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Projects
Nepal
Education Project
Seventy five percent of the membership dues will be dedicated and channeled
to Scholarship programs in Nepal. Currently, the scholarship fund of close
to US $ 800.00 will be forwarded to sponsor 10 students in Nepal. The
criteria for the scholarship require that the recipients maintain 75%
passing grade in their studies. These selected students are currently
enrolled in Bal Vikas Secondary School located in Patan. Profiles and
interviews of the students will be carried out soon and communicated to
all via our website- www.fonnj.org. If you have a contact or would like
to help any school, please let us know.
Micro-loan
Project - Income Generating Program
FON-NJ executive will be working with the Mahila Adarsha Sewa Kendra (MASK)
in Kathmandu on a Micro-Loan – IG Program. This year US$ 300.00 will be
allocated to sponsor three widows in Kathmandu. The low interest loan
will be used to help underprivileged women start new business in Nepal.
The MASK will coordinate and select the recipients. Members of FON-NJ
will have an opportunity to visit these recipients during their visits
to Nepal and interview them. The Women’s Development Committee will coordinate
and raise funds for this project. If anyone interested in being a member
of this committee, please contact us at http://www.fonnj.org
Special
Project
NY Modern Art Museum Project: “Panche Baja”, a set of traditional Nepali
musical instruments was generously donated, a decade ago, by Mr. Krishna
Man Manandhar as a gift from Nepal to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York. Mr. Manandhar, former Chief Librarian of the American Center
Library and Buddhist monk, has requested the FONNJ to execute this project
to have these instruments permanently display at the Museum. The FONNJ
has already met with the director of the Museum and he has shown an interest
in having these instruments displayed permanently. We will be working
to coordinate the opening of the event sometime next year with a grand
opening ceremony. If anyone interested serving on this committee, please
let us know.
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