Report_SAARC Haveeru_Final.pdf

7/28/2019 Report_SAARC Haveeru_Final.pdf

1/55

SAARC Haveeru-2010

Coastal Festival in the mountains

15-16 September 2010

Kathmandu, Nepal

The Small Earth Nepal

SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre


2/55


3/55

SAARC Haveeru-2010Coastal Festival in the mountains

15-16 September 2010Kathmandu, Nepal

Organized by:


SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre


4/55

Keep the Himalayas white, glacier tight;

Don't make the glacier cry, letting the sea rise.

Art by Mr. Abi Limbu, Grade 10, South Point School

Miss Nevidita Lama, Grade 8, St. Marys School


5/55

Acknowledgements 4

Executive Summary 5

Introduction 7

Program Objectives 7

Event Calendar 8

ACTIVITIES OF THE FESTIVAL 9

Info-Meet 11

Orientation to Students 16

Essay Competition 17

Art Competition 19

Quiz Competition 21

Slogan and Mascot Competition 24

Press Meet 25

Opening Ceremony 26

Stall Exhibition 29

Film Festival 35

Students Conference 37

Beach Photography and Face Painting 46

Closing Ceremony and Award Distribution 47

Media Coverage of the Festival 49

Annex 52

Inside this report


6/55

Acknowledgement

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to SAARC Coastal Zone Manage-

ment Centre (SCZMC), Male, Maldives for providing us the opportunity to organize

SAARC Haveeru 2010: Coastal Festival in the Mountains. Likewise, we wish to

express our deep appreciation and thanks to Department of Hydrology and Meteor-

ology, Government of Nepal for their moral support and participation.

We are equally indebted to all the participating schools, teachers and the students

for their enthusiastic role throughout the festival and make it a grand success.

We are thankful to Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal Tourism Board and Ideal

Model School for supporting the venues for the various events.

Also, we take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to all the personnel

from the diverged field for their valuable suggestions. We are also thankful to ourvolunteers to devote their time and effort throughout the program.

A special thanks goes to Mr. Fathulla Ismail, Program Officer of SCZMC, for his

participation in the major events and his cooperation throughout the program. We

are indebted with his full support.

Last but not the least; we would like to acknowledge all those people and organiza-

tions that helped us directly and indirectly in the best possible way to make this fes-

tival a grand success.


4


7/55

Executive Summary

"SAARC Haveeru- 2010, Coastal Festival in the Mountains" was a coastal

awareness program in a non-coastal country, Nepal, to disseminate knowledge

on coastal and marine environment and its linkage with landlocked countries.

Held 15 and 16 September 2010 at Nepal Administrative Staff College in Kath-

mandu, Nepal.

Over the two days of the festival, programs included:

Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 15 September 2010. The program was re-

ceived by Mr. Satya Mohan Joshi, Chancellor, Nepal Bhasa Academy as theChief Guest. About three hundred and fifty students and teachers from various

schools and other guests were present during the ceremony.

Stall exhibition

Twenty eight stalls were exhibited on 15 and 16 September 2010, from differentschools, colleges and organizations all demonstrating coastal and marine envi-

ronment in the form of models, pictures, charts, games and many different ways.

Besides, paintings done by the school students in the art competition were also

displayed simultaneously. About 17000 visitors observed the stall exhibition.

Students ConferenceTo upgrade the knowledge on costal and marine environment and its issue a stu-

dent conference entitle Enviro-Culture Exchange: Bridging Mountains toCoasts was organized on 16 September where 68 students from different

schools had participated.

Film FestivalFilm festival was held with a focus on coastal and marine ecology. Five different

documentaries, highlighting the various aspects of oceanic life were screened.

The Face PaintingThe face painting featuring the marine animals from the hands of experts at-

tracted many visitors especially the school students during the two-day-festival.

Beach photographyOne unique feature of the festival was the photography taken in front of a large

picture of a beach printed on a flex of the size of six feet by ten feet kept within

the premise where the festival was held.

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony of the festival was held on 16 September 2010. The

awards were distributed to the guests and the winners of the best stalls.

SAARC Haveeru - 2010 at a glance

5


8/55

Before the festival various Inter-school Competitions and Orientation Pro-

grams had also been organized.

Info-MeetA information sharing meeting with school teachers was held on 30 July 2010. It

was aimed to disseminate information about festival and on Coastal and Marine

Environment among the youth, students and public of Nepal through the school

teachers. The program was attended by 60 teacher representatives from 43 dif-

ferent schools of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur.

Quiz Competition

The contest was organized in two sessions; preliminary rounds and final round.The preliminary rounds of the competition were held on 26 and 27 August 2010.

The final round was held at Nepal Administrative Staff College, Jawalakhel, La-

litpur during the main festival on 15 September. The contest featured 50 stu-dents from 25 different schools consisting of 5 different schools team. Winner

team from each group was qualified for the final round.

Essay Competition

The Essay competition was structured on 31st of August 2010. The title of the

competition was "My Responsibility towards Coastal Environment". Twenty

eight students from different schools participated in the competition.

Art competitionThe Inter-School Art Competition on the theme Coastal and Marine Environ-

ment was held on 9 September 2010, where 57 contestants from 30 schoolswere participated. The art competition was categorized as junior level (grades 6

and 7) and senior level (grades 8, 9 and 10). The Chief Guest Mr. Kiran Man-

andhar, Chancellor of the Lalit Kala Academy.

Slogan and Mascot Competition

To make the festival more meaningful, the Inter School Slogan Writing Compe-tition was organized with the theme coastal festival in the mountain. About

twenty schools submitted the products among which seventeen slogans and four-

teen mascots were chosen. The best mascot and slogan were awarded during the

opening ceremony.

Press MeetA press meet was organized on 13 September 2010 to disseminate the informa-

tion regarding the activities to be organized during the two days festival on 15

and 16 September. More than 35 journalists from different media houses includ-

ing television channels, radios, FM, national dailies were present during thepress meet.

6


9/55

Introduction

"SAARC Haveeru -2010; Coastal Festival in the Mountains" is a coastal awareness

program in a non-coastal country. One such program had already been organized in

Thimpu, the capital city of Bhutan, in 2009. This year, one similar type of event was

organized in Kathmandu by The Small Earth Nepal with the support of SAARCCoastal Zone Management Centre, Maldives.

The coastal region is the portion of the ocean where physical, biological and biogeo-

chemical processes interact with terrestrial ecologies. These zones are important not

only because the majority of the world's population inhabit them, but also because

of their unique and invaluable biodiversity. Coastal ecosystems, found along conti-

nental margins, are regions of remarkable biological productivity and high accessi-bility. This has made them centers of human activity for millennia.

