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Kathmandu,Wednesday April 19, 2000 Baishakh 07, 2057.
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Nepal Scouts works with YMCA, GSSP
By a Post Reporter
KATHMANDU, April 18 - Nepal Scouts have begun to work with Young Men’s
Christian Association (YMCA) of Philadelphia and Vicinity, and the Girl Scouts of
Southeastern Pennsylvania (GSSP) on several programmes in both Nepal and the United
States, said a YMCA official in Philadelphia today.
According to Mary C. Carroll of YMCA Philadelphia, five young Nepalis will
visit the United States for two months this summer in the GSSP/YMCA International
Programme. The participants are slated to live with host families in Philadelphia area and
learn about America through YMCA and Girl Scout activities.
Likewise, around eight to ten American teenagers will be working with Nepal
Scout cadres in operating a day camp at two schools, one in Kathmandu and the other at a
remote village of SoluKhumbu, in July 2001. The camp programme is to offer Nepali children
attending the camp an enriching experience and enhance the relations between Nepal and the
United States, says Carroll. Various activities unavailable in the schools such as arts
and crafts, drama, sports, field trips and much more will be introduced at the camp, she
adds.
Stating that virtues such as generosity, gratitude, humility, kindness,
happiness and contentment are not proportionate nor even necessarily related to one’s
wealth among the Nepalis, Carroll says "by sharing resources with the Nepalis through
interactive projects, I am trying to help other Americans see that wealth and life’s
most sought assets are not necessarily connected. At the same time, we hope we are
enriching the lives of the Nepali people".
According to Carroll, an interpretive shop to raise funds for environmental
education was established in February this year at Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) which
was brokered by Philadelphia Y, SNP and Northeast Regional Office of the United States
National Park Service.
Similarly, Philadelphia Y had brought jazz vocalist Juanita Holiday and her
band to Kathmandu for a series of goodwill concerts last October. Apart from introducing
the American musical art form created by the African-Americans, the concerts were held for
various sectors of the Nepali society, adds Carroll. A children’s concert was held at
Bal Mandir Orphanage, a sophisticated jazz and blues concert at Hotel Yak and Yeti for
around 500 guests -- many from Kathmandu’s diplomatic community -- and a unique
Christian gospel concert at St. Xavier’s grounds.
Likewise, the most recent project that completed
last month was a medical camp held in Khari Khola of the Solukhumbu region. The crew
consisted of two physicians each from Nepal and the US, two Nepali nurses and around 17
others including Nepalis and US volunteers. According to Carroll, they brought along 700
pounds of medical supplies and provided health care to 1,200 people who swarmed to the
health post.
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