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Celebration of December 5. Authentic Friends' Society, Lalitpurorganised a 'Khir Bhojan' (Rice Pudding

feeding) programme to the aged, orphan

people residing in the PashupatiBridhashram, the shelter inside the

Pashupati temple complex on Dec 5, 2000.

More than the 200 aged people enjoyed the

special food on the occasion of IYV 2001.The NGO had also produced T-Shirt that

contained the name of the NGO on the frontside. The Back of the T-shirt was markedwith the big IYV logo with the four

objectives of IYV in national language. The

main sponsors for the programme were theReiukai Nepal, the Himalaya Dairy and the

Lalitpur Municipality.

Contact Address: Mr. Shiva P. Amatya,

President, Phone: 977 1 528 197,Email: [email protected]

. SHAPARD, national NGO and AsianVolunteer Organisation, Sindhupalchok

jointly organised a celebration programme

in Chautara town on December 5, 2000.They conducted talk programme on IYV for

the students of class 9 and 10 in the Shree

Krishna Higher Secondary School,

Chautara town, Sindhupalchok district.Then 200 students from the 10 schools

rallied with slogan " 1 hour for volunteering

works'. The rally went through the townand collected paper, plastics for sanitation

purposes.

Contact Address: Mr. Saiman Ale, Vice-Chairman Chautara-8, Sindhupalchok,

Phone: 977 11 20067

Email: [email protected]

. ENRUDEC, Banke based local NGO

organized one-day interaction programme

on Role of Social Workers on IYV 2001on December 5, 2000. 20 participants (4

women) took part in the programme. The

Same NGO also produced a fresco on the

wall of the office facing the East-West

Highway of Nepal by mentioning slogan (in

the national language): Serve genuinely,make success IYV 2001. It was published

in the Express local paper published on

December 1, 2000.

Contact Address: Mr. Dhan B. Rokaya

Phone: 977 81 40105, Fax: 977 81 40120

. The Refugee Women Forum (RWF),

Jhapa district organised the IYV celebration

programme. There were 200 hundred

volunteers from the RWF completed their 5years of voluntary services in Sanishare,

Timai, Goldhap, Kudunabari, Beldangi I, II,

and Beladangi Extension. The volunteerswere provided with certificates in

recognition of their valuable service

participated by UNHCR, WFP, CARITAS,LWF, NRCS and OXFAM.

Celebration of December 5, 2000 in Jhapa.

The day long program, the first time

organised IVD program for the refugees

residing in the camps in Jhapa and Morang

districts in the Eastern part of Nepal, whichincludes a meeting, debate competition,

sports was held inviting all camp committee

members, teachers, governmentrepresentative to judge the activities. The

day was celebrated in befitting manner and

carried out a program along with preparedbanners and playcards. The IYV 2001

message was given along with printed

materials to the participants. The prize andaward distribution has taken place at the

end of the program for those young and

aged volunteers. The program was


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supported by UN Volunteer Mr. G. B.A.

Gunasingha and by UNHCR and WFP.

Contact Address: c/o Mr. G.B.A.

Gunasingha, Phone: 977 23 80082

IYV 2001 Launch through TheVolunteer Exhibition

Honble Minister of Science and

Technology Mr. Surendra P. Chaudhary

launched IYV 2001 in Nepal by opening aVolunteer Exhibition organized by IYV

2001 National Steering Committee for

Nepal, on 17 December 2000 in the

Bhrikuti Mandap hall, Kathmandu. A briefreport is given in the annex # 1.

For details: IYV National Coordinator

Phone: 977 1 262570, Fax: 977 1 226 500Email: [email protected]

Honble Minister Mr. Surendra P. Chaudhary cutting

the ribbon to launch IYV on December 17, 2000,flanked by UN Resident Coordinator, Member of

National Planning Commission, President of FNCCI

and the Japanese Ambassador.

Media coverage

1. Press release and News: On December

4, 2000, press release was jointly releasedby IYV Secretariat and UNV Nepal. With

the heading of "Annan: Increase efficiency

of public service", the Rising Nepal,

national English daily covered news aboutIYV on December 5, 2000.

2. Goodwill ambassadors was theheading of the full- page coverage by the

national weekly Nepali Times, mostly

read by donors, expatriates and nationalprofessional people in its issue for

December 8-14, 2000 period on of UNV

Nepal and IYV Nepal.

3. Live Discussion on the Kantipur FMRadio: On December 14, 2000, the popularprogramme- Mayos Taremam- of the

Kantipur FM Radio organized live

discussion programme on IYV 2001. Mr.