Coastal ecosystems provide a wide array of goods and services that are invaluable tohuman society and to life on earth. They host the worlds primary ports of com-

merce and are the primary producers of food for human and animal consumption.Coastal environments are also considerable sources of fertilizer, pharmaceuticals,

minerals, cosmetics, household products, and construction materials (sand, rock,

coral, lime, and wood).

In Nepal, where coastal zones and marine environments are not a regular topic of

discussion, an awareness campaign on the issue would be a first of its kind. Sincestudents, youth and the general public were not aware about the significance of

coastal zones and marine environments, a two-day festival was organized with thetheme Coastal Festival in the Mountains. The event was concluded with fun and

engaging educational programs.

Program Objectives

The objectives of the program were to educate school students including the youth

of Nepal about the socio-economical and environmental aspects of coastal and ma-

rine zones.

Disseminate knowledge on coastal and marine environment and its linkage with

landlocked countries at the local level.

Identify issues of coastal and marine environment in context of global issues like

climate change and other trans-boundary issues.

Educate, empower and mobilize youth to achieve the goal and vision of the fes-

tival.

Establish a network among the students and the youth at local level to raise

greater awareness on coastal and marine education.

Capacitate youth and students by enhancing their hidden talents.

7


10/55

Event Calendar

Program Date

Info Meet 30 July

Mascot and Slogan Competition 30 July-31 August

Inter School Quiz Competition (Preliminary

round)

26-27 August

Inter School Essay Competition 31 August

Inter School Art Competition 9 September

Press Meet 13 September

Opening Ceremony 15 September

Stall Exhibition: A View from the Mountains 15 and 16 September

Film Festival 15 and 16 September

Inter School Quiz Competition (Final round) 15 September

Students Conference 16 September

Closing and Award Distribution 16 September

8


11/55

Activities

9


12/55

10


13/55

A. Info Meet

An information sharing program was organized on 30 July 2010 among 60 different

school teachers and stakeholders at Kathmandu to share the project concept and

their role of participation. The objective of the meet was to motivate school teachers

to make their students participate effectively in such a genuine cause. The meeting

ended up with fruitful discussion and reached a consensus for commitment of the

success of the festival through comprehensive and supportive involvement of the

participants and organizers.

The Info-Meet was a preface for the SAARC Haveeru-2010, which aimed to dis-

seminate information on Coastal and Marine Environment among the youth, stu-

dents and public of Nepal. For the purpose of formulating a design for the festival,

operation of events and to achieve a definite output, representatives from invited

schools and SEN had an information sharing and discussion program. The program

was attended by representatives from 60 different schools of Kathmandu, Lalitpur

and Bhaktapur.

11


14/55

Activities of Info Meet

Welcome and Introduction

The program started with the introduction of the participants followed by the wel-

come remarks from Mr. Dhiraj Pradhananga, the President of SEN. On his speech

he expected active participation by sharing their views, ideas, knowledge and ex-

periences to make the program successful.

The activities in info meet were conducted in two sessions - presentation and discus-

sion.

Session IPresentation

The program was continued with the series of presentations by the various Person-

alities.

Presentation 1: Information about SEN

The presentation was conducted by Mr. Pranav Pokhrel on behalf of SEN. He ad-

dressed about the SEN, its purposes and priorities. He further discussed about the

recent activities on awareness efforts, capacity building trainings to youth, re-

searches, and publications. Synopsis of the previous programs and the recent activi-

ties of the SEN were also presented during his presentation.

12


15/55

Presentation 2: Introduction of the SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre

The presentation was conducted by Mr. Subash Duwadi from SEN to give brief in-

troduction about the SCZMC. Mr. Duwadi discussed about the objectives, workingareas, priority issues, past and the present activities.

Presentation 3: Importance of Coastal Environment for Landlocked Countries

The presentation was conducted by Mr. Brain CampbellDavis,Botany Ambassado-

rial Scholar M.Sc. Hostel IOE.His presentation was basically focused to highlight

the importance of coastal environment for the landlocked country. On his presenta-

tion he emphasized the significant of inter-linkage between the landlocked countries

and coastal countries. He also described about the types of the marine ecosystems,

its importance and its challenges.

Presentation 4: Motivational

Presentation

The next presentation was con-

ducted by Mr. Jeevan Panthi,Pro-

gram Officer of SEN. His presen-

tation was basically focused on

the teachers who were the partici-

pants of the program. He shared

about interesting story of the for-

tune machine which gives idea

about the value of time.

13


16/55

Presentation 5: Introduction on the SAARC Haveeru2010; Coastal Festival

In The Mountains

The presentation was conducted by Mr. Piyush Dahal, Communication Officer of

SEN. He highlighted the objectives, activities and expected outcomes of SAARC

Haveeru-2010. He discussed about various

activities proposed for SAARC Haveeru 2010.

He further proposed the participants to put

their views on different proposed interschool

competitions like arts, essay, debate, stall ex-

hibition. Each school was asked to send their

concept paper for the stall exhibition and the

best 20 schools would be provided with seed

money for the preparation of the stall. Rest of

the schools also could take part in the stall

competitions on their own expenses. The

teachers were encouraged for their innovative

ideas.

Mr. Dahal also gave information about the online campaign like Facebook (http://

www.facebook.com/pages/SAARC-Haveeru/137859799567562), blogsite,

(www.saarchaveeru.wordpress.com) and Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/

smallearth).

14


17/55

Session II

Group Discussion, Feedback and Interaction

The second session of the program featured interaction, feedback and group discus-

sion. Participants from schools were divided into six different groups with different

topics for discussion.

Outcomes of Discussion

Following conclusions were drawn from the discussion sessions:

The film festival will address issues like the impact of the climate change, natu-

ral disaster like Tsunami, ocean pollution like oil leakage, conservation and the

mitigation practices and the other relevant coastal issues. A single session will

accommodate students as well as public and documentaries shall be screened

parallel with other programs.

Student conference should be featured for bridging mountains and coastal envi-

ronment. Students should be selected for presentation on basis of their presenta-

tion skills and contents. Few presentations should be from experts on coastal and

marine environment.

Various interschool competitions should be organized on the general theme of

costal and marine environment. Inter-school art, essay, quiz, mascot and slogan

competitions should be held.

Exhibition stall were divided into two genres Display stalls and Involvement

stalls. A management stall would be established to manage the overall activities

of the festival.

15


18/55

B. Orientation to Students

Realizing the need of participants, basically the school students, SEN organized se-

ries of orientation classes on various topics. The orientations were conducted at

SENs Meeting Hall through Power point presentations by SEN members. More

than 171 students from different schools of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur dis-

tricts attended the orientation classes.

