THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

OUR MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2015 

1. Continuation of bimonthly magazine “Jyestha Nagarik” (Senior Citizens) in Nepali 

language 

2. Continuation of monthly e-newsletter “Voice of Senior Citizens”, 

3. Continuation of partnership with HelpAge International, 

4. Publication of Year Book of Senior Citizens 2015, 

5. Successfully completed action/2015NEPAL Campaign, 

6. Production of video on International Women’s Day 2015, 

7. Released report from GAROP, 

8. Participated in Thunderclap, Action for All Ages, action/2015 campaign 

9. Observed World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), 2015, 

10. Participated in action/2015 June to September Campaign. a) In July : Financing for 

Development (FfD) Campaign b) In August: Youth Campaign c) In September: Light 

the Way Campaign, 

11. Organized a campaign to launch GAWI-2015 on September, 

12. Observed IDOP 2015 -International Day for Older persons October 1 st , 

13. Started a Radio Programme for the Senior Citizens in collaboration with Lions club of 

Kathmandu Sunakhari and Radio Sagarmatha 102.4 MHz, 

14. Participated in Global Climate March Campaign in November, 

15. Organized a campaign for the Rights of Older People on the occasion of 67th 

International Human Rights Day, December 10, 

16. Registered Ageing Nepal Switzerland, 

17. Enlisted as a member of GAROP (Global Alliance for Rights of Older People), 

18. Enlisted as a Network Partner of IFA (International Federation on Ageing), and 

19. Established Ageing Research Fellowship Fund with support of Ageing Nepal 

Switzerland. 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT 

Ph: +977-01-4485827 Email: ageingnep@gmail.com Website: www.ageingnepal.org 1

CALL FOR AGEING RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP 

Last date of application: 29 th February 2016 

Ageing Research Fellowship (ARF) 

Ageing Nepal, in association with Ageing Nepal Switzerland, is offering three fellowships in 

the year 2016 to support students in their Master’s thesis as a partial fulfilment of the 

academic requirements of their Master’s degree in any field of study. 

The applicant must be a full time student enrolled in a Master’s level program in one of the 

universities of Nepal. The research topic must be related to the issue of ageing (60+ years) 

population in Nepal. The thesis has to be written in English and must be completed by 1st 

December 2016. 

Interested Master’s level students are requested to submit an application in the prescribed 

format to ageingnep@gmail.com. Application forms are available at: www.ageingnepal.org 

This grant is for three students only. The selected researchers will be granted Rs. 50,000 

before taxes and in two instalments. Forty percent of the total amount will be paid to each 

researcher at the beginning of their field work. The remaining sixty percent will be paid after 

the thesis is approved by the concerned authority of each researcher’s respective academic 

institution. Two hard and one soft copy of the approved thesis must be submitted to Ageing 

Nepal. 

Application deadline is 29th February 2016. Applications submitted after this date will not be 

processed. Applications must be typed in Times New Roman font, size 12. 

For further information please contact: 

Lea Frei or Krishna M. Gautam 

Ageing Nepal 

ageingnep@gmail.com 

Phone: +977-1-4485827 

House no. 340, Ramchandra Marg 

Battisputali, Kathmandu 


AGEING IN NEPALI PRESS 

(Dec. 1-31, 2015) 

ADVOCACY 

Ageing Nepal Observed IHRD 

Ageing Nepal 

Kathmandu, December 10, 2015 

Ageing Nepal conducted a number of campaign activities to mark the Rights of 

Older People on the occasion of 67 th International Human Rights Day (IHRD) which 

included TV talk show, radio talk show, rally of older people, handing over petition 

to the National Human Rights Commission, publication of article on Elderly and 

Human Rights and so on. Please find the detail report: http://ageingnepal.org/wpcontent/uploads/2016/01/Report-of-International-Human-Rights-Day.pdf. 

