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ACTIVITIES 2011:
New Executive Committee formed on October 16, 2010 in Bada Dashain Party.
Distributed Nepal Vision Vol.9 Issue 5 and collected advertisement fund.
Late Deepak Dahal Funeral
Arranged funeral and final rites and cremation service of Late Deepak Dahal at Carnes Funeral Home on December 17, 2010.
Shipped Cremains to Nepal to Deepak’s family in Nepal.
Raised fund of $1480 and transferred after expenses $1008.34 to Lt. Deepak Dahal’s mother in Nepal.
Late Manoj Shrestha Funeral
Arranged funeral rites at Heights Funeral Home May1, 2011
Sent deceased body of Manoj to Nepal May 5,2011
Collected $32319.59 and disbursed $21,500.00 to late Manoj’s Parent after funeral and Cargo expenses. Donated by Manoj’s family $1,478.48 for NAH Emergency Fund
br />Supported Belinda Swank for School Project in Nepal “Bhakta Bidhyashram”. Collected school supplies and raised $605.00 and helped to provide school supplies in Kathmandu. Supported Manish Pradhan for collecting donation for Lab construction in School Project in Nepal, collected $944.20
Supported to Medical and Dental Camp in Nepal through NAH member Manish Pradhan, organized by Medical Mercy Canada. Collected $398.60, NAH contributed $200 for this Camp.
Initiated joint program with Tara Energy to get a better rate in electricity and in return, they generously offered to sponsor NAH in the future. Sponsored $500.00 in Dashain Celebration.
“Land and building project of NAH”: Chairperson: Dinker Amatya
Meeting with Gordon Quan, a former City Council Member and currently the Chairman of the Board of the East Downtown Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ No. 15. Received City of Houston surplus property list.
Tentative proposal for “Nepal Community Center” prepared by Rupak Rauniar
Supported and participated in various programs organized by INLS Houston chapter at NAH office.
Set up “Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Fund” and Donated to Japanese Embassy $251.00
Organized the panel discussion “Challenges and Opportunities of Being A Nepali Entrepreneur In Houston” in Ashiana Restaurant on March 19, 2011 with Min B. Shah, Dinker G. Amatya, Dipak Uprety, Sailesh Adhikari and Bachcha Tiwari. Moderator: Rupak Rauniar.
Participated in ASNEngr/CAN-USA Annual Conference, held on July 9-10, 2011 at University of Houston Clear Lake and Sponsored Lunch for the participants ($408.44)
Talk Program with Drona Gautam from IBN SINA Foundation at NAH Office on October 23,2011
Organized workshop on "Photography using Digital SLR Camera" on Nov 12, 2011 at NAH Office. The workshop has been facilitated by Sailesh Sigdel and conducted by Nischal Panthi.
Sold NAH Polo Shirts in different programs.
Held NAH General and Executive meetings.
Formed Nepal Vision New Editorial Committee:
Editor: Rupak Rauniar, Co-editor: Nirmal Shrestha,
Committee Members: Tara Baral, Prashanti Pandit, Anup Pande and Ayush Rajbhandari
CELEBRATIONS:
Organized NAH Picnic and celebrated Devkota Jayanti with International Nepali Literary Society (INLS) Saturday, December 4, 2010 at Herman Park.
NAH organized “Watch the Super Bowl 2011” at the Thai & India Cuisine restaurant and raised $215.00 fund to NAH.
Celebrated Nepali New Year 2068 B.S. on April 16, 2011 at Taj Hall.
Children/ParentFashion Show, Nepali culture program with DJ Night. Raised Fund $1,665.00.
Plaque to Chej Gurung for outstanding contribution to Nepali community in Houston.
Plaque to Mrs. Ganga Ligal, President INLS Houston ,for outstanding contribution to Nepali Literature in Houston.
Nepal Day Celebration May 28, 2011 at UHCL Clear Lake with culture program and served typical Nepali food.
Soccer tournament jointly with Houston Nepali Soccer Team at Memorial Park and awarded trophy and certificates to winning teams.
Children Art competition
Celebrated Teej Festival in Ashiana Restaurant on August 28, 2011. Raised fund for Water for Heaven $100.00
Celebrated BadaDashain Festival at Taj Hall on October 1, 2011.
Children Kite making competition, culture program with DJ nights, Fund raised $1154.34.
Plaque to Dr. Rupak Rauniar for outstanding contribution to Nepali community in Houston
INVOLVEMENT:
* Houston Nepali Soccer Team
* Nepalese Student Association of Greater Houston
* INLS Houston Chapter
* Shree Pashupatinath and Radha Krishna Temple
* Bangladesh Association Participated in Mother Language Day
* InStyle Nepal
* The Big Mount Group
MEETINGS:
* October 30, 2010 at NAH office
* November 20, 2010 at Sanjeev Shrestha’s residence – Executive committee meeting
* January 9, 2011 NAH office General Meeting
* February20, 2011 at Niraj Shrestha’s Residence - Executive committee meeting
* March 26, 2011 at Taj Hall – General Meeting
* April 10, 2011 at NAH office – General Meeting
* May 8, 2011 at NAH office - Executive committee meeting
* August 20, 2011 at NAH office – General Meeting
* September 11, 2011 at NAH – General Meeting
* October 23, 2011 at NAH Office – General Meeting
* November 12, 2011 at NAH office – General Meeting
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June 2011,
Late Manoj Shrestha's body was flown out of Houston, Texas on May 3, 2011, in his final journey to Kathmandu, Nepal. May his soul rest in eternal peace in the heavenly abode!
On behalf of late Mr. Manoj Shrestha’s Family, who passed away on April 23, 2011, Nepalese Association of Houston (NAH) would like to thank you very much for your overwhelming generous donation, help and support. Your contributions made it possible for us to send his deceased body back to his parents in Nepal.
Due to your kind donation “Help Manoj Shrestha Fund” raised enough fund to send late Manoj Shrestha’s body back to Nepal as per the wish of his Family.
The fund collected:
Mrs. Cecilia Martinez: $300.00
NAH : $10,026.59 (Full List of Donors)
Anita Shrestha: $5,701.00
Utsab: $1,600.00
Tristar Convenience Store: $5000.00
Friends and Donation Box:$8,007.00
Dinker Amatya Collected: $1,685.00
Total: $32,319.59
The remaining balance of $21,500.00 was disbursed to his parents. This has only become possible because of your thoughtful contributions.
Lt. Manoj’s body left Houston on May 03, 2011 and arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 6, 2011, what a coincidence the God has made: that day is Manoj’s 25th Birthday. His family performed funeral services and final rites, as per our tradition and religion, in Aryaghat, by Shree Pashupatinath temple.
We would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to late Manoj Shrestha’s family and friends. We hope our continued support and prayer will give his family enough strength to cope with this most difficult situation. May the Almighty bestow them with enough power to overcome with this tragic, unprecedented loss.
Once again thank you for your generous contributions and kind support.
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