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OUR MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2015

1. Continuation of bimonthly magazine “Jyestha Nagarik” (Senior Citizens) in Nepali

language

2. Continuation of monthly e-newsletter “Voice of Senior Citizens”,

3. Continuation of partnership with HelpAge International,

4. Publication of Year Book of Senior Citizens 2015,

5. Successfully completed action/2015NEPAL Campaign,

6. Production of video on International Women’s Day 2015,

7. Released report from GAROP,

8. Participated in Thunderclap, Action for All Ages, action/2015 campaign

9. Observed World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), 2015,

10. Participated in action/2015 June to September Campaign. a) In July : Financing for

Development (FfD) Campaign b) In August: Youth Campaign c) In September: Light

the Way Campaign,

11. Organized a campaign to launch GAWI-2015 on September,

12. Observed IDOP 2015 -International Day for Older persons October 1st,

13. Started a Radio Programme for the Senior Citizens in collaboration with Lions club of

Kathmandu Sunakhari and Radio Sagarmatha 102.4 MHz,

14. Participated in Global Climate March Campaign in November,

15. Organized a campaign for the Rights of Older People on the occasion of 67th

International Human Rights Day, December 10,

16. Registered Ageing Nepal Switzerland,

17. Enlisted as a member of GAROP (Global Alliance for Rights of Older People),

18. Enlisted as a Network Partner of IFA (International Federation on Ageing), and

19. Established Ageing Research Fellowship Fund with support of Ageing Nepal

Switzerland.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

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Ageing Research Fellowship (ARF)

CALL FOR AGEING RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Last date of application: 29th February 2016

Ageing Nepal, in association with Ageing Nepal Switzerland, is offering three fellowships in

the year 2016 to support students in their Master’s thesis as a partial fulfilment of the

academic requirements of their Master’s degree in any field of study.

The applicant must be a full time student enrolled in a Master’s level program in one of the

universities of Nepal. The research topic must be related to the issue of ageing (60+ years)

population in Nepal. The thesis has to be written in English and must be completed by 1st

December 2016.

Interested Master’s level students are requested to submit an application in the prescribed

format to [email protected]. Application forms are available at: www.ageingnepal.org

This grant is for three students only. The selected researchers will be granted Rs. 50,000

before taxes and in two instalments. Forty percent of the total amount will be paid to each

researcher at the beginning of their field work. The remaining sixty percent will be paid after

the thesis is approved by the concerned authority of each researcher’s respective academic

institution. Two hard and one soft copy of the approved thesis must be submitted to Ageing

Nepal.

Application deadline is 29th February 2016. Applications submitted after this date will not be

processed. Applications must be typed in Times New Roman font, size 12.

For further information please contact:

Lea Frei or Krishna M. Gautam

Ageing Nepal

[email protected]

Phone: +977-1-4485827

House no. 340, Ramchandra Marg

Battisputali, Kathmandu

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AGEING IN NEPALI PRESS

(Dec. 1-31, 2015)

ADVOCACY

Ageing Nepal Observed IHRD

Ageing Nepal

Kathmandu, December 10, 2015

Ageing Nepal conducted a number of campaign activities to mark the Rights of

Older People on the occasion of 67th International Human Rights Day (IHRD) which

included TV talk show, radio talk show, rally of older people, handing over petition

to the National Human Rights Commission, publication of article on Elderly and

Human Rights and so on. Please find the detail report: http://ageingnepal.org/wp-

content/uploads/2016/01/Report-of-International-Human-Rights-Day.pdf.

Glimpses of the campaign:

Rally of Older People

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Deputy Director of National Human Rights Commission, Mr. Yagya Prasad Adhikari receiving

petition from Mr. Prakash Gautam, Manager of Ageing Nepal

Ageing Nepal team participating in the workshop



Parliamentary Meeting Addressed Elderly Issues

Gorkhapatra Daily


The issues of older people were strenuously raised by the Members of Parliament

(MPS) in the meeting of Women, Children and Social Welfare Parliamentary

Committee. MPs expressed their dissatisfaction regarding security and dignity of

senior citizens. They urged the government to establish one Old Age Home in each

region in Federal system. Laxman Rajbanshi, one of the MPs reprimanding the

government dual policy criticized" It is unfair to allocate social security allowances

to senior citizens only after the age of 70."

SOCIAL SUPPORT

Senior Citizens Felicitation Following program was organized to felicitate senior citizens in December 2015.

Gorkhapatra is a state owned vernacular national daily.

Support Provided

Following events took place for supporting OAHs and the destitute elderly during

December 2015.