The major objectives of the orientation classes were to develop a perspective among

the students on coastal and marine environment and to develop a good concept

among the participants about the stall exhibition and planning of models and games

at the stall. Similarly the students' participating in various competitions were also

called for orientation to inform them about the modality of the competitions.

Schedule of the orientation program

Orientation Topics Date

Introduction of Coastal and Marine Environment 22-23 August

Exhibition Stall Concepts 22-23 August

Art Competition 22-23 August

Essay Competition 22-23 August

Quiz Competition 22-23 August

Students Conference 5, 6 and 12 August

1616


19/55

C. Essay Competition

The Essay competition entitle My Responsibility Towards Coastal Environment

was structured at Nepal Tourism Board on 31 of August 2010. The competition in-

volved 28 students from different schools around the Kathmandu Valley with one

student from each school. The main objective of one hour-long competition was to

evaluate their awareness level regarding marine life and to determine how responsi-

ble they are towards their environment.

The Chief Guest for the program was Mr. Bhairav Risal, the Senior Journalist of

Nepal forum of Environment Journalists. Similarly, the session was chaired by Joint

Secretary Mr. Mahendra Bahadur Gurung, from Ministry of Irrigation and Program

Director Mr. Pankaj K.C, from the CEN attended as the special guest. The judges

for the program were Mr. Pabitra Dahal, Environmentalist, Teacher and Program

coordinator of Golden Gate International College (GGIC) and Editor ofHamro

Sampada, an environmental magazine, Mr. Sundar Layalu, the British Council In-

ternational Climate Champian 2009 and Ms. Ritu Shrestha, Environment, Popula-tion and Health and English Language teacher at Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute ,

Balaju.

17


20/55

The Program was started with the welcome remarks to the guests, judges and the

competitors by Mr. Sudarshan Rajbhandari, coordinator of SAARC Haveeru-2010.

After that a special remarks was give by the special guest. He appreciated the initia-tion of coastal program that was beyond the matter of the regular discussion in their

country. A valuable speech was delivered by chief guest who wished to be child

again and would take part in that competition and gain more knowledge about that

topic. He focused on the trans-boundary relationships in the Environmental issues

and its importance for the landlocked countries. He considered that, through that

competition students would know their role on the coastal environments.

The starting time for essay writing was indicated by ringing the bell from the Chief

Guest. One hour time was provided for the essay writing. Evaluation of essay judg-

ments were solely done by the judges (total 100 marks). First position of the essay

competition was secured by Mr. Rajiv Duwal, a 10 th grade student of Bal Vikash

English Secondary School. Second and third positions were secured by Miss Laxmi

Bhatta, grade-8, Pacific Academy and Miss. Aayusha Dhakal, grade-10, Holy Vi-

sion International School respectively. Winners of the competition were awarded

during the opening ceremony of SAARC Haveeru-2010.

18


21/55

D. Art Competition

The Inter-School Art Competition on the theme Coastal and Marine Environment

was held on 9 September 2010, where 57contestants from 30 schools participated in

the competition. The competition was categorized as junior level (grade 6 and 7)

and senior level (grade 8, 9 and 10). The competition continued for two hours from

1130 before which a formal inauguration session was organized. The Chief Guest

Mr. Kiran Manandhar, Chancellor of the Lalit Kala Academy, Chairperson Mr. Bi-

raj Chhetri, Principal Ideal Model Secondary School, the Special Guest Er. Adarsha

Prasad Pokhrel, Chairperson of International Hydrological Program-Nepal,

UNESCO, and the Guest Dr. Suman Kumar Shakya, Executive Director of Environ-

ment and Public Health Organization had jointly inaugurated the competition by

distributing the art materials to the students.

In the opening session of the competition the Chief Guest Mr. Manandhar high-

lighted the importance of such competition to enhance the creativity of students. He

19


22/55

also emphasized to make students aware on current environmental issues and should

be guided to positive direction so that they could act from now for the better living

world. Special guest Er. Pokhrel on his speech focused on the importance of thecoastal environment and ecosystem, its biological, cultural, aesthetic, and the recrea-

tional values. Meanwhile, he addressed about the importance of organizing such

kind of the competition which would help to develop the skills of the students while

sensitizing them towards the environmental problem.

Dr. Shakyaalso discussed about the issues of the coastal and the marine environ-

ment, their importance, and interlink between landlocked countries and coastal envi-

ronment. The environmental issues were not bounded within the certain area. He

emphasized on the importance of organizing the art competition related to the issues

of the coastal and the marine environment.

The judges for the program were Mrs. Sushma Rajbhandari, Academician and As-

sembly Member of Lalit Kala Campus, Mr. Rajan Khadka, art teacher of SOS

Hermann Gmeiner Higher Secondary School and Ms. Indira Kandel, Meteorologist

in Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Government of Nepal.

2020


23/55

D. Quiz Competition

The Inter-School Quiz Contest was organized in two sessions; preliminary rounds

and final round. The preliminary rounds of the competition were held at Nepal

Tourism Board on 26 and 27 August 2010. The final round was held at Nepal Ad-

ministrative Staff College during the main festival on 15 September.

The contest featured 50 students from 25 different schools. The preliminary round

was a prologue to the final. The 25 participating schools were divided into 5 groups,

each group consisting of 5 different school team. Winner team from each group was

qualified for the final round.

Results of the Preliminary Rounds

The preliminary round successfully ended with 5 winners, one team as a winner

from each preliminary session. Following teams were selected for the final round of

the quiz contest.

Name of the School Preliminary session

Occidental Public School A

Shree Kumari English School B

Future Star Secondary School C

Adarsha Vidhya Mandir Higher Secondary

School

D

Prabhat Secondary School E

21


24/55

The final round of the quiz competition was held with the finalists as selected

above. The program was received by Mr. Ganesh Shah, Former Minister of Ministry

of Environment (MoE) as chief guest and Mr. Purushottam Ghimire, Joint Secre-tary, MoE as chair person.

Mr. Shah congratulated the participants and commented that the young people had

more talent than their older ones but they were hidden. That program provided the

platform to explore such hidden talents. So, only discipline was necessary which

adds more to success and civilization. Likewise Mr. Ghimire said two countries

gave the world example in terms of effects of climate change. One was being Ne-

pals cabinet meeting in Kalapatthar and the other is the cabinet meeting of Mal-

dives under the sea. The linkage of upstream (mountain) and downstream (ocean)

was of great importance.

The questions for the competition revolved around the following topics:

1st Round (SAARC Round) : SAARC and its activities.

2nd Round (General Science Round) : Science and technology.

3rd Round (Coastal and Marine Environment Round) : Marine and coastal envi-

ronment.

4th Round (Mix Bag Round) : Sports, history, literature, geography, culture and

religion, politics, entertainment, etc.

