The Greater Himalayas Foundation Leadership Awareness Award 2008 Recepient
The Greater Himalayas Foundation awarded the Community Leadership Award to Mahendra Kathet - The Head Master of Khumjung Secondary School. He is being recognized for his long running excellent service and dedication to the Khumjung School.
Chorten - In memory of Mingma Norbu Sherpa
The Chorten built in Khunde in memory of Mingma Sherpa has been finished and the traditional puja has been completed, here are some images from Phurba Sherpa's recent vist to Nepal.
Au rita of The Mountain Institute has kindly shared his pictures of the Chorten built in memory Mingma.
Nepalese mountain managers learn their skills in NZ
The Lincoln University scholarship program has been featured on the national news of New Zealand, at TV3. This was to due with Sir Ed's contribution to the Nepalese people and Mingma Norbu Sherpa Scholarship and how Lincoln University has supported the Nepalese park staff before and now. Please follow the following link to know more on this View the Video here
Mingma Norbu Sherpa Memorial Fund – Book Auction
This event took place at the Lake Wanaka Centre in conjunction with the NZ Mountain Film Festival and was organized to raise funds for the Mingma Norbu Sherpa Memorable Fund http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/MingmaNorbuSherpa/. The auction was incredibly well supported by a wide range of people and included the donation of a significant collection of mountaineering, natural history and general outdoor books, NZ Alpine Club Journals (going back as far as 1937) and Canterbury Mountaineering Club Journals. As well, several publishers including Hedgehog House, Craig Potton Publishers and Clean Green Images (Gilbert van Reenen),donated publications. Read more
Inspired by a National Geographic documentary Bells From Everest were conceived as a way to reuse discarded oxygen cylinders from Everest. The bells carry the manufacturers serial numbers and fill dates and are a unique way to share in the Everest adventure. Each is crafted on a lathe with fine detail work to transform the weathered cylinder into desirable art with a deep resounding tone.
Proceeds from this Auction will be donated to the Mingma Norbu Sherpa Memorial Fund
[ http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/MingmaNorbuSherpa / ]
Plus 2 Scholarship Program
In Nepal, public schools only go up to the tenth grade. After the completion of 10th grade, all students have to pass the “School Leaving Certificate” exam in order to “graduate.” For those cannot afford further education, the Plus 2 Scholarship program offers a top student from a particular school the chance to attend 11th and 12th grade in private school. Each year the program will take place at different school. The Greater Himalayas Foundation comittee will select a student from the Sir Edmund Hillary school in Khumjung this September.
Himalayan Children’s Book Drive
Through a Himalayan Children Book Drive, the Greater Himalayas Foundation hopes to collect used and/or new Children's Books to donate to two remote libraries at the foothills of Mt Everest in Nepal. We will also be collecting and buying Educational Cartoons and Movies (on DVDS) which children may watch at the Library.
All donated books can be mailed to: The Greater Himalayas Foundation
714 N.West Street
Falls Church, VA 22046
Upcoming Event:Books Needed for 6th Annual New Zealand Film Festival Auction
The 6th Annual New Zealand film festival will take place in Wanaka, New Zealand between July 4th till July 8th 2008. The festival features talented and experienced mountaineers, film previews, art exhibitions, ice sculpting, and workshops. The festival will also include a Book Auction by Bruce Jeffries to support the Mingma Norbu Sherpa Memorial Scholarship Fund. The fund will give young conservation leaders the opportunity to follow in Mingma's footsteps and continue his life's work. MNS scholarships will support young individuals from the Himalayan mountain regions who are committed to the future of environmental protection and sustainable natural resource management for post graduate studies at Lincoln University in New Zealand.
Ms Anu Kumar Lama and Ms Salina Proudly Feb. 16th 2008 departure from Katmandu.
New Zealand: Mingma Norbu Sherpa Memorial Scholarship Recipients
This year the
scholarship recipients were sought in Nepal through advertisements in the
local newspaper,announcements,
and email distributions. Short listed
candidates were then called in for an interview with the Selection
Committee Panel which
consisted of Lincoln University graduates,
representative of WWF Nepal, Himalayan Trust, The Mountain Institute, close family
friends,
and Mingma's daughter Dawa Sherpa.
One
of the candidates selected as the 2008-2010 scholarship recipient for
this award is Ms. Anu Lama. Ms. Lama is interested in
pursuing the Masters in Parks and Recreation Tourism at Lincoln
University, New Zealand. The selection committee was very impressed
with Ms. Lama's biodata and work experiences, as well as her
interview. She is currently working with the government's Annapurna
Conservation
Area Project (ACAP), the first and largest conservation area in
Nepal - a project that Mingma was principal investigator for, then became director of.
The second candidate for the 2008-2010 scholarship recipient for
this award is Ms. Salina
Paudyal. Ms. Paudyal has a strong academic background, as she holds
a Masters Degree in Environmental Science with distinctions from Tribunal University. She was
the top among girls in her batch, and placed 3rd position overall. She is currently working with the Center for Rural
Technology as a program officer and is interested in pursuing a
Masters Degree at Lincoln University, New Zealand in Natural Resource
Management.