Note: OAH = Old Age Home; Gorkhapatra is a state owned vernacular national daily.

S.N. No of elders

felicitated

Age Sex Address

(District)

By Whom Where When

(1-31 Dec.)

Source

1. 3 90+ M Parbat Nepal

Magar

Association

Parbat 15 Gorkhapatra

S.N. Supporter To Whom Reason What How Much When

(1-31 Dec.)

Where

(District)

Source

1. Individual Satya Sai

OAH

Charity Cash Rs. 50,000 9 Rupandehi Gorkhapatra

2. Community Jit Bahadur

Tawa

Charity Cash and

goods

Total

Worth Rs

24,735

15 Panchthar Gorkhapatra

3. Individual

Pokhara

OAH

In the Memory of

his late wife

Cash Rs.60,101 15 Kaski Gorkhapatra

4. Individual OAH In the Memory of

her late Father

Cash Rs.50,500 15 Kaski Gorkhapatra

5. Lions Club

of Pokhara

Shiva

Parbati

OAH

Charity Cash and

goods

Rs. 60,000

plus goods

29 Syangja Gorkhapatra



National Award to Hope Hermitage Nepal

Gorkhapatra Daily


Saraswati Raj Narayan Institute is going to reward Hope Hermitage Nepal by

‘Anandi Devi National Award’ in social service category that carries purse of Rs.

51,000. Hope Hermitage Nepal is one of the leading NGOs working in the field of

ageing population. Chandreswor Prasad Rauniyar, the president of the Institute

congratulated Hope Hermitage and said “Hope Hermitage has been providing

shelter to destitute older people. We have nominated it for its long service in the

field of older people.”

Painting Training for Elderly

Nagarik Daily


The Rising Creator, National organization of artists provided 21 hours-long basic

painting training to the elderly at New Baneshwor and Sankhamul under the

campaign Opportunity of Learning in Old Age. Dr. Ram Kumar Bhaukaji,

Chairperson of the organization said, “The creative activities like painting help to be

happier, more satisfied and economically active in old age.” Similarly, Mr. Subarna

Karmacharya, one of the campaigners stated “We are also planning to provide

other trainings for elderly”. Many noted people like Secretary of National Senior

Citizens Federation, Mr. Manohar Uprety, writer Mr. Dhurba Nepal, Dr. Sunil Babu

Shrestha committed to voluntarily support the campaign.

Generous Artist

Annapurna Post Daily

Dolakha, December 24, 2015

Mr. Sitaram Kattel, one of the renowned Nepali artists and Cleaning Ambassador of

Nepal distributed blankets to the 75 households of earthquake victims of Bhirkot-1,

Dolkha district. Generous Kattel said, “When I came to know the plight of

earthquake victims due to chilling weather, I rushed into this village to support

them.” Villagers with elderly expressed their happiness after getting the blankets

from him as most of them are living in temporary shelter with minimal clothes.



SOCIAL SECURITY

Eager Elderly

Gorkhapatra Daily

Jajarkot, December 18, 2015

Senior Citizens of Jajarkot district are visiting the district headquarters to obtain

citizenship and marriage certificate with their grandchildren. After realization of

having certificate is mandatory to receive social allowances, older people seem to

be busy in getting it. “Elderly of Jajarkot didn’t give much attention towards the

Allowance Amount earlier. But now, more elderly are visiting to collect their OAA”,

said the VDCs staff.

RIGHTS

Elderly received citizenship certificate Two senior citizens received citizenship certificate during the month of December 2015.

DAO: District Administration Office; Annapurna Post and Nagarik are National Dailies.

S.N. No. of recipients Age Sex Where (District)

Received from Source When (1-31 Dec.)

1. 1 77 M Dhankuta DAO Annapurna Post 5

2. 1 97 F Dhankuta Village Secretary Nagarik 15

Every Thursday at Sagarmatha FM 102.4 MHz

Budyauli Jeewan: A Radio Programme of Senior Citizens

By Ageing Nepal and Sagarmatha FM

Supported by: Lions Club of Kathmandu Sunakhari

BKS Elderly Fund

Please follow the link for the previous episode of programme:

http://radiosagarmatha.org.np/program-archive/old-age.html

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EMERGENCY

Following elders died of emergency and hazardous situations.

NA: Not Available

Dire Need of Suspension Bridge

Gorkhapatra Daily

Achham, December 17, 2015

Local citizens especially older people and children are undergoing hardship due to

lack of suspension bridge over Karnali River that joins Dailekh and Achham districts.

