Paschim Paaila on its 4th Year

Paschim Paaila on its 4^th Year

July 28, 2012: With the theme of “Fun with good deeds” Paschim Paaila celebrated its 3^rd birthday by sharing knowledge on menstrual hygiene at Seti Devi School –Pharping on 17^th July 2012. Program was particularly focused on girls of lower secondary and secondary level.  In the knowledge sharing program physiological changes, social taboos, cultural aspects, nutritional aspects and psychological aspects was discussed among the participants. Basic knowledge on alternative pad making process was demonstrated. Changes during adolescence period were also discussed among boys of secondary level in the same school.

 

Program was followed by lightening the candle to raise awareness among all for creating Nepal an epidemic free nation. The objective of the program was to show deep sympathy for the untimely demise of all the disaster victims of Jajarkot epidemic, Seti flood and Bajura landslide and other emergencies. This candle lightening program was celebrated at Basantapur Dabali.  More than 150 youth were gathered showed their solidarity for creating epidemic free Nepal.

With the aim of sharing past update and plan of action for FY 12/13, annual sharing program was conducted at ENPHO hall on 28^th July, 2012. Focal person from water Aid Nepal, Clean Energy Nepal, ENPHO, PR foundation, Kathmandu Training Center were guest for the program. Executive board of Paschim paaila was reformed from immediate past president “Mr. Giri Khatri”.  Mr. Phurba Sange Moktan endorsed guiding document and past updates of Paschim Paaila.  Positive commitment was   made from guest speakers to support vision of Paschim Paaila. To encourage the new ideas and to enhance the creativity of youths “Paaila Ideal Fund” was announced on the same day. Finally event was concluded by screening Paschim Paaila documentary entitled “Youths leading for change”. 

Youths’ helping hands on Bajura Landslide emergency

By: Phurba Sange Moktan 

A devastating landslide triggered by intensive rains washed away 57 houses and shops and left five people dead and many injured in the remote village, Pipaldali and Kolit of Bajura at 9:30 pm on May 31, 2012. Internalizing to act immediate relief for food, shelter, clothes and health, five youth groups from Kathmandu joint their hands and started a relief campaign, “Call for Action: Please contribute to help Bajura Landslide Victims”.  Fund raising, logistic collection and sensitization activities were carried out during 3 weeks of time starting from June 7 to June 29, 2012. Rupees. one lakh and thirty thousand contributed from more than 1000 contributors has already been already sent to the affected areas. Similarly, 10 Bora clothes, 150 Piyush (water chlorination liquid), 50 Note copies and 12 dozen pencil collected from various well-wishers were also sent to the affected area.

More than 1000 youths/people directly engaged on this cause from various dynamics. Students and Staffs from 14 colleges contributed more than sixty thousands rupees, professionals and staffs from various organizations contributed around seventy thousands rupees, various personals contributed one day salary. Paschim Paaila added ten thousand rupees from Emergency Relief Fund as seed fund. Various well-wishers contributed logistics and all. Most of all, more than 3000 youths/persons became concerned about the emergency issue.

All the reliefs (funds and logistics) collected in Kathmandu were sent to affected families from Kolti and Pipaladadi of Bajura through a local NGO, Human Resource Centre-Bajura. They supported to transport all the logistics from Dhangadi to Kolti (affected areas) and also coordinated to District Disaster Relief Committee and Local disaster relief committee to support the relief effectively.

Collective efforts from various teams with dedicated and motivated youth mass were carried out in the very short period of emergency need. This has justified the youth efforts are never worthless. Instead, always becomes the factor for transformation. 5 youth groups (Paschim Paaila, NYCA, YDRR, Rotaract Club of Dillibazar and Rotaract Club of Kathmandu Midtown) were stand up to raise Rs. 141,637/- (up to July 12, 2012), guess if 100 youth groups stand up for such cause???

(Note: To get more details, visit site:
http://www.epidemicfreenepal.blogspot.com/p/call-for-actionsupport-bajura-victims.html )

प्रकोपमा युवाभमिका बारे अन्तरक्रिया सम्पन्न

बाढिजन्य प्रकोपका हिसाबले नेपाल संसारमा ३१औ तथा भुकम्प जन्य प्रकोपका हिसाबले ११औ स्थानमा रहेको तथ्य  नँया होइन। त्यसो त नेपाल आफैपनि बेला बेलामा विभिन्न प्रकोपको चपेटामा पर्दै आएको छ। भखरै बाजुरा कोल्टी पहिरो तथा सेती बाढिले पनि सो कुरालाई प्रष्ट पारेको छ। प्रकोपमा युवा सहभागिता र चासोको कुरा पनि विस्तारै बढ्दै गइरहेको छ।

“पश्चिम पाईला” (युवा सञ्जाल) र एन्फो बाट मासिक रुपमा सञ्चालन गरिने अन्तरक्रिया कार्यक्रम (WASH FORUM) मा यहि जुन महिनाको अन्तिम शुक्रबार बाजुराको पहिरो (प्रकोप)मा युवाको सहभागिता अझ कसरी हनसक्छ र युवा सहभागिता अझ कसरी बढाउन सकिन्छ भन्ने विषयमा १६ वटा संस्थाबाट आएका २५ युवा प्रतिनिधिहरु विच अन्तक्रिया कार्यक्रम सम्पन्न गरियो।

भर्खरै बाजुराको कोल्टी लगायतका क्षेत्रमा छ जनाको ज्यान तथा लाखौको क्षति हने गरि आएको पहिरोबारे बोल्दै सहकारी तथा गरिबि निवारण मन्त्रालयबाट आउनु भएका श्री नारायण रेग्मीले युवाहरुले युवा मार्फत नै परिवर्तन सम्भब भएको कुरालाई प्रस्ट्याउनु भएको थियो । उहाँ आफै पनि बाजुरा कोल्टि क्षेत्रलाई प्रतिनिधित्व गर्नु भएकोले त्यहाँको भौगोलिक, सामाजिक तथा आर्थिक अवस्थाबारे निकै जानकारी पनि दिनुभएको थियो । त्यसैगरी, युवाहरुको भूमिकालाई उल्लेख गर्दै श्री फुर्वा साङ्गे मोत्तानले बाजुराको पहिरो पिडित परिवारहरुलाई सहयोग गर्न काठमाडौंमा युवाहरु लागी परेको कुरालाई  जोड दिनु भएको थियो । “काठमाडौंका ५ युवा समुहहरु जुटेर आज रु १,३८,१३७/- लगायत विभिन्न लत्ताकपडा, पियूष, कापि कलम आदी प्रभावित क्षेत्रमा पुर्याउन सकियो । यस्तै १०० युवा समुहहरु जुट्ने हो भने कति धेरै गर्न सकिएला ?” भन्दै सम्पूर्ण युवाहरुलाई यस्ता मानवीय कार्यमा अझ अग्रसर रहन आग्रह गर्दै थिए उनी । कार्यक्रममा बाजुराको स्थानिय आवाजलाई पनि जागरण मिडियाको सौजन्यमा प्रस्तुत गरिएको थियो ।