so that Devin could hold her. We became devoted fast friends. Now we will be meeting again at the Himalayan book festival in Nepal at the end of May, sharing the book 'Tessa Eyes on the World' with the worldwide community.