Glimpses of the campaign: 

Rally of Older People 


Deputy Director of National Human Rights Commission, Mr. Yagya Prasad Adhikari receiving 

petition from Mr. Prakash Gautam, Manager of Ageing Nepal 

Ageing Nepal team participating in the workshop 


Parliamentary Meeting Addressed Elderly Issues 

Gorkhapatra Daily 


The issues of older people were strenuously raised by the Members of Parliament 

(MPS) in the meeting of Women, Children and Social Welfare Parliamentary 

Committee. MPs expressed their dissatisfaction regarding security and dignity of 

senior citizens. They urged the government to establish one Old Age Home in each 

region in Federal system. Laxman Rajbanshi, one of the MPs reprimanding the 

government dual policy criticized" It is unfair to allocate social security allowances 

to senior citizens only after the age of 70." 

SOCIAL SUPPORT 

Senior Citizens Felicitation 

Following program was organized to felicitate senior citizens in December 2015. 

S.N. 

No of elders 

felicitated 

Age Sex Address 

(District) 

By Whom Where When 

(1-31 Dec.) 

Source 

1. 3 90+ M Parbat Nepal 

Magar 

Association 

Gorkhapatra is a state owned vernacular national daily. 

Parbat 15 Gorkhapatra 

Support Provided 

Following events took place for supporting OAHs and the destitute elderly during 

December 2015. 

S.N. Supporter To Whom Reason What How Much When 

(1-31 Dec.) 

Where 

(District) 

Source 

1. Individual Satya Sai 

OAH 

2. Community Jit Bahadur 

Tawa 

3. Individual Pokhara 

OAH 

Charity Cash Rs. 50,000 9 Rupandehi Gorkhapatra 

Charity 

In the Memory of 

his late wife 

Cash and 

goods 

Total 

Worth Rs 

24,735 

15 Panchthar Gorkhapatra 

Cash Rs.60,101 15 Kaski Gorkhapatra 

4. Individual OAH In the Memory of 

her late Father 

Cash Rs.50,500 15 Kaski Gorkhapatra 

5. Lions Club 

of Pokhara 

Shiva 

Parbati 

OAH 

Charity 

Cash and 

goods 

Rs. 60,000 

plus goods 

Note: OAH = Old Age Home; Gorkhapatra is a state owned vernacular national daily. 

29 Syangja Gorkhapatra 


National Award to Hope Hermitage Nepal 



Saraswati Raj Narayan Institute is going to reward Hope Hermitage Nepal by 

‘Anandi Devi National Award’ in social service category that carries purse of Rs. 

51,000. Hope Hermitage Nepal is one of the leading NGOs working in the field of 

ageing population. Chandreswor Prasad Rauniyar, the president of the Institute 

congratulated Hope Hermitage and said “Hope Hermitage has been providing 

shelter to destitute older people. We have nominated it for its long service in the 

field of older people.” 

Painting Training for Elderly 

Nagarik Daily 


The Rising Creator, National organization of artists provided 21 hours-long basic 

painting training to the elderly at New Baneshwor and Sankhamul under the 

campaign Opportunity of Learning in Old Age. Dr. Ram Kumar Bhaukaji, 

Chairperson of the organization said, “The creative activities like painting help to be 

happier, more satisfied and economically active in old age.” Similarly, Mr. Subarna 

Karmacharya, one of the campaigners stated “We are also planning to provide 

other trainings for elderly”. Many noted people like Secretary of National Senior 

Citizens Federation, Mr. Manohar Uprety, writer Mr. Dhurba Nepal, Dr. Sunil Babu 

Shrestha committed to voluntarily support the campaign. 

Generous Artist 

Annapurna Post Daily 

Dolakha, December 24, 2015 

Mr. Sitaram Kattel, one of the renowned Nepali artists and Cleaning Ambassador of 

Nepal distributed blankets to the 75 households of earthquake victims of Bhirkot-1, 

Dolkha district. Generous Kattel said, “When I came to know the plight of 

earthquake victims due to chilling weather, I rushed into this village to support 

them.” Villagers with elderly expressed their happiness after getting the blankets 

from him as most of them are living in temporary shelter with minimal clothes. 