5th Round (Visual Round): Different photographs were displayed through multi-

media projector and questions related or about to the photographs were asked to

the team.

6th Round (Current Affairs Round) : Recently happening activities.

7th Round : Rapid Fire Round

22


25/55

Results of the Final Rounds

The winners of the final round Inter - School Quiz Competition were

First Position: Adarsha Vidhya Mandir Higher Secondary School

Second Position: Prabhat English School

Third Position: Occidental Public School

The prizes to the winners were awarded at the closing ceremony of the festival on

16 September 2010.

23


26/55

E. Slogan and Mascot Competition

Slogan and Mascot competitions were organized among the students from various

schools. The best slogan and mascot were awarded during the opening ceremony on

15 September. The theme for the mascot competition was SAARC Haveeru -

Coastal Festival in the Mountains.More than 20 schools sent their slogans. These

slogans and mascots were discarded which did not meet the criteria. Only 17

schools in slogan and 14 schools in mascot were selected for the competition. The

selected slogans and mascots were jointly evaluated by a panel of judges from the

SEN members.

The best slogan was from Miss Nevidita Lama, grade 8 student of St. Marys School

and the best mascot was from Mr. Abi Limbu of grade 10 student from South Point

School. The best slogan selected goes like this: "Keep the Himalayas white, glacier

tight; Don't make the glacier cry, letting the sea rise". The best slogan and mascot

were awarded during the opening ceremony on 15 September 2010.

The mascot from Ms. Bimala Gurung of grade 9 from Bhanubhakta Memorial

Higher Secondary School was used in the design of badges for the guest during the

festival.

Let's make coastal environment everybody's concern

Art by Miss Bimala Gurung of grade 9from Bhanubhakta Memorial HigherSecondary School

Miss Sabina Gurung, Grade 8, Jwala English School

24


27/55

F. Press Meet

A press meet was organized on 13 September to disseminate the information regard-

ing the activities being organized during the two-day festival on 15 and 16 Septem-

ber. More than 35 journalists from different media houses including television chan-

nels, National Dailies were present during the press meet. The program was chaired

by Mr. Dhiraj Pradhananga, President of The Small Earth Nepal. He presented

about the overall program concept. The press release was read by the Program Coor-

dinator, Mr. Sudarshan Rajbhandari. Furthermore, other panelists also expressed

their views regarding the program and the necessity of the program. Then the floor

was opened for discussion and answer the queries of the media persons about the

festival.

The panelists were as follows:

Mr. Dhiraj Pradhananga, President, SEN

Mr. Sudarshan Rajbhandari, Program Coordinator , SAARC Haveeru

Mr. Biraj Chettri, Principal, Ideal Model Higher Secondary School

Mr. Ganesh Singh Dhami, Teacher, Adarsha Vidya Mandir

Ms. Rasmita Dhamala, Student, Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute

25


28/55

G. Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony of the festival started with the animated video, prepared by

students of Ideal Model Higher Secondary School that showed how life started on

the Earth and how it is being deteriorated day by day due to human activities. Our

mother earth is really in trouble and she indeed needs help from her children to re-

cover the existing terrible situation. Simultaneously, the students also sang the Earth

song of Michael Jackson with its music video in the background

The Master of Ceremony Mr. Ramesh Bhusal started the program formally with the

very critical question whether the earth would remain in the perfect condition so that

we could show it to the future generations. Then he briefly highlighted about the

SAARC Haveeru which was initiated from Male, Maldives in 2006 followed by

Thimpu, Bhutan in 2009. He explained the meaning of the term Haveeru as the Mal-

divian term which means the time period between 4 pm to 9 pm and that year we

were celebrating the festival with the theme Coastal Festival in the Mountains.

26


29/55

Then the guests were welcomed by the Pancha Kanya (a group of five ladies or girls

formed especially for the program to bid good wishes) with bouquet and Khada. The

splendid part of the program was the presence of Honrable Satya Mohan Joshi as

The Chief Guest running at the age of 93 years, Chancellor of Nepal Bhasha Acad-

emy with a teenager student Miss. Sabina Adhikari from SVI representing Students

sharing the same dais. Likewise Chair person Mr. Dhiraj Pradhananga, President,

The Small Earth Nepal, Special Guest Mr. Kishore Thapa, Secretary, Ministry of

Tourism and Civil Aviation, Mr. Fathulla Ismail, representative from SCZMC, Mr.

Sudarshan Rajbhandari, Program Coordinator of SAARC Haveeru -2010, Mr. Biraj

Chhetri, Principal, Ideal Model H.S. School representing the teachers attended asthe digniteries.

Mr. Rajbhandary welcomed all the participants with his remarks and added that the

program was the best platform to help students to explore and exchange their

knowledge about the coastal and marine environment. We are the leaders of the

future generation and the future of the earth is in our hands and its our duty to con-

serve our earth, said Miss. Sabina on her remarks. Mr. Biraj Chettri, on his re-

marks, extended his appreciation to be the part of the program as that was the great

opportunity to spread out the knowledge of the students and to work out as a team.

Mr. Kishwor Thapa expressed his pride to be a citizen of the mountainous country.

He said, their country was located at the highest elevation so due to that they were

benefited in many ways because they had the Mount Everest. Nevertheless they

were not devoid of its consequences as well, due to geographical features. Some dis-

tricts are extremely remote and do not have easy access to the basic needs.

Honrable Satya Mohan Joshi, in his remarks, highlighted the importance of the

coastal environment and also tried to show the linkage of the coastal region to the

landlocked countries like Nepal since the ancient time. He shared some religious

stories of Ramayana, the great epic of Hindus, where the Ramchandra had visited to

Lanka. In the story, Hanuman, King of Monkeyshad travelled across the Kshyar

Samundra (a sea) to fight with Ravana, The King of Lanka. He further discussed

about works of Bhanubhakta Acharya, the First Poet in Nepali literature. Though

27


30/55

Mr. Acharya was from landlocked country, he had beautifully described about the

coastal environment in Ramayan that had been translated from Sanskrit into Nepali.

Lastly he thanked all the organizers and the participants to introduce such an impor-tant and interesting program in Nepal.

Miss. Nisha Amatya from SEN expressed vote of thanks on behalf of the organiza-

res. Likewise, Mr. Dhiraj Pradhananga at his closing remarks expressed his grateful-

ness to distinguished guests, judges, teachers and the students. He appreciated their

valuable participation in the program without which the program would had not

been possible. Mr. Pradhananga expressed his pleasure to be in the group of di-

verged background of high profile dignitaries from government, non government,

civil society, professional organizations, academic, media, entertainment and other

respected personnel. He addressed about the role that they, the residents of land-

locked country, could and might play for a healthy, thriving, prosperous and stable

coastal ecology and our mother Earth. And how each of us, no matter where we live

or who we are, could help to conserve our ecologically significant but extremely

vulnerable marine environment.