Hem Subedi, the host of the programmediscussed with Mr. Bhuvan Silwal, IYV

National Coordinator during the programme

8-9am.

4. Meet the Press on IYV Launch: Meetthe Press programme occurred immediatelyafter the IYV 2001 launch. The 18

journalists representing the National daily

news papers- Gorkhapatra, the Kantipur andKathmandu Post, Space time, Himalaya

times, Nepali Samachar Patra, Lokpatra,

Spotlight Journal, FM Radios-Sagarmatha

and Kantipur and Space Time TV Channel,attended the programme.

The Meet the Press programme observedimmediately after the IYV launch.

Dr. Jagadish Chandra Pokharel, Honble

Member of the National Planning

Commission and Chair of the IYV 2001National Steering Committee was the key

respondent to the programme. He was

accompanied by Mr. S. M. Shrestha,Member-Secretary of the National Planning

Commission and Member of IYV NSC, Dr.

T. Pokharel, Member-Secretary of the

Social Welfare Council and Member of theIYV NSC, Mr. M. R. Pandey, Joint

Secretary of the National Planning

Commission and Member of the IYV NSC,Dr. P.P.Upadhyay, Director of the National

Development Volunteer Service and the

Member-Secretary of the IYV NSC, Mr.Simon Forrester, UNV Programme Officer

for Nepal and Mr. Bhuvan Silwal, IYV

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5. Live Discussion on the SagarmathaFM Radio: Dr. P. P. Upadhyay, Directorof the National Development Volunteer

Service and Member-Secretary of the IYV

2001 National Steering Committee for

Nepal (IYV NSC) took part in the popularhard talk programme of the Sagarmatha FM

studio. Mr Shobhakhar Budhathoki, a

recently returned UNV from Koshovo alsotook part in the discussion through the

phone line.

6. Coverage of IYV 2001 Launch inNepal: On December 18, 2000, the press

coverage following the IYV launch byopening of the Volunteer Exhibition

included the following:

Newspaper Status LanguageThe Gorkhapatra National Dailly National

The Kathmandu Post National Daily English

The Himalaya Times National Daily NationalThe Kantipur National Daily NationalNepal Samachar Patra National Dailly National

Gorkhapatra national daily (national

language) published an article entitled

Volunteerism: A Way for Social Unitywritten by Mr. Bhuvan Silwal. Similarly, an

article entitled An Introduction of IYV

2001 by Mr. Rajesh Koirala appeared onThe Kantipur national daily (national

language) published on December 20, 2000.

Spotlight, English Weekly (Dec 22-28,

2000) contained an article entitled 87

Nepalis Serving As UN Volunteer by

Henning Karcher, Resident Coordinator ofUN Agencies in Nepal.

Haka Haki, monthly journal published byNEFEJ published notice for the celebration

of IYV 2001 in the 3rd

issue of the year2057 B.S.

Miscellaneous

1. On October 23, Interview with Mr. Gopal

Shrestha, Ex- UNV in Indonesia and nowUNV in Indonesia was aired through the

programme called Achel (i.e. literally Now-

a-days) of the National TV. He was asked

about his experiences in the country and

lessons learnt from there.

2. RUNVAN produced a range of

Greeting Cards in using the art that wonprizes in a contest organized for IYV

celebration. 800 cards were purchased by

the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to use

officially over the festive season.

3. The National Planning Commission/the

National Development Volunteer Service(NPC/NDVS) has advertised for the

recruitment of a new batch of NDVSvolunteers. At this moment, the target is torecruit about 120 technicians for rural areas

in Nepal.

Hon. Minister Mr. Surendra P. Chaudhary observing

the exhibition stall of NDVS during the Volunteer

Exhibition on December 17, 2000.

4. Bank Account of IYV 2001 Secretariat

has been established.

Current Bank Acct. # 1255-11, Nepal BankLtd., UN Building, Lalitpur

Contact Details

IYV National CoordinatorIYV SecretariatNPC/NDVS OfficeAPPROSC Building, Ram Shah PathPO Box 2274, Kathmandu, NepalTel. (977 1) 262570 Fax. (977 1) 226500Email [email protected]

UNV Programme OfficerUnited Nations VolunteersUNDP, UN HousePO Box 107 Kathmandu, NepalTel. (977 1) 523200Fax. (977 1) 523991Email [email protected]

http:\\www.iyv2001.org

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