Charitable Donations in Nepal

One of the objectives of Nepali American Center is to unite Nepalese people living in the Chicagoland area to participate in charitable works in Nepal. NAC members have participated in this effort to provide monetary help during natural calamities such as flooding, earthquake and helping orphans. One notable such NAC’s participation was to help pay tuition fees to the orphans residing at the ‘Joint Disabled Unity Awaz Center’ in Nepal. This center was established and run by a lifelong panhandler Til Bahadur Karki, who himself is a handicap. Currently there are 45 children between the ages of 3 and 16. NAC sent over $2500 to pay children’s tuition fees and other expenses of the center. Some NAC members when in Nepal also visited and helped the center on a personal basis. We appreciate all NAC donors who contributed to this fund. NAC also has some additional funds to help the center in the future on a continuous basis for shelter, health and education of these children.

Highlight : Blood Donation

One of the sacred duties of humans is to think and act for the welfare of all the sentient beings. Our ancestors taught us that ‘अयं बन्धुरयं नेति गणना लघुचेतसां उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकं’, that is ‘Only small men discriminate saying: one is a relative; the other is a stranger. For those who live magnanimously the entire world constitutes but a family.’ While being preoccupied to live for oneself and for the welfare of our own family, we humans must find some time to see beyond this limited periphery. Only with that we find ourselves to be getting into territory to be more complete and can find happiness beyond the sensory pleasure. Some benevolent fellow Nepalese in the USA established Blood Donors of America (BDA) in 2009. There are more than 400 life members of this organization and they are from all across USA. BDA members regularly organize blood donation events in different cities and motivate fellow Nepalese to do their civic duty towards the society. Nepali American Center (NAC) is aligned with BDA and has supported the initiatives of the BDA by organizinged several community wide blood donation events in Chicago since the last several years. The first community wide blood donation was started in on July 21 2013. Even during the Covid19 pandemic, several of its volunteers have are donateding blood in individual manner and supported the BDA.

Dashain Tihar Festival 2075

For Any questions related to the event or If you have a business that you would like to promote, pls send an email to info@nepaliamericancenter.org FOR REGISTRATION LIST , GO HERE AND LET ME KNOW FOR ANY CORRECTION. ( UPDATED EVERY 24-48 HRS) EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS ON OCT 17th 2018, AFTER THAT PRICE WILL INCREASE BY 5$. PRICES AT THE GATE WILL BE 10$ MORE. FOR PARTICIPANTS WILLING TO PERFORM AT THE EVENT, PLS CONTACT SMARIKA SITAULA @316 9251275 ARTWORK COMPETITION: ATTENTION ALL ( KIDS, YOUTH, ADULT, AGE AND GENDER – NO BARRIER) : An excellent opportunity to showcase your artwork for our photo booth !!! Winner will also be rewarded with a cash award ( 1st Prize : 45$ gift card , 2nd Prize : 25$ gift card, to be awarded at the event). Please prepare photo frames, props, reflecting Dashain and Tihar and submit it at temple on October 6, Saturday by NOON Sharp. The artwork may include one or more of these: Tika, Jamara, Dhaka Topi, Sayapatri (marigold) flower, supari flower, Deeyo. Additional items may be added at artist’s discretion. Please submit your name for competition by Sept 30th. Thank you – Event Planning Core Team ( Sarana Shrestha – Parajuli). PS: pls don’t write your names on the props/photo booths. Example of a Photo Booth and Photo Prop as shown in the picture below:

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