Mr. Pradhananga also gave a brief introduction of SEN which is a non-

governmental organization born as a sister organization of De Kleine Aarde / The

Small Earth in The Netherlands to promote Sustainable Lifestyles and to reduce the

Global Footprint of Nepal. With the slogan Together we stand for sustainable life-

styles, it had been contributing extensively towards the sustainable development of

the society through numerous awareness programs and more at different levels since

its establishment in April, 2001.

At the heart of the ceremony, the prizes were distributed to the winner of the various

competitions.

The opening session was formally concluded with the cultural dance, performed by

the students of Bhanubhakta Memorial School and the stall exhibition was inaugu-

rated by the Chief Guest. The Chief Guest along with all the guests observed the

stalls.28


31/55

H. Stall Exhibition

Stall exhibition was one of the major attractions of the SAARC Haveeru-2010. Stu-

dents from various schools presented their understanding of coastal zone and marine

environment through different activities. There were 28 stalls in the exhibition from

different schools, organizations and universities. Stalls were decorated with 3-D

models of coastal geography and environment, photographs, paintings, arts, games,

documentaries, power point presentations, etc. Stalls were focused to give informa-

tion about coastal ecosystem, coastal lifestyles and cultures, problems and issues of

coastal zones and linkage between mountains and coastal environment, impacts of

climate change on coastal and mountain regions, etc. The festival was directly ob-

served by around 17,000 students, youth, and general people.

For the registration purpose, visitors were provided with a small token to pick near

the entrance for door prize. The visitors had to drop the token with their name and

address at the information desk of SEN and winner for every hour interval was an-

nounced based on random selection from the information desk and were provided

with special gifts.

29


32/55

Stall by SEN was about the information of coastal areas. A 1.5mX2m 3-D model of

common coastal feature was full of information to recognize different landforms in

coastal region like peninsula, port, delta, bay, atoll, archipelago etc.

Other three stalls were covered by the arts from Inter-School Art Competition, one

of the SAARC Haveeru-2010 programs, which was held on 9 September 2010 at

Ideal Model Higher Secondary School, Lalitpur, Nepal.

Short descriptions of each of the stalls by schools are presented below:

Ideal Model Higher Secondary School

The team of Ideal Model School had shown 3-D model (map) of the SAARC coun-

tries. The main objective of the 3D model was to make students and youth aware on

biodiversity, geographical structures, coastal and mountain regions of SAARC

countries. Similarly, the model was giving information on livelihood, culture and

costumes, socio-economic activities, problems and issues, and their relationship to

the coastal environment.

30


33/55

Holy Vision International School

The students from Holy Vision International School displayed the paintings, posters,

photographs, and articles to highlight the environmental problems and conservationmeasures of coastal

and marine zones. A

3-D model showing

the effects of human

impacts on coastal

environment was also

displayed. An inter-

esting game for visi-

tors was also man-

aged in the stall.

Bhanubhakta Memorial Higher Secondary School

The students of this school prepared the replica of marine life, which was made

through recycled and discarded materials. Main objective of this replica was to

make people aware and understand about marine ecosystem. They discussed regard-

ing various depth and zones of marine environment having different life forms

there. They distributed leaflets and other printed materials containing the informa-

tion about marine environment, the factors affecting it and the relationship between

human, environment and marine ecosystem.

Occidental Public School

The stall was decorated with various paintings of marine animals, plants and their

habitat in banner, play cards, slogans etc. The information displayed in the chart pa-

pers were about coastal life, ecosystem and economic benefits from coastal animals

and plants. The main objective of the stall was to make visitors aware about the

flora, fauna, food chain, and other characteristics of marine environment. A game

titled Throw N Win was also arranged where different coastal animals and plants

were made and players had to throw the ball into the hole, who ever scores into the

hole would be winner.

31


34/55

New Leera Higher Secondary School

The name of the stall was Gaming zone. Different games such as Puzzle, Who am

I, Blind Game, and Mental Test, were arranged in the stall. The pictures of differentaquatic animals were cut into pieces for the puzzle game and the students were

given a certain time to arrange the pieces to form the complete picture. They tried

not only to entertain the visitors but also tried to persuade the visitors through games

and mental activities with their slogans Learning through Games.

Shree Kumari School

Main attraction of this stall was a model which was related about coastal area. The

stall was also focused on impacts of upstream activities to the downstream people.

The model also showed the GLOF with the help of small water pump.

Bal Bikash English Secondary School

Quiz board was organized at this school stall, where various questions were asked

about coastal landforms and the winners were awarded. Beside quiz various marine

specimens like seahorse, flying fish, jelly fish, star fish etc, and other marine inver-

tebrates along with their brief information tags were displayed.

Columbus Academy

Columbus Academy displayed arts and pictures related to coastal lives and deco-

rated their stalls with cuttings of various sea animals pictures. They had also made

dummy octopus with the help of reuse papers and other reuse materials showing the

importance of the reuse to control the pollution. They also distributed leaflets con-

taining information about coastal environment.

32


35/55

Columbus Academy +2

Higher wings of Columbus Academy presented 3-D model showing past, present

and future scenarios of coastal environment. The effects of urbanization to thecoastal areas were demonstrated. Along with the model they were presenting power-

point slide shows about coastal hazards.

Pathsala Nepal foundation

Fun with Tags game was arranged showing features of coastal region and a docu-

mentary titled A Sailors Life was also screened. A 3-D model and photos were

also displayed about coastal environment.

Nagarjuna Valley Academy

A Three-Dimensional models about consequences of Global Warming and its ef-

fects was shown. To support the model different charts giving different information

like ozone layer depletion, green house gas and its sources was also displayed.

Padma Kanya High School

A 3-D model on theme Trans-boundary issues of coastal and landlocked country

was demonstrated in the stall of Padma Kanya High School and it belong to the

Government School. Various information regarding coastal issues were also dis-

played on chart papers Variety of paintings by the school students were also dis-

played in the stall.

Jwala English School

Coastal and marine habitat was shown through 3D model inside the aquarium and

detail information about the model was printed on the flex. Ecological cycle was

also demonstrated through charts and drawings. Beside that various photographs

was also hung on the wall of the stalls to support their model.

Indradhanush English Boarding School

A 3-D model showing interrelationship between mountain and coastal environment

was displayed along with arts, posters, and photographs.

33


36/55

Merryland Public higher secondary School

Students of the Merryland School displayed their creativity through arts and paint-

ings on the coastal environment. Such paintings on coastal lives, problems, effectson marine environment, sea level rise with global warming, mitigation measures

were also displayed in the stall.

