Inaguration of cycle stands at KU (photo feature)

June 5, Dhulikhel

         Marking the World Environment Day (June 5) and welcoming the brand new cycle stands at KU, Kathmandu University Youth Red Cross Circle(KUYRCC) and Cycle City Network Nepal organized a Cycle Rally from KTM to KU and back to KTM with a motive of encouraging the use of cycles to college, work and short journeys. Cyclists from kathmandu were joined by Cycle group of Banepa at Banepa after which they headed to Kathmandu University passing through the local areas of Banepa. Vice Chancellor of Kathmandu University Dr. Rama kantha Makaju inagurated the newly established Cycle stand just after the participants arriveded at KU.An indoor session continued at the C.V Raman Auditorium of kathmandu University where the Vice Chancellor of KU, representatives of CCN and the likes highlighted the importance of cycling. The event was featured by Mr. Puskar Shah who travelled through out the world via cycle.The reflectors for the cyclist were provided by NCELL and the event was also broadcasted by Araniko Television.

Vice chancellor of KU Dr. Rama Kantha Makaju cycling  at KU                             Photo courtesy:Pratik Koirala/KUYRCC

                                                                                                                                        Photo courtesy:Rajan Kathet

                                                                                                                                    Photo courtesy:Rajan Kathet

                                                                                                                                        Photo courtesy:Rajan Kathet

                                                                                                                                                Photo courtesy:Rajan Kathet

An Ambulance provided by KU-Hospital for the event                                       Photo courtesy:Rajan Kathet

                                                                                                                              Photo courtesy:Rajan Kathet

                                                                                                                                 Photo courtesy:Rajan Kathet

                                                                                                                                      Photo courtesy:Rajan Kathet

                                                                                                                                    Photo courtesy:Rajan Kathet

                                                                                                            Photo courtesy:Pratik Koirala/KUYRCC

Dean of SOS,KU Prof. Dr. Panna Thapa and Mr. Puskar Shah            Photo courtesy:Pratik Koirala/KUYRCC

                                                                                                                 Photo courtesy:Pratik Koirala/KUYRCC

   Newly Inagurated cycle stands at KU                                               Photo courtesy:Pratik Koirala/KUYRCC

   Vice Chancellor of KU Dr. Rama kantha Makaju Inagurating the cycle stand   Photo courtesy:Pratik Koirala/KUYRCC

   Reporters of Araniko Television featuring a female participant of the event   Photo courtesy:Pratik Koirala/KUYRCC

Vice Chancellor of KU addressing the participants at C.V Raman Auditorim, KU  Photo courtesy:Pratik Koirala/KUYRCC

                                                                                                                               Photo courtesy:Pratik Koirala/KUYRCC

                                                                                                                   Photo courtesy:Pratik Koirala/KUYRCC

                                                                                                                                      Photo courtesy:Rajan kathet

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BEING FUTURISTIC

May 10
Nivesh Dugar

Youth’s when think about themselves for the next 20-30 years then they think about luxury and how they want their personality to be then, but the question arises how to give a good shape to our future just the way we think???? It’s really a big question mark which has created a small space in our mind and during a casual discussion we just talk for it or against it but still the debate’s doesn’t end. In this age where the youth want everything to be very fast from foods to relationship so the youth’s of KU were taking advantage of this zattak opportunity to get a master’s views regarding the doubt’s with our future, career, personality development. 

Youth’s who are considered to be the building blocks, wealth and strength of a nation and the nation’s future lies in how it posterizes the quality of the youth. For posterizing the quality of the youth the nation needs to give a vision for each individual youth with small examples like seeing the an eagle flying high in the sky the wright brother’s wandered if they can fly then why can’t we fly??? And today due to their vision we have aeroplanes which make our travel easier to go from one place to other in the world. Vision always tends to be in broader sense where we really need to have a self belief in our self to accomplish our goal’s like when Barrack Hussein Obama said he wanted to be president of the united states of America when he was small then everyone thought he might be kidding and today a joke for everyone turned out a reality which Martin Luther King Jr. saw as a vision and he had a self belief in himself that some day it would a reality to see a black president in the white house and started a revolution in America for the Black’s equality to the white’s. Having a good broad vision with a good self belief in it then narrowing it down to a particular goal is always incomplete with action as the ones who “walk the talk” succeed in life.