Nayen Singh Bista, 75, says "I have a desire to see a suspension bridge in my life

time but the concerned authority doesn’t seem to be heeding attention to this

problem.”

Blockade Heightened Tension

Kantipur Daily

Lalitpur, December 18, 2015

Long imposed blockade in southern border has seriously affected vehicular

movement resulting multiple effects. All people especially, elderly, sick, and

children are suffering a lot due to this. Thulimaya Bhulung, 65, of Manthali VDC,

Makwanpur is a tuberculosis patient. She needs to go to hospital for regular

checkup but there is no easy access to vehicles. "After walking for the whole day, I

travelled in a dairy vehicle for 5 hours and reached the hospital." She lamented.

Firewood- the Only Solution for Winter

Gorkhapatra Daily

Myagdi, December 20, 2015

Poor people of Myagdi district are forced to spend night by fire due to lack of warm

clothes. Dal Bir Kisan, 76, is one of those facing such problem. He said “I don’t have

warm cloth to wear so I use firewood at night to keep warm myself.”

S.N. Name Age Gender Address

(District)

Cause

(detail)

Date

(1-31

Dec.)

Source

1. Nar

Bahadur

Ranamagar

62 M Kavre Fire 28 Police Report

2. NA 75 F Kaski Fire 30 Police Report



Nepal Earthquake-hit Await Warm Clothes

Kathmandu Post Daily

Nuwakot, December 20, 2015

Earthquake victims who have been living in temporary shelters in Nuwakot district

of Nepal for more than past seven months are facing a hard time with the onset of

winter. Temperatures have

been continuously dipping.

Victims are falling sick as bone-

chilling winds whip through

their shaky structures in the

night and thick fog obstructs

the sunlight till late in the

morning. Victim Sanu Kanchhi

Tamang of Lachyang, who is

living in a temporary camp for

earthquake victims in Simutar, said they are facing lot of difficulties. “We are forced

to spend sleepless nights, as it gets extremely cold after the sunset,” she said.

Children and the elderly have been affected the most, with many of them falling

sick. Dilman Tamang of Salme said around 150 children and senior citizens in the

camp are suffering from common cold, asthma and pneumonia.

National NGOs for our deprived Senior Citizens

HOPE HERMITAGE NEPAL

(HNN) Suryamukhi Marg, House No. 22 Lazimpat-2, Kathamndu, Nepal PH: 977-1-4002117, 4439441 Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hope-Hermitage-Nepal-418034498369211/?fref=ts www.hopehermitage.org.np

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Helpless Elderly

Annapurna Post Daily

Rolpa, December 26, 2015

Saura Pun Magar, 75, is waiting for her long lost son Jagat who was taken by army

during insurgency and his whereabouts is still unknown. With tearful eyes she said

"I can't walk, see and hear properly so there is no other option except waiting for

him."

NASIF Gen- Secy Urged to the Government

Himalayan Times


As the temperature plummeted across the nation, elderly victims of the April 25

earthquake have been affected the most. Chhatra Bahadur Pradhan, General

Secretary of National Senior Citizens Federation (NASIF) said" The elderly people

are living under the open sky in remote areas. They don’t have proper shelters and

are prone to winter related diseases as well as respiratory illnesses, including

common cold, pneumonia and influenza. Pradhan urged the government to

provide them with Rs. 10,000 that was allocated to quake affected families for

warm clothes.

Falling Mercury, Rising Tension

Kantipur Daily/Nagarik Daily

Bhaktapur/Sindhupalchowk, December 31, 2015

Elderly living under the tents after devastating earthquake of April are facing a lot

of problems due to heart shivering cold. Purna Maya Gothe, 82, has been staying

under a tent from past nine months after the earthquake destroyed her house.

After undergoing through parching hot during summer and devouring rain in the

monsoon, now she is suffering from severe cold of the winter. Bishnumaya Bhaila,

88, and Sanumaya Dhaula, 78, are also facing the same problem.

Likewise news published in Nagarik Daily reports earthquake victims of

Sindhupalchowk are facing a hard time with the onset of winter. Temperatures

have continuously dipped in the past two weeks. Almost all the elderly and children

have been suffering from common flu, asthma, cough and other diseases.



ELDER ABUSE

An elderly faced elder abuse in December 2015.

Annapurna is national daily; ND: Not Dead

NEGLECT

Unattended Death

4 unattended dead bodies of senior citizens were found in December 2015.

M: Male; F: Female; NA: Not Available; Himalayan Times is national daily in English language

ELDERLY IN CRIME

The following table presents senior citizens found involved in unlawful activities

in December 2015.