Kathmandu Don Bosco school

Information on effects of human settlement around coastal regions was given in the

stall through a 3-D model. A variety of reuse and recycled items like photo-frame,

bags, pen holders, note copy, boxes and various decorative items were also dis-

played during the festival.

Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS)

Flex and power point slides presentation on coastal agricultural system in SAARC

countries were displayed the stall from IAAS. This was the only one stall from Uni-

versity students.

3434


37/55

H. Film Festival

Film festival, one of the major attractions at the SAARC Haveeru - Coastal Festi-

vals in the Mountain was held with a focus on coastal and marine ecology. Five

different documentaries, highlighting the various aspects of oceanic life were

screened at the coastal festival celebrated for two days. Moving pictures, being one

of the major means of communication, the key objective of the film festival was to

disseminate the knowledge and understanding on marine life creating a certain level

of awareness among the students and the public alike.

Different documentaries screened on the festivals were:

Under the sea

The main theme of this documentary was the in view at the underwater ocean along

the diverse coastal regions of Southern Austrailia, New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific

areas which is produced and directed by Howard Hall. It also talked on the most im-

portant topic, the impact of global warming on the oceans. The documentary was

open for both the students and public.

The Underwater City (Water Life, The Big Blue)

More than three hundred audiences watched this documentary produced by CIS,

Spain. The third episode of Water life- The Big Blue, it provided an analysis of the

symbolic link between algae and coral. The show focused on the most productive

part of the ocean ecosystem, the complex formation of coral reefs. With the total

runtime of twenty-six minutes, it was a perfect movie for knowing the corals, their

function and role on marine ecology.

35


38/55

The Living Sea

Directed by Greg Macgillivray, the documentary dealt with interconnection between

land and sea and the dependence of all life on the ocean. It also the featured the sur-vey of the worlds oceans, surfers, researchers cataloging and tracking whales and a

coast guard rough weather rescue squad.

Deep Sea

It is an exciting documentary dealing with the oceans depths and its creatures. Di-

rected and produced by Howard Hall and running on forty minutes, it is about the

weird and grotesque sea creatures in the abyss.

The Frontier of the Sea

Produced by CIS, Spain, the documentary was fourth episode of Water Life The

Big Blue. The show was a moving approach at the marine wildlife living along the

ocean coastline and their dependence on beaches for survival. Plant adaptation

within sandy dunes, mating of elephant seals and penguins at the beach, turtles us-

ing the soft sand of the beach for hatching their eggs, the documentary was able to

captivate the audience with its unique content. It also featured the extensive footage

of birds and insects feasting on the rotting corpse of a turtle that washed ashore.

36


39/55

I. Students Conference

To upgrade the knowledge on costal and marine environment and its issues, a stu-

dents' conference was organized on 16 September 2010 at Nepal Administrative

Staff College. The conference was another attraction of the SAARC Haveeru-2010

as the conference was targeted for the students between 12 and 16 years. The title

of the conference was Enviro-Culture Exchange: Bridging Mountains to Coasts

where 68 students from different schools of Kathamandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur

had participated. The overall program was conducted by students and was chaired

by student as well. School teachers, journalists, representatives from different or-

ganizations, and academicians were attended as observer during the conference. The

overall conference was featured as opening session, technical session, group discus-

sion and interaction, group presentation and closing session.

The program was decorated by the presence of Prof. Suresh Raj Chalise, former

Dean of Tribhuvan University as the Chief Guest and Dr. Madan Lal Shrestha, Aca-

demician, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology as the Special Guest.

37


40/55

The speakers and the modulators for the program were as follows:

Guest SpeakersProf. Dr. Suresh Raj Chalise, Former Dean of Tribhuvan University, The Chief Guest

Dr. Madan Lal Shrestha, Academician, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology,

The Special Guest

Chairperson: Mr. Narendra Mahato, a Tenth Grade student from Sidhhartha Vanast-

hali Institute (SVI).

Resource Persons

Mr. Pranav Pokhrel, SEN

Mr. Jeevan Panthi, SEN

Mr. Soubidhya Khadka, Climate Himalaya

M.Cs. : Miss Sabina Adhikari and Miss Rasmita Dhamala from SVI

Student Presenters

Mr. Pratik Pradhan, Holy Vision International School

Mr. Krishna Rauniyar, Bhanubhakta Memorial Higher Secondary School

Miss Priyanka pradhan, Occidental Public School

Miss Erika Rani Thapa, St. Marys School

Miss Neelfor Ansari, Future Star English Secondary School

Mr. Prashun Khanal, Little Angles School

Mr. Swapnil Thapaliya, New Leera Higher Secondary School

Miss Samikhshya Mainali, New Summit Higher Secondary School

Miss Deepa Pradhan, Prabhat Higher Secondary School

Miss Bishakha Shrestha & Miss Jyotsna Gautam, Kathmandu Don Bosco High

School

Facilitators

Ms. Jony Mainali, Mr. Jeeban Panthi and Mr. Pranav Pokhrel, SEN

Conference Coordinator and Moderator: Mr. Dilli Ram Bhattarai, SEN

38


41/55

Activities of conference

The overall activity of the conference was divided into four sessions, namely open-

ing session, technical session, group discussion/presentation and closing.

Opening Session

The program was begun with an introduction note from Miss Sabina Adhikari and

was followed by remarks from Special Guests, Dr. Madan Lal Shrestha and the

Chief Guest, Prof. Suresh Raj Chalise.

Technical Session

The technical session of the program featured presentation on diverse topics of ma-

rine and coastal environment and ecosystem from the participating students and re-

source persons at the program. The technical session was started with a presentation

from Dr. Madam Lal Shrestha on Necessity of Coastal Education in a landlocked

country. Dr. Shrestha elaborated on why coastal education is important and neces-

sary in Nepal. Through the examples of melting of glaciers to threats of sea level

rise in coastal countries, Dr. Shrestha explicitly stated why concept on coastal andmarine environment is necessary in landlocked countries.

It was followed by the students presentation as follows:

Life in Marine and Coastal Environment

Mr. Pratik Pradhan, Holyvision International School

Presentation from Mr. Pradhan gave information about the marine lives and envi-

ronment. The presentation discussed about different components of the marine eco-

system. It also included photographs of various flora and fauna that are found in

39


42/55

coastal and marine environment. General information about the oceanic food chain

and food web was also discussed in the presentation. Brief information about the

producers, consumers, and decomposers were given in the presentation.

Coastal Environment, Some Facts

Mr. Krishna Rauniyar, Bhanubhakta Memorial Higher Secondary School

Mr. Rauniyar presented various facts related to coastal environment. Facts about the

coastal area, population living in the coastal regions, development and economic

activities were presented.