 Gone are those days where slow and steady wins the race but in this era of the 21st century where fast thinking and steady walk’s wins the race so the youth’s should always have a plan for their goal but sometimes there comes a moment where you need to act instantly without hesitation , laziness or below confidence and always try to think differently because what you might be thinking is not necessarily that others won’t think the same but it’s up to those individual youth how they break the rules regarding the congested things which we think it has top priority but doesn’t see the daylight of our action’s has filled up our mind like apple is a common fruit which is liked by many but when it fell upon the head of Sir Isaac Newton he gave thought why did it fall in the ground rather than flying in the sky and today we know about gravitational constant which has made it possible for travel in the space and yet load’s of things are being talked about time machine and some day it would come into our lives fulfilling many great dreams!!!!! Once an idea of the youth click’s on then it not only strenthen’s the youth but also garner’s more positive vibes from other youths who tend to take it to the next level of more advancement. Advancement takes load’s of patience from the youth which is very time consuming and the planning of our time should be done in a manner where we should set our bigger priorities first then the smaller priorities. It’s up to us, the youth how do we posterize ourselves for a good future, career and a great personality by having a broader vision with a good self belief, a unidirectional goal an instant action with different sense of thinking as well as humor. 

This article was written by Mr.Nivesh Dugar a participant of a talk program regarding “Designing your future”  held in C.V. Raman hall, auditorium of Kathmandu University on 10th may 2013 by Red Cross Society of Kathmandu University in collaboration with Rotract club of Patan where the guest speaker was a NLP trainer and coach Mr. Joseph B. Niraula and our home speaker Dr. Nawaraj Khatiwada, coordinator of Department of Environment Science and Engineering.

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Establishemet of library at Bhimsen Secondary School

Kathmandu university youth redcross circle successful completed its another project of establishing a school library at Bhimsen Secondary School, situated at khatrithok, sindhupalchowk-1. The project was accomplished with the support of Nepal Red Cross Society-Nobel college and Sarbamangala Youth Redrcoss Circle, Panchkhal

Library established in the School

Books belonging to various genre including literature, philosophy, course, encyclopedia and dictionary and many more were collected from various individuals, publication houses, schools and University. KUYRCC launched a week long book collection campaign within the university where the students, teaching and non-teaching staffs  donated books of their interested. Being an initiator of the project each member of the core committee of KUYRCC donated a newly bought book to initiate the campaign. The books collected so far, around 2000 in numbers, were indexed on the basis of their genre, language and subjects by KUYRCC members.

A university student donating sets of Encyclopedia

Indexing of books by KUYRCC members

A team of 23 members leaded by Mr. Arun Bhandari, president of KUYRCC, went to the sindhupalchowk for establishment of library.Shristi khadka and Sagar K.C ,the program co-ordinator and executive member of  NRS-NC respectively from NRS-NC and  Sangar Nath Tiwari from SYRC, panchkhal  also were leading the team co-operatively. 

A day long program ran in the school wherein  the team worked in management and placement of the books on the shelf early in the morning. The formal program kicked off at 10 a.m with a welcome speech of the principal of school. The president of KUYRCC Mr. Arun Bhandari attributed the long journey of collecting, indexing, delivering and managing books for the library. He also expressed his gladness for being able to work for the children who are supposed to be the future of the nation.Quoting to the students present there he said,”the books you see in the library are now yours’. It is now your responsibility to take care of them and I believe these few books we have collected and delivered will certainly help you to shape your mind, career and future’. The president of management team of the school expressed his vote of thanks for the toil the team has done for the establishment of the library.

