Nepal is so beautiful. PLEASE, Keep Nepal clean!
Protecting the environment is everyone’s job! Don’t throw anything away!
The high population growth and the increase in poverty explain why the beautiful nature in Nepal has deteriorated rapidly. Kathmandu is now one of the most polluted cities in the world. Even in open nature, pollution is omnipresent. There is also a lot of deforestation and many, especially the tourists, always and everywhere leave plastic bottles and other waste behind. Not only the remote lodges and the car parks around the roadside restaurants are strewn with all kinds of rubbish, even on the most beautiful mountain peaks you will find masses of litter. It is such a pity to see that in and on the banks of the holy Bagmati River the filth is piling up. The unhealthy water makes communicable diseases such as cholera, malaria and dengue more common.
Consequences of global warming!
The Himalayas are one of the first victims of global warming. In Nepal, glaciers have declined sharply for years. However, these ice fields are an essential reserve for the areas that cannot benefit from the monsoon rains. The melting of the ice sheets also leads to the formation of glacial lakes. Often (due to earthquakes) the water pressure on the walls of the lakes is so great that they are broken, causing millions of cubic liters of water and rocks to spill over the valleys in one fell swoop, destroying everything in their path. Due to the temperature rises, extreme natural phenomena also take place, such as floods alternating with periods of drought. In agriculture, one notices that the harvests are decreasing, both in quality and quantity. As a result, villages are no longer self-sufficient and this leads to a rural exodus, leaving the cities with total overpopulation.
Financial aid for V.S.N. -2021
Due to the corona pandemic, we were unable to go to Nepal to complete our planned relief efforts. However, the need is very high and that is why we have decided to financially support “Volunteer Society Nepal”, an organization for disabled children in Kathmandu. Our Nepalese colleague SudipDhamala, on behalf of “Namaste Nepal”, handed over to TejSchrestha, director of VSN a nice amount of 250,000 NPR to ensure the daily operation.