VEEP NEPAL
Volunteers For Environment and Education Program
977-01-4565566
Thursday 23rd of February 2012
PROGRAM
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OUR VOLUNTEER
VOLUNTEER CORNER
Ieke de Vries
my volunteering in Nepal is an unforgettable experience.Even that I am not an English speaking person myself, it wasn't that difficult to sand in front of a class with about thirty children. They are interested in volunteers and I was interested in them
About Nepal
About Nepal
Capital:Kathmandu
Language: Nepali (official) & more than 100 other languages divided into numerous dialects.. Many Nepalese in government and business also speak English.
Time Zone: 5 hrs 45 min ahead of GMT
Currency: 1 Nepalese Rupee (NR) divided into 100 paise Exchange Rate: 79.5 NR = 1 US Dollar
International Calling Code: 977 + city codes (Kathmandu 1, Pokhara 61)
National Calendar: The Nepali year begins in mid-April and is divided into 12 months: Baisakh, Jestha, Asadh, Shrawan, Bhadra, Aswin, Kartik, Marga, Poush, Phalgun, Chaitra. Saturday is the official weekly holiday.
Land:
Area Total: 140,800 km2, AreaLand: 136,800 km2
Land use: arable land: 17% permanent pastures: 15%
forests and woodland: 42%
forests and woodland: 42%
Geography: landlocked; strategic location between India and Chinese-occupied Tibet; extremely diverse terrain ranging from fertile plains and broad valleys to containing eight of the world's ten highest peaks.
Climate: Nepal has a climate that ranges from subtropical summers with mild winters in the southern lowlands to an alpine climate with cool summers as well as severe winters in the mountains. Average annual precipitation decreases from 1,778 mm (70 inches) in the east to 899 mm (35 inches) in the west.
People:
Ethnic Groups: Among the earliest inhabitants were the Newars of the KathmanduValley and aboriginal Tharus in the southern Terai region. The Indo-Nepalese migrated from India and are ancestors of the Brahman and Chetri caste groups, which account for nearly 80% of the population. The Tibeto-Nepalese account for the remainder and trace their origins to central Asia and Tibet, including the Gurungs, Magars and Tamang in the west, Rais and Limbus in the east, and Sherpas and Bhotias in the north.
The word 'Himalaya' means the home or abode of snow.
• According to Hindu mythology, God Shiva resides in the Himalaya.
• There are eight peaks with a total of 19 points above 8000 metres in Nepal.
• Fourteen mountains in the Himalaya exceed 8000 metres.
• There are 25 points in all which exceed 8000 metres in the Himalaya.
• Nameha Barwa peak is the easternmost and Nanga Parbat is the westernmost peak of the Himalaya.
• The geological age of the Himalaya is approximately 70 million years.
• Himalayan rivers are older than the Himalayan peaks.
• Kumbhakarna is the new name of mountJannu (7,710 m).
• Gosainthan (8046 m) is the Nepali name for Shisha Pangma.
• Ninety-five percent of earthquakes occur in mountainous regions.
• Sir Andrew Waugh, Surveyor General of India wished to honour his predecessor, Sir George Everest.For this, Sir Andrew pretended that there was no local name for Everest and hence named the
mountain as Mount Everest though there were two local names of the mountain. e.g. Sagarmatha in
Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet.Sir Andrew Waugh announced the name 'Mount Everest' in 1865.
• The ideal height gain per day for mountaineers is 1,000 ft above 10,000 ft.
• Nepal opened its borders to the world in 1949.
• Mallory described Mount Everest from Rongbuk as, 'a great white fang excrescent on the jawbone of
the earth'.
• Why do men climb Everest ? Mallory said, "Because it is there."
• Sir Edmund Hillary led an expedition to find the Yeti in 1958.
• According to Dr. George Schaller, the existence of Yeti unknown to science cannot be ruled out at
high altitude.
• Reinhold Messner climbed Everest alone.
• Tenzing buried his daughter's red and blue pencils on the top of Everest.
SUBSCRIPTION
Newsletter
NEWS
Flying economic class idea populist: Mahat to PM
KATHMANDU, SEP 14 - Nepali Congress leader Ram Sharan Mahat has urged Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai to give up the “populist idea” of traveling in "an economy class" to attend the 67th United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 18.
Nepali national eBay's biggest seller in UK
A Nepali national who moved to London as a teenager has been confirmed as Britain's biggest seller on the online auction website eBay.
MoF, NRB ‘non-cooperation’ halts CIAA probe
KATHMADNU, SEP 14 - The CIAA's investigation into polymer note scandal has come to a halt owing to non-cooperation from the Ministry of Finance and Nepal Rastra Bank.
TESTIMONIALS
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My 4weeks with VEEP
Testimonials are notoriously biased. They are a handpicked (and maybe even edited) selection, often from a few people who want to justify the money they have spent by declaring what a wonderful time they have had. I can check whether this has been edited
- Sachin de stone -
2weeks volunteer program
is free to organize their own trips. Just sent me gifts for everyone ... including football cards. Kids will love it.
- Pliar and Asier ( Mother and Son age of 15) - READ ALL TESTIMONIALS
contact
Bhaktapur Kathmandu
Nepal.
Tel: 977-1-984100000
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