Category Lives

Have you walked to school everyday for more than an hour? During my school I used to walk 30 minutes after completing grade 5 before then after 15 minutes walk I used to reach school. From grade 6 and above, school was located at some other place, so 30 minutes was minimum time, I start 9:25 am and reached before assembly or exactly that I manage to keep my bag in assembly area.

I grew up in a town, the headquarter of a district in western Nepal. Now, my school has their own bus. And, for those who are from outside of the town, residential facilities was available and it is still continued. Since Tansen is the town with facilities of education, health and business, many from within the district and even outside of the district used to come and go and many lived in rented room. There are 3 – 4 popular with capacity of 800 – 1000 student schools are still running where student from the surrounding used to walk for more than an hour to reach school and many discontinued after difficulties in studying i.e. doing assignments or getting fail mark test. I think they gave reason to their unknown parents about education that they could not walk anymore. Or, for some who continued even after they failed in final examination felt ashamed and later changed school and some passed and some failed again and started to help parents in field or did nothing than roaming or hanging around. At that time, I did not know about girls who ran away (married) or guys who brought wife at young age before completing school education because I did not really care about it. I become more aware when I learned that Nepal lacks quality human resources during my Master’s research.

It is disadvantage for Nepal and for the global world.

These girls who grew up in village have similar stories. They walked a long way about 2 and 1/2 hours to reach their school after passing grade 5 because the nearby school had until grade 5 only. Now, seeing them preparing for course that will equip them for professional job that helps in earning and, advantage for their community and locality where they lack qualified people gives happiness. There are 7 from different villages of the rural areas of the Lalitpur district preparing for college of which 6 are girls. 3 of them are living in Console Mission’s rented house. They go for preparation class early in the morning and after returning practices.

Children from the areas that Console Mission is focusing

Family in front of their house made after earthquake 2015

There are children who are in need of uniform, educational materials and educational coaching.

There is one case who hold for a year from running away at the age of 14 because she was getting educational materials and involving in annual get-togethers. Talking to her mother it is learned that after girls have menstruation it is culturally unlikely that they stay with parents.

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As we entered slum, I realized that I should have wore mask that helped me from air pollution cause of the river flowing nearby. The river was filthy and the colour of the water flowing is dirty brown. However, the inside part, the narrow path inside the slum was clean. It looked like that daily cleaning, infront of the house is managed by themselves that gave me idea that people living there seek for cleanliness. But, it is unexplainable that it is a place where filthy water is flowing by, rubbish collected from households are collected there as a dumping site and it is also a place where fruits imported are stored. A big vegetable market is also running where there are collectively many wholesalers selling different types of vegetables like green vegetables, seasonal fruits, potatoes, tomatoes and so on.

First visit of the year March 29, 2019

A slum is a poor area of a big city. A slum is usually overcrowded and dirty, a discouraging place to live.

Most of the females were at house and washing cloths. They were squeezing cloths, lack of enough water cloths were left to soak at the top of the zinc sheet roof and some cloths were waiting for water supply. River is flowing nearby but the they lack water. There were male sleeping because they work at night. There were many young females smoking cigarettes. Knowing that starring them smoking means possibilities of conflict though a glance let them understand that it is culturally unexpected and it is harmful. But, that become habit based on their profession where they comforts their customers coming to drink alcohol or beer and smoking. One priest from Temple informed that there are females and also males suffering from incurable diseases. But, they do not care to go to hospital because of shame.

The purpose of the visit was to identify the single woman, widow and young female orphan.

2019 started well interacting a group of people who meets more than once in a week to hear things that helps them to develop their self-confidence to stay consistent doing right and inspire their society to live a better life

Console the weak and advocate the voiceless for a more fair and a peaceful society in Nepal

People from Manikhel VDCs

People from Choughare VDCs

People from Sankhu VDCs

People from Nallu VDCs

People from Dalchoki VDCs

Locals of Bhardev VDCs

A hope for a sustainable society. First to be a part of the developed world for the highest hope to fulfill responsibility of being a part of human creation.

