March 1,2007 will be another historical day for Saraswati Thapa as she is joining CARE Nepal from that day. She has been at Equal Access Nepal office since February 2005. I really enjoyed at Equal Access working with her as she was the coordinator of the project of peacebuilding and conflict transformation in which I have been working as radio program producer. As she is leaving on February 28, 2007, EA Nepal has organized a farewell party to say her goodbye and meanwhile some of the new member of Equal Access has been welcomed. During the event Michael Bosse, Directors of Project and Nirmal Rijal Country Manager, Equal Access Nepal gave their speech on Saraswati's work at EA as well as they wished her best of luck for the new job. In the meantime Saraswati Thapa expressed her thoughts on how she enjoyed working at EA. Here are some snapshots of the evening;
Equal Access Nepal has organized the stakeholder meeting for having the discussion over various agendas of running peacebuilding and conflict transformation radio project on February 20, 2007 at Kathmandu. The main objectives of the meeting were to share the experiences working in the field of conflict and peace. More than 50 people from different background and organizations has been taken part the meeting. Here are some pictures taken by Sushil Shreshtha of Equal Access Nepal .
Participants in the stakeholder meeting.
Saraswati Thapa will be at Equal Access Nepal by the end of February. She is the coordinator of the Naya Nepal project doing her presentation about the project activities.
Executive Director of Radio Nepal, Mr. Ram Saran Karki gave thank to Equal Access that for the production of high quality content on CA and other issues for reforming the nation.
Min Bdr. Shahi, chairperson, Association of Community Radio Broadcaster giving his speech at the stakeholder meeting.
Gangaram Khatwe, Listener of radio program Naya Nepal is sharing his experince of how radio program has played the role in changing the his community in Sunsari.
Bidya Chapagain, along with some community reporters and listeners are having the discussion for identifying possible theme or issues for Naya Nepal second phase.
Nearly 3,000 Maoist combatants of the Third Division camp of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Shaktihkor, Chitwan have left the cantonment site saying the government neglected their camp management.

According to radio reports, some Maoist combatants have started working at brick kilns and road construction works while some are in search of jobs.

They claim they were compelled to leave the cantonment as they did not have basic resources to live in the camps.

Nepal FM, a private FM station quoted Prabakhar, a deputy commander of the Maoist army, as saying that they are holding final talks with the government about the camp management today.

He further said that more PLA men will leave the cantonment in search of jobs.

He even warned that Maoists from all cantonment sites will be compelled to leave if the government did not make necessary arrangements for them.

Source: Nepalnews.com

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