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on 07-Jul-02 04:59 AM
Dear Netters,
I have an impression that many of we netters are interested to help our nation in some way. With that,, i hope the following postiing will interest you.
Take care and keep smiling
Jay Desh
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Nepali Beetle towards Dhaka
The Great Kathmandu-Dhaka
VW Beetle Spinal Injury Fundraising Drive
A 1973 model Volkswagen Beetle, light blue in colour, will head down from Kathmandu Valley on 12 July 2002, traverse the Nepal tarai and the Indian duars, and head south into monsoonal Bangladesh, arriving in Dhaka on 14 July.
The fundraising drive is to raise Nepali Rupees 12 lakhs (USD 17,000) for the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre in Kathmandu. It is 1200 kilometres from capital to capital, and supporters are asked to sponsor the drive at the rate of NRs 1000 (USD 15) per kilometre (1200 x 1000 = 12 lakh or NRs 1.2 million).
Driving the Beetle will be journalist Kanak Mani Dixit, Chair of the Spinal Injury Sangha Nepal, which runs the Rehabilitation Centre. Dixit helped open the Centre after he miraculously survived and recovered from a broken back, the result of a trekking accident in August 2000.
The Rehabilitation Centre was inaugurated on 7 April 2002 by Sir Edmund Hillary. The very first quarter has shown the critical need for such an institution, to help spinally injured Nepalis reconstruct their lives to the extent possible. The Centre is hosting patients in need of urgent medical attention and rehabilitation, individuals who otherwise had no place to turn to. (Check { HYPERLINK http://www.himalmag.com/spinalinjury/ }www.himalmag.com/spinalinjury/ for more information.)
Starting from the Rehabilitation Centre at Jorpati in the ourskirts of Kathmandu city, the Beetle will end the trip at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed at Savar, near Dhaka. This Centre has been providing support for the disabled of Bangladesh since 1979 { HYPERLINK "http://www.crp-bangladesh.com" }www.crp-bangladesh.com.
To sponsor kilometres and support the spinally injured of Nepal, send a note to Kanak at { HYPERLINK mailto:kanak@mos.com.np }kanak@mos.com.np or fax +977-1- 536390.
The pledged amount can be transferred electronically to:
Spinal Injury Sangha Nepal
Current Account No. 7042802
Nepal Investment Bank Ltd.
Pulchowk Branch
Lalitpur, Nepal
(Swift code: NIBL NPKT)
Thank you, and do let me help if you need more information.
Esha Thapa, Centre Director
Tel: +977 1 470874
Website: { HYPERLINK http://www.himalmag.com/spinalinjury/ }www.himalmag.com/spinalinjury/
Email: { HYPERLINK mailto:spinalinjurynepal@hotmail.com }spinalinjurynepal@hotmail.com
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