All together there were 36 people

Recently in December 2018 I organized a review training for 23 who were trained in May 2018. Majority participants were school students. Since school has been the hub for the NGOs to organize events, the schools followed by sending participants. These two children represented school named Banaspati that is located far from the center of the village. That is why they could not make. But they made it with the help of their teacher who brought them at Console Mission’s office.

After the training they two handled assignment together. Though they were smaller compared to other participants, they were active and attentive in learning. The assignments was to reach to household of their ward in Choughare so that they will learn by practicing it. And, through them the local people got opportunity to be assessed.

Is it because of the school, the quality of the school? I will get this answer soon after organizing health activities at their school.

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Her story reflects 3 things for me related to the weaknesses in our Nepali Society. (1.) The responsible body or organisation with full authority lacking to help someone physically weak living in street (2.) Even though there are other organisation else than this but a person physically or mentally weak who is not capable to do toilet in proper place due to physical disability or cause of sickness, is difficult to handle. This types of social organisation do not have financial resources that could let hire someone to take care. (3.) and the third is that suppose if she is socially disadvantage or lower in social system, she is outcast from basic rights.

Console Mission has a place but do not have full or part time staff. It has been taking care of the people abandoned or living in street by placing them at the places relevant to them. But in such case it is a big challenge. More than food or shelter, she (the woman in picture: Mrs Kanchi Maya Nepali who had 7 children but none is there for her to take care and suffering from various social stigma) needs someone to take care for her to go to toilet or help her.

(C.M. has not still understood her situation that brought her in street but most probably, based on the experiences, she must be stranded while she needs someone to take care)

To find a better solution, team of #rescue-support-services learning her story who is in a vulnerable situation.

People in government buildings, facilities of traveling in luxurious vehicles and security are busy in nation building that they could hardly see the environment and likely to have time to manage the problems like dust.

But since private sectors who have direct relation with the people and surroundings could pretend not seeing such health hazard situation. It is also an opportunity as they use a word CSR or Corporate Social Responsibility to contribute to place a traffic standing boot. They could have contributed traffic light system but how could the people in system like traffic police (as I am talking about road or vehicle traffic) themselves could focus in technology when whole world is running in technology.

There are traffic light automatic system but there we see traffic police controlling. And that could be according to my guess is because that sometimes don’t work. I think the cause is dust.

City in dust health hazardous to the citizens

When we study the time when there was 10 years of people war, government was ideal in contributing the need of the citizens because the people in government and their belongings were in threat of life. Army were fighting against the Maoist. At that time Private Sector was effective in contributing the economic situations.

How long the dependency remain. Now the Government of Nepal is strict, somehow citizens are feeling losing freedom of speech, freedom of Choice and security. Increasing huge tax rate in every sectors proves that still citizens are in slavery. In one hand democratically threats and another hand increase in tax rate. We hear speech like in certain period Nepalese will be a quality and economically better life. But since the foundation or the starting bounces the democratic views and that created situations in the lives of the citizens, the 5 years period could go by facing challenges and the political party in government will collect fund that will help them to strengthen internally.

A friend send his mother’s picture as his family are worrying about her health condition.

Rampari Devi, 47 suffering of diabetes

Tropical areas of Nepal are known as Terai or plain areas where cultivation and farming are favourable. Soils and water are available easily. And people are involved and prioritizes agriculture or working in field. Rice planting is an occasion and people temporarily migrating in other parts with educational and work purposes goes to their house during rice planting season.

Walking barefoot because of hot, eating cow, buffalo or goat products like milk or sweet or butter are popular and seen in this area.

The disturbing and distractions that the Terai people goes through every year is the monsoon season when waters from the hilly regions flows and floods ruins their livelihood and habitat.

Since water surrounds house and roads or walking path are filled with water for long time mosquitoes survives easily. Children enjoys swimming in water though it is unsuitable.