Village Eco-Tourism in Jhyanglang

“Aama, may I help you with Kitchen work?”, Mojca, a 21 years old girl from Slovenia asks mother of host family with respect and in reply mother smiles and shakes her head saying “of course”. In Jhyanglang village of Rasuwa near Kalikasthan, rural village eco-tourism has started already with few European tourists to watch traditional culture of Hindus and Buddhist. Mojca enjoyed her 3 nights and 2 days cooking tea for family, cutting grass, doing some kitchen work and having experience with the traditional music and culture.

Now the wait is over

NHCC has finally established child library and cultural centre is Jhyanglang village of Rasuwa district. Within one year of its establishment, it has achieved this result.
Thanks to Ben the Treasurer of Ganesh-Himal.be ASBL for inaugurating the child library and cultural centre. We are proud to be the first child club to establish a library and cultural centre in Rasuwa district

Too Good Friends

Jessica and Kirsty from Sydney, Australia have been good friends foe the children of Jibjibe. NHCC appreciates their contribution for the health camp and for their generosity and for friendliness.

Thanks for the Health Camp

CETOP (Crambrook Explorers and Travellers Overseas Partnership) sponsored one of the biggest health camps in the Jibjibe village of Rasuwa district. People from Australia came here and provided health services to the hundreds of people. Those people who die just because they do not have money to afford for their health, got benefit from this camp. Aussies have been contributing in several sectors like infrastructure development, building schools, providing scholarships and so on. Not only this time, even before they had provided medical equipments for the local PHC (Public Health Centre). Thanks to Worldhorizon (http://www.worldhorizon.net/) and Rasuwa Treks for contributing for this health camp. Special Thanks to Bob Lock, the team leader from CETOP for his kind support.

Stop Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking!!

Still so many women are being suffered from domestic violence and girls have been trafficked to feed prostitution network. Voice to eliminate the unfair gender discrimination practice has been raised but still there are thousands of discrimination cases around our area. ECWZ took NHCC on street drama tour to norhtern Rasuwa, which was funded by Action Aid Nerpal and coordinated by Manekor Society Nepal. This street drama tried to address these common issues.

Happy Dipawali

Deusi –Vailo as a Fundraiser Event

In rural Nepal, Deusi-Vailo (a cultural musical event specially performed in Dipawali festival) program is well performed every year by group of kids, adolescents and by adults. People visit houses with the musical event and the households are supposed to give some money, rice, sel roti (special ring-shaped bread made from rice floor, sugar in oil) and fruits. In this way people raise money and entertain others. Nowadays, it has been a fundraiser event for clubs and other social groups. This year, our sister concern New Horizon Children’s Club organised Deusi-Vailo program to raise fund for a child library in village. Money to buy furniture has been received from Ganesh-Himal.be ASBL, Belgium. So we are trying to gather money to buy textbooks, child magazines and other stuffs that could be useful for kids.
We (ECWZ Nepal and NHCC) raised about 10000 NC from Deusi-Vailo, which is good. We slept only 3 hours for 3 days of the festival. This year’s Dipawali Festival was for Child Library. No cards, no cinema, no family gathering but only Deusi-Vailo. I wish to see a child library before I start my master’s degree uni classes. We have another street drama project originally granted by Action Aid. We hope to save some money to give it to child club to buy more library stuffs. ECWZ Nepal has started Child Initiative through Children’s Club. This type of program will help children to build up their capacity and will make them responsible to their family, community and country.

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Children’s Club, to make positive difference in community

Kabita Devkota, Treasurer of the New Horizon Children’s Club (NHCC), has been the busiest girl in village. Studying in grade 9 at Nilakantha Model Secondary School, wakes up early as she needs to help her parents cooking food and for other household works. Apart from her home works, she has big responsibility of running her children’s club. She was a shy girl up to last year but now she has been one of the active leaders in her team and in school. She is a dancer as well, who has learnt the ancient dance called Balan and some modern dance also. Children’s club has built her confidence and capacity. Another girl Chameli lives with her married sister as her brother-in-law is in Malaysia for employment. She needs to help her sister doing all the works in home, attending school classes and providing time for Children’s Club. Ramchandra, studying at Grade 10 and the President of the Club is now advocating for the Child Rights and other issues regarding children and is a good actor in street dramas. Through this club, children are supporting the organisations and other groups in the community to ensure their welfare. Within one year of their establishment, NHCC has been more effective and more powerful than any Women’s Group and consumer club of their area. Highly inspired and self-motivated children around 200 from more than 7 villages are trying to establish themselves as an ideal child club in the country. They have started child initiatives as they think they are “Children to make difference”. Through this type of Child Club, children can develop their skills and capacity as well as they can develop the feeling of responsibility and belongingness among the children for their family, community and country.