SOCIAL SECURITY 

Eager Elderly 


Jajarkot, December 18, 2015 

Senior Citizens of Jajarkot district are visiting the district headquarters to obtain 

citizenship and marriage certificate with their grandchildren. After realization of 

having certificate is mandatory to receive social allowances, older people seem to 

be busy in getting it. “Elderly of Jajarkot didn’t give much attention towards the 

Allowance Amount earlier. But now, more elderly are visiting to collect their OAA”, 

said the VDCs staff. 

RIGHTS 

Elderly received citizenship certificate 

Two senior citizens received citizenship certificate during the month of December 

2015. 

S.N. No. of recipients Age Sex Where 

(District) 

DAO: District Administration Office; Annapurna Post and Nagarik are National Dailies. 

Received from Source When 

(1-31 Dec.) 

1. 1 77 M Dhankuta DAO Annapurna Post 5 

2. 1 97 F Dhankuta Village Secretary Nagarik 15 

Every Thursday at Sagarmatha FM 102.4 MHz 

Budyauli Jeewan: A Radio Programme of Senior Citizens 

By Ageing Nepal and Sagarmatha FM 

Supported by: Lions Club of Kathmandu Sunakhari 

BKS Elderly Fund 

Please follow the link for the previous episode of programme: 

http://radiosagarmatha.org.np/program-archive/old-age.html 


EMERGENCY 

Following elders died of emergency and hazardous situations. 

S.N. Name Age Gender Address 

(District) 

1. Nar 

Bahadur 

Ranamagar 

NA: Not Available 

Cause 

(detail) 

Date 

(1-31 

Dec.) 

Source 

62 M Kavre Fire 28 Police Report 

2. NA 75 F Kaski Fire 30 Police Report 

Dire Need of Suspension Bridge 


Achham, December 17, 2015 

Local citizens especially older people and children are undergoing hardship due to 

lack of suspension bridge over Karnali River that joins Dailekh and Achham districts. 

Nayen Singh Bista, 75, says "I have a desire to see a suspension bridge in my life 

time but the concerned authority doesn’t seem to be heeding attention to this 

problem.” 

Blockade Heightened Tension 

Kantipur Daily 

Lalitpur, December 18, 2015 

Long imposed blockade in southern border has seriously affected vehicular 

movement resulting multiple effects. All people especially, elderly, sick, and 

children are suffering a lot due to this. Thulimaya Bhulung, 65, of Manthali VDC, 

Makwanpur is a tuberculosis patient. She needs to go to hospital for regular 

checkup but there is no easy access to vehicles. "After walking for the whole day, I 

travelled in a dairy vehicle for 5 hours and reached the hospital." She lamented. 

Firewood- the Only Solution for Winter 


Myagdi, December 20, 2015 

Poor people of Myagdi district are forced to spend night by fire due to lack of warm 

clothes. Dal Bir Kisan, 76, is one of those facing such problem. He said “I don’t have 

warm cloth to wear so I use firewood at night to keep warm myself.” 


Nepal Earthquake-hit Await Warm Clothes 

Kathmandu Post Daily 

Nuwakot, December 20, 2015 

Earthquake victims who have been living in temporary shelters in Nuwakot district 

of Nepal for more than past seven months are facing a hard time with the onset of 

winter. Temperatures have 

been continuously dipping. 

Victims are falling sick as bonechilling 

winds whip through 

their shaky structures in the 

night and thick fog obstructs 

the sunlight till late in the 

morning. Victim Sanu Kanchhi 

Tamang of Lachyang, who is 

living in a temporary camp for 

earthquake victims in Simutar, said they are facing lot of difficulties. “We are forced 

to spend sleepless nights, as it gets extremely cold after the sunset,” she said. 

Children and the elderly have been affected the most, with many of them falling 

sick. Dilman Tamang of Salme said around 150 children and senior citizens in the 

camp are suffering from common cold, asthma and pneumonia. 

