Cleaning of the Seto Machchindranath Temple and feedback from some participants

Date: 11th October 09
Group-5 Slum Area
Location: Ason
Facilitator: Ambika Poudel
No of member: 15
Program: 11:30 am to 3 pm

Source and posted by: Ayush,Bishwas,Pranish,Samyek.

Today, the cleaning program started a bit late as a function took place at the temple in the morning.So. Mr.Alok Tuladhar a volunteer of the Jana Bahal society shared the information about the 'Seto Machchindranath' as well as it's impact on society and the religious aspects of the temple.The volunteers of this group cleaned up the butter lamp posts surrounding the temple as well as the volunteers of our group namely Ayush,Bishwas,Pranish and Samyek also participated. The accessories such as brush and spatula were provided by the Jana Bahal society, the volunteers provided themselves with gloves and masks. The volunteers cleaned the oily surface which covered the butter lamp posts as well as the pigeons waste. The volunteers were bit unwilling at first but did finish the work enthusiastically in the end. This work does deserve a round of applause.

Feedback from the participants:

Tenzing Kunchok: The program was fun and enjoyable but due to lack of tools, we could not do our work effectively.

Ganga Tiwari: We did get to go to different places gaining experience from different places. The major drawback of our group is that the co-ordination was lacking.

Tenzing Tushi: The group members were good to work with. The thing that I did not like is waking up early morning for this work.

Juna Khatri: The members of the group are very supportive and enthusiastic to the work though at times the members were not punctual.

Traffic Awereness Programme @ Canvas School

Date: 10th October 09
Old Age Home
Location: Thapagaun and Bhagikhana
Facilitator: Deepa Lageju
No of member: 22
Program: from 10:30 am to 1:00pm

Source and posted by: Aaditya, Chhitiz, Chang, Keshav and Satish

Today our volunteers went to canvas int. school to give some information to the students of that school.They provided knowledge about traffic rules and regulations to them.they provided knowledge about the effects of being careless about the traffic rules and regulations. They were helped by two traffic police officers, subinspector damodar silwal and costable diwas kumar dahal.

Ama ghar

Date: 7th October 09
Group-2 Children Home
Location: Godavari
Facilitator: Umesh Khatri
No of member: 17
Program: 10:00 am to 3 pm

Source and posted by: Ayush,Pranish,Samyek.

Today, the volunteers of 'Children Home' co-ordinated with an orphanage 'Ama Ghar'.
The volunteers at first interacted with the staff and the children from the place. As the volunteers told us that the staff of 'Ama Ghar' were very hostile and friendly.
The volunteers along with the children at 'Ama Ghar' cleaned the volleyball court as well as did the lining of the court. After lining and cleaning the volleyball court, the volunteers cleaned and maintined the kitchen garden in the premises of the 'Ama Ghar'. All the volunteers of this group brought smile in the faces of the children they are bound to be appreciated.

Fund raiser at the old age home

Date: 9th October 09
Old Age Home
Location: Kuleshowor
Facilitator: Rumila Maharjan
No of member: 22
Program: from 10:00 am to 3:00pm

Source and posted by: Aaditya, Chhitiz, Chang, Keshav and Satish

Today, the regular jobs were done in kuleshowor. Things including cooking for the old ladies and cleaning up the house. Painting doors and railing of house. The special thing today was that the social work team there lead by Mr. Manjil bought three beds for the old ladies there. Over Rs. 5000 was collected , which included generous donations from Mr. Santosh Bohara, Mrs. Ramila Shrestha, The documentation team and the social work team. The beds were bought all the way from Taudaha. The sum amount was also used to buy the blankets and pillows for the old ladies. Well this remarkable achievement will be forever cherished. Well done to all of you guys, you deserve it!!

Solid waste management

Date: 9th October 09
Cleaning Campaign
Location: Teku and Slums in Tripushor
Facilitator: Mr.Satosh Acharya and Ms.Ambika
No of member: 15 + 11 = 26
Program: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm and 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Source and posted by: Aaditya, Chhitiz, Chang, Keshav and Satish

A presentation was held in Teku, regarding the procedure to make and use compost manure. Two groups were present in the presentation. Both of the groups learned to use the tools to make the manure. A drum of 100 kg capacity was used to make the manure. It was a quite effective way of reducing pollution and increasing the production of crops.

At 1:00 pm, the two groups gathered at the Slum area beside Tripureshor bridge. The groups were further separately divided into three groups. All the groups gathered the people there and informed them about the use of compost manure and its process. The people had a positive attitude towards the proposed plan. Most of them agreed to use it upon our help as well. The team managed to grab a lot of attention, and were quite satisfied with their efforts. The goal was achieved quite smoothly.

Aiding traffic management in kathmandu

Date: 9th October 09
Traffic Management
Location: Putali sadak
Facilitator: Deepa Lageju
No of member: 15
Program: from 8 am onwards.

Source and posted by: Aaditya, Chhitiz, Chang, Keshav and Satish

Today the volunteers from the traffic management group helped the traffic management at Putali Sadak. They were divided into groups of two and were appointed specific spots all over the place. When asked about the responsibility of managing the traffic, they were quite satisfied with their work. The traffic police officers also reacted rather appreciatively. Well, even though all the people did not follow the instructions properly, our team managed to grab the attention of a lot of people. The team could not force the people to follow the rules, but gave it their best shot. A very good job done indeed. After all working in the burning heat is not an easy job. Hats off to our traffic management team!!

Fundraising for 'Old Age Home'

Today the funds were raised to donate beds at the 'Old Age Home' at Kuleshwor. The documentation group along with the volunteers of 'Ama Ghar' and 'Cleaning campaign' donated money. The total funds raised today was Rs 2250 from these three groups.