by Kishan Devkota

Ganesh-Himal and NHCC, together for a mission

It has been a perfect coordination between the children of remote Nepal (Rasuwa) and the overseas Youths. Ganesh-Hiamal.be ASBL, an organisation registered in Belgium has started its charity work in Rasuwa. With the motive of promoting rural eco-tourism to improve the living standard of the disadvantaged, poor and marginalised group of remote Rasuwa, Dhading, Nuwakot and Sindhupalchok (in and around the Ganesh-Langtang region of central Nepal), highly motivated and energetic youths from Belgium formed a charity called Ganesh-Himal.be ASBL and started their mission with the children’s club (New Horizon Children’s Club, NHCC) of Rasuwa. NHCC with the support of Ganesh-Himal.be ASBL, is establishing a cultural centre and small child library. Cultural centre will have traditional and some modern costumes and musical instruments so that children can learn ancient culture to prevent their cultural identity and practice some modern culture as well. This cultural identity will be an attraction for the tourists and we are hoping it to promote rural village tourism. Through cultural programmes, NHCC organises various awareness activities to make village people aware of the many contemporary issues like Girls’ Trafficking, Cultural Superstitions, importance of health, hygiene and sanitation and so on. Child library will provide extra learning opportunities to the children of village who simply have one course book to go through, throughout the year. Books of child literature, Science, History, Geography, General I.Q., Atlases, child magazine and newspapers, etc. will be in library. For the library, only basic furniture have been organised, but in near future, NHCC wishes to fill the cupboard with the variety of books to strengthen children’s reading skills and to widen their knowledge. NHCC wants to make a docu drama to tackle the Girls’ Trafficking problem and is seeking for the support. Ganesh-Himal.be ASBL has been the source of inspiration and first supporter for this club and has been a best partner. Now the village covering NHCC members have been a little bit child-centered villages. We are proud to say that NHCC has been more effective and more powerful than any Women’s Group and consumer club of their area.

by Kishan Devkota (ECWZ Nepal)

Happy New Year 2064!

NHCC organised a function during NEW YEAR 2064. Parents were invited and all the kids from many villages were participated in the show. NHCC oeganised some kids game for their parents. Parents enjoyed remembering their own childhood by playing kids game in front of their own kids. NHCC organised baloon Dance and musical chair for parents and Baloon dance and baloon fight for kids. There was a full day concerts by NHCC. Thanks to Ganesh-Himal ASBL (www.ganesh-himal.be) for providing support and inspiring NHCC for its work. Thanks for the local medias and radio stations for broadcasting some important public initiative messages on the behalf of NHCC and transmitting the news about NHCC and it's function. Special thanks for Balaram( Human right activist and journalist from Rasuwa) & Patidhwani FM Radio for supporting us.

NHCC Celebrating Womens Day

At least Children are little bit aware of what's happening to womens in remote communities. Some os the unfair practices done to women in family and community is attached to religion so it is hard for us to remove that soon. But all the unfair practices in the name of whatever is to be eradicated. Gender equity does not mean Ctrl+c and then Ctrl+V of the western culture but we have to learn so many things from them. Lets hope new generation will be doing something for this important mission.

A campaign to increase awareness

NHCC Drama
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.

NHCC organised a drama about cultural practice to get rid of diseases. They use some ritual process and equippments. Theese practices are not scientifically proven hence are not to be followed but millions of people are just following it as part of their culture. Even educated people have not forgotten these stuffs which are not good for people. Tradition like these are to be avoided, more than culture, these are superstitions.

Show 4

Show 4
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.

NHCC organised its fourth show and now its performance is improved. 100 more members have been registered to participate in mission. NHCC will try to organise this type of function every member villages in near future.

Grandson following Grandfather's way

Grandson following Grandfather
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.