Sharks of Ocean

Miss Priyanka Pradhan, Occidental Public School

The presentation from Miss Pradhan was mainly focused on information about

shark. Sharks are one of the oldest creatures in the Earth. They are now endangered

because of over hunting and pollution. Miss Pradhan presented different facts about

sharks. Their lifespan, body features, eating habits, their movement, habitat, etc.

were presented in her presentation.

Linkage Between Mountains, Coasts, and Hydrological Cycle

Miss Erika Rani Thapa, St. Marys High School

Miss Erika elaborated on the linkage of seas and coasts with the land through hydro-

logical cycle. She briefly described the dependency of Nepal, a landlocked country

and its dependency on monsoon which rises from seas and ocean. In the concluding

part of presentation she also described briefly about trans-boundary issues like acid

rain which might occur due to polluted waters in oceans and could equally affect the

landlocked countries.

Condition of The Costal Land

Miss Nilfor Ansari, Future Star English Secondary School

Presentation from Miss Ansari was to develop a concept on current condition of

coastal regions due to pollution issues. Her presentation focused mainly on biodiver-

sity, over fishing and oil spillage on seas ocean and coastal region.

40


43/55

Comparison between Nepal and Coastal Region

Mr. Prasun Khanal, Little Angles School

The presentation from Mr. Khanal was focused on the difference and similarities inlife style of places with coastal corridor and those which dont have a coastal corri-

dor, landlocked country. The landlocked country chosen for the comparative presen-

tation was Nepal and the presentation stated habitat, diversity livelihood risks and

threats of Nepal and coastal regions.

Sea Level Rise and Threats to Major Cities

Miss Deepa Pradhan, Prabhat English Secondary High School

Miss Pradhan spoke on the threat of sea level rise due to climate change. Since the

sea level rises and measure cities are located on coastal regions, she further elabo-

rated how this sea level rise affected these major cities. In her presentation, she de-

scribed some major threats on cities like Mumbai, Newyork, Veniece London and

the island country of Maldives

Oil Spillage

Mr. Swapnil Thapaliya, New Leera School

The presentation from Mr. Thapaliya was on different ways in which oil-spillage in

sea are caused and the damage caused by the spillage on marine habitat. Concluding

portion of the presentation contained mitigation measures than can be taken to avoid

oil spillage and steps that can be taken in case of a spillage.

41


44/55

Reduction of Costal Pollutant Using 3Rs Principle

Miss Jyotsna Gautam and Miss Bishakha Shrestha, Kathmandu DonBosco School

This combined presentation from Miss Jyotsna Gautam and Miss BishakhaShrestha was on ways in which the principle of reduce, reuse and recycle can be im-

plemented to reduce the solid waste pollution in coastal region and seas. The presen-

tation elaborated on source and effect of solid waste dumping on seas and ocean and

various ways solid waste could be reduced and waste dumping can be avoided in

oceans.

Coastal and Marine Ecology

Miss Samikshya Mainali, New Summit School

Presentation from Miss Mainali was on the overall status of Coastal and Marine

Ecology. The presentation was moreover a conclusion presentation of prior presen-

tations from student. It discussed on past and present conditions of Coastal and Ma-

rine Ecology.

Coastal Ecosystem and Lifestyle

Mr. Pranav Pokhrel, The Small Earth Nepal

The presentation was focused on the variations and diversities of habitat and lives

found in coastal and marine habitat. The presentation discussed how these habitats

are formed and what type of ecosystem persists in these habitats.

Climate Change: Coasts to Mountains Perspectives

Mr. Jeevan Panthi, The Small Earth Nepal

Mr. Pathi focused especially on the climate change issue and drew a elaborated

sketch of how climate change expands from land and coasts.

Group Discussion, Presentation and Closing

The third session of the program was an interactive session. The students were di-

vided into four different groups and provided with a facilitator in each group. Each

group was given different topic for discussion and had to complete the discussion in

15 minutes.

42


45/55

Following are the list of groups topic of discussion

The interactive group discussion was followed by the group presentation. A candidate

from each group presented the outcomes of the group discussion.

Following were the discussion and recommendation made by the group discussion:

Role of citizen of landlocked countries in conservation of marine ecosystem

Raising awareness among the people of landlocked countries about the impacts of

their activities to the coastalenvironment

Organizing conferences of this kind to senstize students and the public with its

wider outreach

Proper management of solid waste being

produced by the upstream countries

where the activites like planning in terms of differentiating residential areas and

industrial areas is important

GHGs reduction from the activities that contribute to global warming causing our

Himalayas melt.

43

Group Discussion topic

A Role of citizen of landlocked countries in conservation of marine ecosystemB Problems and Issues of Coastal Regions and Mitigation and Control Strate-

gies

C Network formation and information sharing for the conservation of coastal

environment

D Interrelationship between coastal environment and climate change


46/55

Problems and Issues

From the discussion among the students, the following problems and issues were

identified:1. Coastal encroachment 2. Pollution 3. Oil spillage 4. Over fishing 5. Climate

induced hazards 6. Waste dumping 7. Coastal urbanization

Students recommended the following plans and programs to address coastal problems

and issues:

Proper education and awareness program

International common understanding and agreement to conserve coastal environ-ment

Strict rules and regulations to control pollution

Proper alternatives for waste management

Proper adaptation plan and actions to mitigate impacts from climate change

Network formation and information sharing for the conservation of coastal envi-

ronment

Following were the outcomes of the discussion session:

Network on social network sites like facebook, twitter, blogs. Common website

can be created for further information dissemination.

Nature Clubs and other clubs at school can focus on the subject and organize

small scale programs in the relevant topics at schools and youth clubs.

Media can be introduced more into the topic and jingles in FM stations can be

played. Pamphlets and information cards can be made and distributed.

Small department to support similar programs can be introduced in administrative

level and emphasis should also be given to introduce course in primary and secon-

dary level education.

Similar topics should be introduced frequently in discussion with family members

and friends circle.

44


47/55

Impacts of coastal environment on climate change:

1. Coastal regions: Major sources of carbon sink

2. Population is concentrated towards the coasts so emission increases

Impacts of climate change on coastal environment:

1. Sea level rise and flooding of coastal settlements

2. Loss of civilization and cultures

3. Hurricane and extreme climatic events.

45


48/55

H. Beach Photography and Face Painting

During the two days festival visitors were enjoyed with beach photography and face

painting. To give the filling of beach an artificial beach seen was created by the help

of huge flex printed with beautiful beach seen. Large number of students, youth and

general public were excited to take their photographs with the beach seen in the

background. Around 1500 visitors grabbed this opportunity. Young professionals

were assigned to take the photographs of the interested visitors. Visitors also could

take their photos with their own camera.

