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EkChhin
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January
2000, Advocacy Theme |
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Danish
Senior Tourists paid visit to MS Nepal
By
Lone V. Andersen
Danish student of journalism and trainee
with the information unit of MS-Nepal
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elderly people from ”Jysk Seniorhøjskole” in Denmark now know a
lot more about MS-Nepal and their partner organisations after they
met with information officer Ib Schou in Boudha.
The
two groups of Danes from ”Jysk Seniorhøjskole” were between 60 and
80 years old but the age was no obstruction for getting the most
out of their visit. The pensioners enjoyed a very active 16 days
tour of Nepal in October visiting the traditional tourist sights
of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Nagarkot, Pokhara and Royal Chitwan
National Park.
But
besides seeing Nepal from a typical tourist’s point of view they
wanted to know something about the ”real Nepal” and the problems
the developing country is facing. They asked many questions to the
information officer about the work and different projects carried
out by MS-Nepal and the partner organisations and expressed their
support to the development work.
Many
of them accentuated their visit to the Tibetan refugee camp in
Jawalakhel as being one of the most memorable events during their
visit to Nepal. Especially seeing the modest standards of living
for the Tibetan refugees at their own age made a great impression
on them.
One of
them remarked that seeing the conditions for the population in a
developing country like Nepal with his OWN EYES and not at a
television screen finally made him realize the urgent need for
supporting development work.
The
arrangement is to be repeated with the next groups of Danes from
”Jysk Seniorhøjskole” visiting Nepal year 2000.
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