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-Smita Magar in Kathmandu
काठमाडौं,
March 6, 2008-“I
am overwhelmed, Dhanyabad! (Thnak you!)” said Candy Chaplin upon being
congratulated for her support in health and education of Kulung (Kirat)
community of Solukhumbu district, home of Mt. Everest in Eastern Nepal.Candy Chaplin at the reception program in kathmandu on March 4, 2008.
Speaking at the program which was jointly organized by the Alliance of Mahakulung NGOs and the Association of Nepal Kirat Kulung Language and Development (ANKKLD), Chaplin expressed her delight. “I did not see it coming so this occasion really surprised me. I am very thankful for this lovely gift,” she said, showing “Tamrapatra” and sacred khadas.
Ms Chaplin is the president of Nepal Children’s Health and Education Foundation (NCHEF) USA. Through NCHEF she has been playing a crucial role in improving the education and health of women and children of Bung and Cheskam of Solukhumbu district.
Former minister and mp Balbahadur Rai handing over the Tamrapatra to Chaplin.
“I grew up near the mountains in New Hampshire, USA, and I love mountains, so I always wanted to visit Nepal”, she said. Her wish was fulfilled when she visited Nepal for the first time in 1999 for trekking. As her guide was from Bung she was taken there to see the cultural and natural beauty of the place. “It was fascinating,” added Chaplin.
However, unlike many foreign visitors, she not only trekked and observed the natural beauty and unique culture of that place and people, but she visited schools and saw the poor health and education existing there. While fascinated by the cultural beauties of Bung and Cheskam she equally was determined to do something about the conditions she found. When she went back home she promised herself to return again and again for more than admiring its natural beauties. “Nepal was always on my mind; I wanted to do something here for education and health. In 2006, after I retired from teaching I came back and started talking to the villagers to better understand their basic needs. Then I started working on how I, with my organization, can help them,” she added.
“As a teacher I was very concerned about education and also being a woman I thought about the health of women because the health of children depends on their mothers’ wellbeing.”
“I would like to do more, however, I will stay focused on these two villages as I want to have everlasting impact rather than just doing something that doesn’t have impact for long,” she added.
“For that we have been trying to connect with other groups, other NGOs for teacher training, mid-wife training, a health information center and for the building of libraries and hydro-electro power for the improvement of basic facilities.”
NCHEF has been giving scholarships to students and providing salary to certain teachers at primary and secondary schools. Scholarships are given to students on condition that they return to their community and help those who are coming up behind them. “This way they will help improve both their community and their own situations,” she said speaking to the journalists.
Apart from this, NCHEF also has been providing clothing to community residents.
Interim Parliament Member and former minister Bal Bahadur Rai also spoke: “We are very grateful to Chaplin for everything she has been doing in our rural villages by filling basic needs such as health, education and water supply which have direct and immediate impact on village development. May her work in these villages be successful,” he added wishing her success.
Surya Kulung speaking at the event.
Kulung youth leader Surya Kulung expressed his gratitude to Chaplin in the program. “On the behalf of all students you have been helping, I am very thankful,” said Kulung. He warned those students who are getting financial support from NCHEF to understand and share in Chaplin’s dreams of helping others and to not misuse their support.
She was handed Tamrapatra (a copper-plate in which a deed of gift is inscribed) by Member of Interim Parliament Bal Bahadur Rai as appreciation for her efforts.
Indra Kulung, General Secretary, ANKKLD. Photos: Smita Magar
Kulung communities’ well known personalities Indra Kulung (General Secretary of ANKKLD), Yam Bahadur Kulung (Vice-President of ANKKLD) and Bagman Kulung (Coordinator of the felicitation program) also expressed their gratitude to Chaplin.
Kulung community has been fighting for their separate ethnic identity as they claim their unique culture and language. Some years ago they were mistaken as ‘Rai’ ethnic community.
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