Visitors, mainly the school students, were enjoyed with face painting. Young pro-

fessionals were assigned for the face painting of the visitors where, interested visi-

tors could get their face, hands and arms painted with different marine creatures.

More than 1000 visitors including students enjoyed with face painting.

46


49/55

J. Closing Ceremony and Award Distribution

The closing ceremony was held on 16th September 2010 at Staff College, Jawalak-

hel. The program preceded more than an hour with the distribution of awards to the

winners of different competitions. The program was received by the various high

profile dignitaries.

Mr. Subash Duwadi from SEN welcomed all the participants. Mr. Mahendra Ba-

hadur Gurung, joint secretary of Ministry of Irrigation, Government of Nepal, ex-

tended his gratitude to be the part of the program as he had found himself benefited

by the program. He said knowledge didnt have any limit rather it could be ex-

panded by sharing with each other. He added that he didnt think he had to tell more

about that because students had been participating in the program from the very be-

ginning through various competitions. The topic itself was very confusing and that

the festival had made clear about the program through various activities. One im-

portant feature of the festival was that it had shown the interconnection between the

mountain and the coastal regions .

The program was escalated with the prize distribution to the winners of the quiz

competitions. Best stalls award were granted to theIdeal Model Higher Secondary

SchoolandHoly Vision Interl School by Mr. Ismail.

47


50/55

Mr. Kiran Shankar Yogacharya, Chairperson, Society of Hydrologist and Meteorol-

ogy Nepal and former director General of Department of Hydrology and Meterology,

Government of Nepal, in his remarks, said that the festival generated awareness on thefundamental knowledge of the social and cultural aspects on coastal and marine envi-

ronment amongst all the participants. According to his thought, the cultures, customs

and civilizations had been developed on the banks of the rivers. We should realize the

fact that most human activities had a direct impact on the coastal environment and

understand the economic and socio-cultural importance of the coastal and marine eco-

systems. But today, because of several factors including global warming and climate

change, uncontrolled industrial development and increase in tactless use of natural

resources, especially the coast and sea are afflicted by take care of the negative situa-

tions. We continuously experiment, observe and learn from the environment; and in

such process, we acquire specialized knowledge and experience in managing re-

sources sustainably culminating into valuable indigenous knowledge with a scientific

orientation. So we need to encourage and learn from each other the indigenous

knowledge of both the mountains and the coastal zones and benefit from each other.

At the ultimate session of the program, Mr. Sudarshan Rajbhandari extended his grati-

tude to all the collaborators, supporters, sponsors, participating schools for making

the festival a grand success. The entire team was debited to DHM, KMC and the NTB

for providing the venues and especial thanks was expressed to Ideal Model Higher

Secondary School and Bhanubhakta Memorial School for excellent performance in

the opening ceremony. Likewise, he was also thankful to all the honorable guests who

attended in the various activities of the festival, judges to extract the best results, vol-

unteers who devoted their time and effort, media personals who highlighted the festi-

val. Last but not the least, he comprehensively thanked all the supporters who directly

and indirectly helped in the program.

Mr. Fathulla Ismail, in his closing remarks, expressed his satisfaction towards the fes-

tival. He thanked the SEN family, participating schools and the students to organize

the festival in a great successful way on behalf of SCZMC. He was very pleased to be

there and to see the overall activities of the students from various schools. Mr. Ismail

congratulated the winners of different competitions and thanked to all the contestants.

48


51/55

Media Coverage of the Festival

Before and during the festival, the news about the SAARC Haveeru 2010- Coastal

Festival in the Mountains was published on website of The Small Earth Nepal

(www.smallearth.org.np).

A separate blogsite (www.saarchaveeru.wordpress.com) and facebook (SAARC

Haveeru-2010) was also prepared for the festival.

49


52/55

During the festival the News about the SAARC Haveeru 2010- Coastal Festival in

the Mountains was published by various National Dailies (Print media), Online Me-

dias and telecasted and broadcasted by various TV channels and radio / FM.

Media Coverage of the Program

Online

Print Media:

50


53/55

51

Televisions

Nepal Television: Inauguration ceremony and stall

exhibition had broadcasted about on news on 15th

September.Sagarmatha Television: It had covered the confer-

ence, one of the major activities of the festival on 16th

September.

News24 Television: It had broadcasted about the

press meet on 13th September.

Terai Television: It had broadcasted about the press

meet on 13th September.

Radio/FM

Nepal FM: On 17th Sept. at the program Kopila had

highlighted about the program.

Sagarmatha FM: On 16th & 19th Sept on the pro-

gram Mirmire & Watawaran Dabali (Environment

Forum).

Uzzalo FM: It had also highlighted about the features

of the program.


54/55

Annex

52

Name List of Participating

1Adarsh Vidhya Mandir High School

2 Advanced International Model School

3 Ananda Bhumi Boarding High School

4 Apex Life School

5 Asphodel Public School

6 Bal Bikash English School

7 Basu H.Sec.School

8 Bhanubhakata Memorial High School

9 Columbus Academy10 Columbus Academy +2

11

D.A.V Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati

School

12 Everest High School

13 Future Star English Secondary School

14 Genuine English Secondary School

15 Gyandeep Vidhyashram School

16 Himalayan Academy

17 Holyvision International School

18 Ideal Model Higher Secondary School

19

Indra Dhanush English High Board-

ing School

20 Intensive English High School

21 Jwala Secondary English School

22 Kantipur Academy

23

Kathmandu Don Bosco Higher Secondary

School

24 Kathmandu International School

25 Little Angles School

26

Machhapuchhere English Secon-

dary School.

27

Madan Samarak Higher Secondary

School

28 Manank Children's Paradise School

29

Merryland Public Higher Secondary

School

30 N.K. Singh Memorial School

31 Nagarjun Valley Academy

32 New Leera Higher Secondary School

33New Summit Higher Secon-dary School

34 Nightangle School

35 Occidental Public School

36 Om Gyan Mandir School

37 Open House School

38 Pacific Academy

39 Padma Kanya School

40 Pathasala Nepal Foundation

41 Prabhat Eingish Secondary School42 Rato Bangala School

43 Shanti Niketan E.R.H.S

44 Shree Kumari Secondary School

45 Siddhartha Academy

46 Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute

47 South Point Boarding High School

48 St. Mary's High School

49 Sudesha High School

50 Tika Sec. School

51 Triyog Higher Secondary School

52 Zenith Academy


55/55

Report_SAARC Haveeru_Final.pdf

Documents

Transcript of Report_SAARC Haveeru_Final.pdf