Karsingi, a member of NHCC is performing ancient and holy lama dance. His Grandpa is too old and weak todo such dance and there is Grandson to follow his Grandpa's footsteps to preserve local native culture.

A tough challenge for NHCC and ECWZ

A recent research done by one organisation in the ECWZ project area has shown shocking data. About 300 girls/women have been sold to brothels in many Indian cities and even to third countries to feed prostitution network. Southeast area of the district is badly affected by girls trafficking problem. After declaration of ceasefire by Maoist and Govt., that prostitution network has been more active. Poverty and lack of awareness are main cause of girls trafficking in rural villages. Girls are sold about 25000 Nepalese Currency, it means the price of a cheapest computer and a Buffalo is same as the value of the girls. In some cases even relatives and family have sent their own daughter/wife to make money. Don’t know how many of them are HIV positive and if they have HIV, it will be more disastrous because in Mongolian society, sexual freedom is seen. Some of the girls who have returned from brothels, have started like small restaurant in Kathmandu and other central cities. There is a maximum chance of their continuity of the same job. Prostitution in the name of Cabin Restaurant and Message Centre in Kathmandu is quite common. Sometime we hear that police arrest some sex workers.In central jail, sundhara, more than 70 HIV positive found out of 150. Blood bank of Red Cross was going to organise blood donation programme and checked their blood in jail and got this data. Most of the facts have been hidden and Govt. and concerned organisations are also not unfolding this issue. In Nepal 1000000000 NC was brought to fight against HIV AIDS but still there is no difference. Expansion of HIV in this ration will make the country like Africa one day.Law to stop prostitution and girls trafficking is very strict but still lots of girls are being sold. Agents pretend to arrange their (Girls) foreign employment from Delhi so girls and their family think its ok to fly from Delhi and their target is Gulf countries. But girls do not fly from Delhi. Anyone can guess those girls, who have not language and any other skills other than working in field and their own language, and go to those countries where their skill and qualification does not work. Recently parliament has passed another Foreign Employment Act to encourage females to go to foreign countries and work. This will increase HIV positives and prostitution. They make money and could be beneficial for country in terms of tax but can bring serious problem in future.In Rasuwa NHCC, a children club formed with the guidance and support of ECWZ has started social awareness campaign to fight against this trend. Girls and their family should understand potential disaster which will destroy their family and eventually their society. Road drama and other social awareness activities will be organised to address these contemporary issues. ECWZ is always concentrating in the welfare of the children and people in remote Nepal. One campaign has been started as SOCIAL AWARENESS THROUGH EDUCATION

Parents in Children's show

Parents in Children's show
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.

Explore the native culture of Rasuwa

Lama dance @ NHCC show
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.

Rock climbing!!, waiting to be climbed

Rock climbing!!
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.

Rock Climbing; a new possibility for Rasuwa

Rock The Deli
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.

Once you try to climb rocks which you find everywhere in the villages and in National park area in Rasuwa, you may feel you are in Rock Climbing Centre. There are a lot of Rocks of different types and size that you can try at any of them independently. “Rock The Deli” is about 20 meter high and there are some rocks which are just 2-3 meter which are easy to climb. Experience the native culture of Rural Nepal and have an adventure with the unclimbed and untouched Rocks of Rasuwa. You will forget Namche and Tenzin Rock once you experience on these rocks.

NHCC cultural team

NHCC cultural team
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.

NHCC, exploring the native apartness of remote villages

Lama dance @ NHCC
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.

NHCC has started a campaign to protect native culture of the remote villages of Rasuwa. Since its formation, NHCC is highly committed and dedicated to ensure welfare of the people in the lap of remote Langtang. NHCC, through its member from more than seven villages at the moment, combines all the cultural heritages through its several cultural shows. Especially Tamang and Barmhin culture are found in remote villages. Young generation has accepted the challenge to protect tradition and native apartness of the culture of Rasuwa whereas people are being unknown from which culture and tradition they are.
Youth participation to make their own society is the central idea of the club. Currently NHCC has 100 members but there are a lot of children who wish to be the member of the club.

Feel the difference

Feel the difference
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.

New Horizon Childrens

ECWZ Kids@ Rasuwa
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.

NHCC, Rasuwa

NHCC, Rasuwa
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Namaste! Welcome to NHCC

Uma dancing in NHCC programme
Originally uploaded by Kishan Devkota.