Students participating in games

The students were then divided into various groups on the basis of their classes. The pre-primary and primary level students were entertained with various games and animation shows. With special priority different members of the team presented their presentation on various topics.Sagar Nath Tiwari tried his best to convince about youths and their responsibilities towards nation. Shristi and her team awared  about causes and preventions of HIV and AIDS .Similarly Pramod, Arun, Anil and his group and Sambhabhi and her team presented  on global warming, career counseling and sanitation and healthy habits respectively to the secondary level students.

Team with School staffs and Locals

Finally the project was concluded with a session of discussion and analysis of the whole project including school staffs and team members. Within this session the principal of school thanked the team and said,” we feel very proud and fortunate to have been selected by your team for this project. Due to lack of enough budget we were unable to suffice library even though we wanted eagerly.” Both president of KUYRCC and the principal of school expressed their interest to co-operate on other projects in the days to come.

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Nishulka Aakha Shivir

On April 6, 2013, an opthalmic camp (Eye Screening Program) named ‘Nishulka Aakha Shivir’ was held at Parvati Higher Secondary School at Dhungkharka, Kavre by 

Kathmandu University Red Cross Circle (KUYRCC), 

accompanied by two honourific doctors from Kathmandu University Dhulikhel Hospital marking World Health Day (April 7). 

More than 300 students studying in the school were tested for eye-vision and were provided with free eye-checkups at the camp. The free eye-checkup was also utilized by elderly men and women of the locality.

Volunteers and active members of KUYRCC strategized the registration, the queue, vision-tests and entertainment for the children.

The event ran smoothly with a successful end at 3 pm, none of which would have been possible without the endless co-operation of the principal, the staff, the students of the school and the doctors. KUYRCC can never thank enough to these glorious gentlemen and ladies, and hope to conduct more productive events in the school in the future.

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Basic First Aid Training

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REPORT: 25th World AIDS Day

ABSTRACT

Kathmandu University Youth Red Cross Circle (KUYRCC) has been actively working on different programs for the betterment of the society.

This year, on the occasion of 25^thWorld AIDS Day, KUYRCC in collaboration with AIKUYN, DHO, DDC, CAC, FPAN, ARSOW Nepal and Sakriya plus Nepal organized a two day event with the objective of creating awareness about AIDS among the local residents. The Program was scheduled as follows:

1.      Friday, 30 November 2012

a.       Ribbon, condom and pamphlet distribution inside the university.

b.      Friendly football matches among PLHIV and students.

2.      Saturday, 1 December 2012

a.       Marathon and slogan competition

b.      Rally

c.       Short movies show

d.      Talk program

The program was conducted successfully according to the schedule.

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to acknowledge and extend our heartfelt gratitude to the District Health Office, Kavrepalanchowk, and all the organizations involved directly or indirectly for their help and support. The event would not have been such a success without them.

We would also like to thank Banepa Municipality for providing space for conducting the program.

INTRODUCTION

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has emerged as a global problem. The increment in number of infected is a serious issue in the whole world. It is a responsibility of every governmental and non-governmental organization to work on this issue and contribute in the control of the disease. People find it hard to accept People Living with HIV AIDS as a part of our society. Thus, with the objective to create awareness about AIDS among people, we the students of Kathmandu University, working under two clubs – Kathmandu University Youth Red Cross Circle (KUYRCC) and Amnesty International Kathmandu University Youth Network (AIKUYN), organized a two day event focusing on AIDS in collaboration with District Health Office (DHO), District Development Committee, Community Action Center (CAC), ARSOW Nepal, Family Planning Association Nepal (FPAN) and Sakriya Plus Nepal.

The main objectives of the event were:

        i.            To celebrate and mark 25^thWorld AIDS Day

      ii.            To reach out to the people and create awareness about AIDS

    iii.            To discuss about HIV AIDS and generate an overview about the role of society towards PLHIV.

Participants from all of the Red Cross Circles in Kavre, schools, colleges, organizations, governmental institutions and media were invited to participate in the program.

PROGRAMS

The details about the two day event are described below:

)      Football match

On Friday, 30 November 2012, a friendly football match was conducted at Kathmandu University football ground. A red ribbon shape was made in the University Ground to mark the cause for the match.

