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बिकट गाउँमा संचार पुर्याउन महिनाको १ (एक) डलर अपिल
नेपालका गर्बिला ब्यक्तित्व महाबिर पुन भोली न्यू योर्कमा
Asia's prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient Mahabir Pun requests:

-UNO बिशेष सम्बाददाता
न्यू योर्क, August 2, 2008- बिगत एक महिनादेखी अमेरिकाको बिभिन्न शहरमा बसोबास गर्ने नेपालीहरु बिच नेपालको दुरदराज गाउँहरुमा इन्टर्नेट संचार (Information Highway in Rural Nepal) पुर्याउने उत्कट लक्ष्य लिएर महिनाको एक डलर सहयोग उठाउदै हिंडेका महाबिर पुन मगर भोली न्यू योर्क शहरको रुबिन मुजियम, म्यान्हटनमा न्यू योर्कबासी नेपालीहरु सँग भेटघाट गर्दैछन्‌।

जानकारीअनुसार न्यू योर्कका सबै नेपाली संघ-संस्थाहरुले आ-आफ्नो पहलमा दुई, दुई बर्षको एक मुस्ट रकम सङ्कलन गर्ने तयारी भईरहेको छ।

रुबिन म्युजियम को ठेगाना यस प्रकार छ:
All welcome! Be part of Nepal's Dream Plan

Date: Sunday, August 3, 2008
Venue: Rubin Museum of Arts (RMA), 140 West 17th Street, New York
Time: 5:45 p.m. Doors open
6:00 p.m. Start of program
7:30 p.m. End of program
Tickets: $12 (includes admission to the exhibitions in advance of the 6 p.m. program)
Advance booking recommended:

212.620.5000 x 344
RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
150 West 17th Street NewYork City, www.rmanyc.org w 212.620.5000 x344

Mahabir Pun at Rubin Museum of Arts
Dear friends,
Please find the official circulation of Dr. Mahabir Pun's talk program at Rubin Museum of Arts on Sunday at 6 PM. Please forward it to your friends and encourage participation in large number. The seats are limited.

Besides this formal program at RMA, Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Nepal in America (FIPNA) will have an informal meeting with Dr. Mahabir Pun at its office from 12 noon to 3 PM on Sunday as well. All executive members of Janjati and other Nepali organizations are invited to join us. Others are also welcome. The address is 42-19 76th Street, Elmhurst NY 11373.

We are also collecting donations for Dr. Mahabir Pun's one dollar per month campaign for Information Highway in remote villages of Nepal. We will appreciate your generous contributions.

Amid many negative things going on in Nepal, Dr. Mahabir Pun is a ray of hope for a better Nepal. Lets join our hands to support him.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Thank You,
Arjun Gurung
General Secretary, FIPNA
Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Nepal in America (FIPNA)
PS. Please note the official email of FIPNA is fipna2005@gmail.com

RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
in association with
Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Nepal in America (FIPNA)
Alliance for Democracy and Human Rights in Nepal (ADHRN)
United Nepalese Democratic Forum (UNDF)

Bringing Nepal into the 21st century has been Mahabir Pun's objective since he managed to connect his home village to the internet in 1997. The social pioneer talks about his innovative strategies and about the future of Nepal.
This program will be conducted in Nepali.

Mahabir Pun has has been recognized by the Ashoka Foundation as one of the people from around the globe who have "innovative solutions to social problems and the potential to change patterns across society". He first dreamed of connecting his village of Nangi to the internet in 1997, and has been working ever since to bring the internet to rural Nepal. Mahabir was born in Nangi, and completed his primary education there.

After working as a teacher for several years, he completed a master's degree in education at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Mahabir Pun is a recipient of the Overall Social Innovations Award for 2004 by the Global Ideas Bank (aka the Institute for Social Inventions) based in UK and most recently received The Ramon Magsaysay Award of 2007 of the Philippines.

हाम्रा स्‍टेट प्रतिनिधि टिका पुनले यस अनलाइनको गत डिसेम्बर अङ्कमा महाबिर कसरी अमेरिकाको सुख सयल त्याग गरेर नेपाल फर्किए भन्ने बिषयमा बडो रोचक र मार्मिक पाराले लेखेका थिए-

"देश खत्तम भयो भनेर देशको असाध्यै चिन्ता गर्ने तर नेपाल फर्किने कुरा गर्दा चाहीं होइन अझै पनि पूर्ण शान्ति कहाँ आइसकेको छ र ? राजनीतिक स्थिरता आइसकेको छैन, यस्तो स्थितिमा नेपाल गएर के गर्ने ?" भन्दै बिदेशको बसाइँ लम्ब्याउने नेपालीहरुका लागि बलियो झापद हो- कम्युनिटी लिडरशिपका लागि सन्‌ २००७ को रामोन म्याग्स्याश्या पुरस्कार विजेता महावीर पुन मगरको सफलता....। सात बर्ष अघि मात्र अमेरिकाको सुखसुबिधा च्‍याटै छोडेर गाऊँ फर्किएका नेपालका गौरव महावीर पुन ..."

अमेरिकामा महावीरको सम्मानमा नेपाली जुटे
महाबिर पुनबारे सान्दर्भिक समाचार पढ्नुहोस्:
अमेरिकामा महावीरको सम्मानमा नेपाली जुटे
"बिदेशमा बस्ने कुरालाई म नराम्रो मान्दिन, ...कृपया आफ्नो मातृभूमिलाइ बिर्सने काम नगर्नुहोस्।" -महावीर पुन मगर, रामोन म्याग्स्याश्या पुरस्कार-२००७ विजेता

Mahabir Pun, Myagdi, receives Ramon Magsaysay Award-2007

New York, August 1, 2007- Mahabir Pun Magar of Nangi village, Myagdi, Nepal was among the seven Asians nominated for the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award. On Tuesday, July 31, 2007, the Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF), Phillipines, announced Pun as the recipient. This coveted award is viewed as the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Other nominees were three Chinese, a Korean, an Indian and a Philipino.

Mr. Pun was cited for community leadership, for "his innovative application of wireless computer technology in Nepal, [and for] bringing progress to remote mountain areas by connecting his village to the global village." (Read full Citation)

He will be presented with the prestigious award in Manila, Philippines, on August 31.

Mr. Pun is the 4th Nepali citizen to win the prestigious award. Dr. Sanduk Ruit, head of the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu, Nepal received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2006 for "placing Nepal at the forefront of developing safe, effective and economic procedures for cataract surgery, enabling the needlessly blind in even the poorest countries to see again." (Read full Citation). Eminent journalist, Bharat Dutta Koirala, received the award in 2002 for "developing professional journalism in Nepal and unleashing the democratizing powers of a free media."(Read full Citation) and Mahesh Chandra Regmi was the first Nepali to receive the award in 1977 "for chronicling of Nepal's past and present, enabling his people to discover their origins and delineating national options." (Read full Citation)

Established in 1957 in memory of Ramon Del Fierro Magsaysay (1907-1957), the third president of the Republic of the Philippines after World War II who was recognized for his selfless service to his people and country after his death in a tragic plane crash along with 25 others, including members of his government, and the reporters from the media. The award is given every year to individuals or organizations in Asia "who manifest the same sense of selfless service that ruled the life of the late and beloved Filipino leader."

-Pradeep Thapa Magar, New York

Courtesy: NepalDirectory.org
This news is originally appeared at: http://www.nepaldirectory.org/ramon_magsaysay_award_2007.htm

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