S.N. Name Age Sex Address Reason

(District)

Culprit Form of

abuse

Status Date

(1-31

Dec.)

Source

1. Ram Prasad

Mandal

60 M Morang Unknown Unknown Physical ND 7 Annapurna

Post

S.N. Name Age Sex Address

(District)

Place of death

(District)

Date

(1-31 Dec.)

Source

1. NA 75 M Bhaktapur Bhaktapur 17 Police

Report

2. NA 70 M Bhaktapur Unknown 19 Himalayan

Times

3. Achhe Lal Chaudhary 70 M Makwanpur Makwanpur 20 Police

Report

4. Ganesh Raj Bhara 60 M Nawalparasi Nawalparasi 30 Police

Report

S.N. Name Age Sex Address Crime involved Date

(1-31 Dec.)

Source

1. Hasta Bahadur Ghodasaini

60 M Makwanpur Rape 14 Kantipur

2. Rangalal Dulal NA M Jhapa Rape 15 Himalayan Times

3. Chandra Narsingh Rajbhandari

64 M Kathmandu Black marketing 28 Police Report

4. Narsingh Rajbhandari

64 M Kathmandu Black

Marketing

29 Himalayan

Times

5. Bir Bahadur BK 73 M Makwanpur Illegal Possession of Weapon

30 Police

Report

6. Kaji Man Limbu 73 M Terhathum Setting Fire the Home 30 Police Report



WINTER WOES

Altogether 13 elderly died of cold in the month of December 2015. Details are

given below:

S.N Name Age Gender Where

(District)

When

(1-31 Dec.)

Source

1. Ram Sundar Chaudhari 65 M Saptari 13 Gorkhapatra

2. Satan Yadav 60 M Saptari 15 Gorkhapatra

3. Rama Devi Pahari 66 F Sindhupalchowk 24 Kantipur

4. Dhanraj Tamang 95 M Dolakha 26 Gorkhapatra

5. Lal Bahadur Karki 86 M Dolakha 26 Gorkhapatra

6. Januka Karki 83 F Dolakha 26 Gorkhapatra

7. Lal Bahadur Tamang 68 M Dolakha 26 Gorkhapatra

8. Bhadra Kumari Pokhrel 79 F Dolakha 26 Gorkhapatra

9. Sarpa Neupane 60 M Bajura 28 Kantipur

10. Gambir Thami 73 M Dolakha 29 Annapurna

Post

11. Dev Kumari Karki 82 F Dolakha 29 Annapurna

Post

12. Bishnu Maya Shrestha 68 F Dolakha 29 Annapurna

Post

13. Jagat Bahadur Shrestha 70 M Dolakha 29 Annapurna

Post

13th Issue of Jyestha Nagarik

http://ageingnepal.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/JN-

Issue-13-web-1-1.pdf



NEPAL CALLING

Life has to grow

“Being over 60 is good. There is nothing to regret about. When I am knitting, the

knitted thing gets longer and after a while finally it is finished. It is the same with

life. With time we grow older and some time, life will be finished. That is natural.

When I die I don’t want another life of reincarnation. When it is finished, it is all

right.”

Chitra Kumari was a housewife. She is 66 years old. Her children are grown up.

She doesn’t receive neither pension nor old age allowance, but her children are

supporting her wherever they can. She likes enjoying time with her friends,

making music and doing handicraft.

Lea Frei on 30. December 2015

https://nepalcalling.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/life-has-to-grow/

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UPCOMING EVENTS

S.N. EVENTS DETAILS

1.

Euro scion is going to organize a

conference on Ageing 2016 from 9th

to 11th Feb 2016 at London, United

Kingdom.

http://lifescienceevents.com/ageing-2016-

9th-11th-february/

2.

International Federation on Ageing

13th Global Conference is going to be

held on 21-23 June 2016 at the

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition

Centre. The program will primarily

focus on Disasters in an Ageing World,

reflecting on both natural and man-

made disasters.

http://ifa2016.org.au/

3.

International Social and Applied

Gerontology Symposium is going to

held on 19th to 21st October 2016

at Antalya, Turkey.

http://gerosymp2016.com

4.

Common Ground Publishing is

organizing Aging and Society - Sixth

Interdisciplinary Conference: Aging,

Life-course, and Social Change - A

Common Ground Conference on 6th to

7th October, 2016.

http://agingandsociety.com/2016-

conference/call-for-presenters

Ageing & Society: Sixth

Interdisciplinary Conference

Linköping University,

Norrköping, Sweden

6-7 October 2016

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