It was scheduled to start at 2:00pm in the afternoon. Students of Kathmandu University and PLHIV were mixed up to form two teams with 11 players in each. Six PLHIV took part in the game and successfully played for duration of 30 minutes. The match ended up with 2-3 goals. After the match, the players, match officials and volunteers were provided with lunch and refreshments.

     Marathon and slogan competition

Marathon and slogan completion was held on 1^st December, Saturday at Kathmandu University. About 109 participants were involved in the run. Winners of the marathon are:

            Male: Sunil Maharjan (Mechanical Engineering, KU)

            Female: Sujita Giri (Sanjivani School)

Winner of slogan competition is:

            Ramchandra Lama (Nava Ratna secondary school, Panauti)

            Slogan: “तिरस्कारले जलाउछा, सद्भावले जीवन पलाउँछ |”

      Rally

After the marathon, a rally was taken from Kathmandu University gate to Banepa Municipality Office. All the participants from the marathon and others interested joined the rally. Different slogans were written on placards and the rally proceeded with banners of the program and other stakeholders. The rally was successful in attracting people and spreading awareness about ‘World AIDS Day’.

     Short movies show:

Inside the Banepa Municipality hall, two short movies relating to AIDS were shown. The movies were “Retro-V” and “Pariwarthit Pailaharu” made by the students of Kathmandu University Media Studies.

While the short movies were being played inside the hall, pamphlets, ribbons and condoms were being distributed to the pedestrians and travelers at Banepa bus-park.

   Talk program:

Mr. Shyam KC, program coordinator at SakriyaPlus Nepal and also a Media Studies Student in Kathmandu University, prepared the schedule of the interaction program. He undertook the responsibility of running the program. The chief guest of the program was Dr. Arjun Prashad Sapkota District Health Officer, Kavre. Other guests in the program were Mr. Bhoj Raj Timalsina, Mr. Mahesh Poudel, Mr. Yagya Prashad Pandey and other stakeholders.

The program mainly aimed to discuss on the responsibility of governmental and non-governmental organizations in controlling HIV AIDS and in role of civil society towards PLHIV was also discussed in the program.

Certificates of players and marathon runners were distributed at the end of the program. Prizes to the winners of marathon (male and female) and slogan competition were given by the chief guest of the program.

 BUDGET

a)      Total budget:

The District Health Office, District Development Committee, Community Action Center, ARSOW Nepal and Kathmandu University contributed the following amounts for the program:

S.N.	Sponsor	Amount (N.Rs.)
1	Kathmandu University (KUYRCC and AIKUYN)	3500
2	District Health Office	5000
3	District Development Committee	5000
4	ARSOW Nepal	3000
5	CACC	5000
	TOTAL	21500

b)      Expenses:

The details of all expenses in the program have been tabulated as follows:

S. No.	Particulars	Quantity	Amount
1.	Banner Printing	2	1080
2.	Poster Printing (Advertisement)	20	500
3.	Certificates Printing	230	2760
4.	Refreshments for football players	45	1700
5.	Refreshments for marathon runners	-	2000
6.	Lunch packets (talk Program Participants)	172	10320
7.	Juice	60	1200
8.	Glaxose	22	300
9.	Glucose packets	8	280
10.	Water	1box	180
11.	Abir	14 box	210
12.	Ribbon	5 roll	125
13.	White Cement	5 kg	225
14.	Play cards	-	150
15.	Red Cloth	2 m	150
16.	Marathon Winner Prizes (First Aid Kit)	2	1376
17.	Slogan Competition Prize (T-shirt)	1	325
18.	First Aid	-	690
19.	Miscellaneous	-	429
	TOTAL		24000.

All the bills of expenses have been attached with this report.

 CONCLUSION

The program was successfully conducted on the planned date and time. We once again thank all the collaborators for their help.

We look forward to doing more of such programs. We hope to receive help and support from the organizations involved in this program in organizing other similar programs too.

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