United State’s Role: Nepal Richard Reese Social Work 255 Professor Jo Ellen Krengel April 29, 2008 INTRODUCTION ETHICAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN NEPAL In addition, I feel the U.S. has our own socioeconomic problems we must face. As our economy is collapsing, our people continue to lose jobs as well as aid for our post secondary education. Furthermore, although the U.S. is viewed as a wealthy nation, our country is in enormous debt and I feel that we may not have the all of the funds to assist in the development of Nepal. With the amount of debt we hold in combination with the recession we are currently facing, I feel that we must investigate how we will fix our own economy before we loan anymore money. Regardless of the U.S.’s problems, I strongly feel that there are appropriate programs that we can create to further assist in Nepal’s struggle to develop as a country. PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED BY THE U.S. Another important service would be to physically send food to the Nepalese who actually need it for their bodily welfare. Although the U.S. had already tried similar approaches, we noticed that not all of the food was being delivered to the appropriate people who needed it. An example of this service would be to generate food drives for the hungry in Nepal, and then develop a program that flies volunteers to physically hand the food to the appropriate neighborhoods who are starved. I believe that this approach to sending food is a more effective method then relying on Nepal’s corrupted government to “try” and distribute the food themselves, as they often accept bribes. Also, the U.S. could help set up a policy to have an agreement between the Nepalese government and the U.S. to accurately distribute food to people who need it. Nonetheless, there are many programs or services that can be offered by the U.S. without drastically altering Nepalese culture. As a U.S. citizen, I feel the most important thing that we can do to help Nepal...