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Organized by Anuvuti International, a Dilli Bazaar-based social enterprise that provides experiential and outdoor learning services, the campaign took place to collect funds to support a lunch program at Keta Keti Free School in Gaushala.[break]
The program kicked off with all the participants meditating together, which was followed by a speech from the two guest speakers, CA Member Gagan Thapa and CEO of Prisma Advertising Ranjit Acharya. Both of them donated Rs 10,000 each for the noble cause.
The speakers highlighted on how we as Nepalis are in charge of a situation and especially as young individuals, we play great roles at initiating positive action and influencing others.
Shisir Khanal, director of Anuvuti expressed that the overall response received had been overwhelming. “We had almost five hundred students from twenty two different colleges, determined to stay hungry, the entire day to collect funds,” he said.
He further pointed out that when the principal of Keta Keti Free School approached them with the idea of a lunch program for the kids, he immediately saw it as a great way to raise awareness regarding hunger.
“Though at first our target was two hundred volunteers, we were overwhelmed to see around four hundred registered volunteers,” said Swastika Shrestha, Program Director of Anuvuti International.
One of the volunteers at the campaign, Shrinkhala Singh Bhandari, a student at Modern Indian School is of the opinion that if young people are not involved in various noble causes like this, we cannot expect the same from the others.
“Anuvuti International come to our school with the idea and since I had previously worked with them, I really wanted to take part and support the campaign,” she added.
Another volunteer Beatrice Sampson from Kathmandu Model College opined, “The members from Anuvuti came to our college and gave us a presentation on hunger issues.” She further added, “When we saw the footage of issues associated to hunger, we felt bad and it made us realize that we too need to do something about it.”
“I am full of energy and not at all hungry. I am also glad to see the support of so many people,” Sampson said.
The program also featured musical performances by various bands from the participating colleges. To encourage volunteers, entrepreneur Anil Chitrakar, head of Nepali BBC Service, Rabindra Mishra, and spiritual activist and headmaster of Hindu Vidhyapeeth, Chintamani Yogi were also present at the program.
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