National NGOs for our deprived Senior Citizens 

HOPE HERMITAGE NEPAL 

(HNN) 

Suryamukhi Marg, House No. 22 

Lazimpat-2, Kathamndu, Nepal 

PH: 977-1-4002117, 4439441 

Email: thh@thehopehermitage.org.np 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hope-Hermitage-Nepal- 

418034498369211/?fref=ts 

www.hopehermitage.org.np 


Helpless Elderly 

Annapurna Post Daily 

Rolpa, December 26, 2015 

Saura Pun Magar, 75, is waiting for her long lost son Jagat who was taken by army 

during insurgency and his whereabouts is still unknown. With tearful eyes she said 

"I can't walk, see and hear properly so there is no other option except waiting for 

him." 

NASIF Gen- Secy Urged to the Government 

Himalayan Times 


As the temperature plummeted across the nation, elderly victims of the April 25 

earthquake have been affected the most. Chhatra Bahadur Pradhan, General 

Secretary of National Senior Citizens Federation (NASIF) said" The elderly people 

are living under the open sky in remote areas. They don’t have proper shelters and 

are prone to winter related diseases as well as respiratory illnesses, including 

common cold, pneumonia and influenza. Pradhan urged the government to 

provide them with Rs. 10,000 that was allocated to quake affected families for 

warm clothes. 

Falling Mercury, Rising Tension 

Kantipur Daily/Nagarik Daily 

Bhaktapur/Sindhupalchowk, December 31, 2015 

Elderly living under the tents after devastating earthquake of April are facing a lot 

of problems due to heart shivering cold. Purna Maya Gothe, 82, has been staying 

under a tent from past nine months after the earthquake destroyed her house. 

After undergoing through parching hot during summer and devouring rain in the 

monsoon, now she is suffering from severe cold of the winter. Bishnumaya Bhaila, 

88, and Sanumaya Dhaula, 78, are also facing the same problem. 

Likewise news published in Nagarik Daily reports earthquake victims of 

Sindhupalchowk are facing a hard time with the onset of winter. Temperatures 

have continuously dipped in the past two weeks. Almost all the elderly and children 

have been suffering from common flu, asthma, cough and other diseases. 


ELDER ABUSE 

An elderly faced elder abuse in December 2015. 

S.N. Name Age Sex Address Reason 

(District) 

Culprit 

Form of 

abuse 

Status 

Date 

(1-31 

Dec.) 

Source 

1. Ram Prasad 

Mandal 

Annapurna is national daily; ND: Not Dead 

60 M Morang Unknown Unknown Physical ND 7 Annapurna 

Post 

NEGLECT 

Unattended Death 

4 unattended dead bodies of senior citizens were found in December 2015. 

S.N. Name Age Sex Address 

(District) 

Place of death 

(District) 

M: Male; F: Female; NA: Not Available; Himalayan Times is national daily in English language 

Date 

(1-31 Dec.) 

Source 

1. NA 75 M Bhaktapur Bhaktapur 17 Police 

Report 

2. NA 70 M Bhaktapur Unknown 19 Himalayan 

Times 

3. Achhe Lal Chaudhary 70 M Makwanpur Makwanpur 20 Police 

Report 

4. Ganesh Raj Bhara 60 M Nawalparasi Nawalparasi 30 Police 

Report 

ELDERLY IN CRIME 

The following table presents senior citizens found involved in unlawful activities 

in December 2015. 

S.N. Name Age Sex Address Crime involved Date 

(1-31 Dec.) 

Source 

1. Hasta Bahadur 

Ghodasaini 

60 M Makwanpur Rape 14 Kantipur 

2. Rangalal Dulal NA M Jhapa Rape 15 Himalayan 

Times 

3. Chandra Narsingh 

Rajbhandari 

4. Narsingh 

Rajbhandari 

64 M Kathmandu Black marketing 28 Police Report 

64 M Kathmandu Black 

Marketing 

5. Bir Bahadur BK 73 M Makwanpur Illegal Possession of 

Weapon 

29 Himalayan 

Times 

30 Police 

Report 

6. Kaji Man Limbu 73 M Terhathum Setting Fire the Home 30 Police Report 


WINTER WOES 

Altogether 13 elderly died of cold in the month of December 2015. Details are 

given below: 

S.N Name Age Gender Where 

(District) 

When 

(1-31 Dec.) 

Source 

1. Ram Sundar Chaudhari 65 M Saptari 13 Gorkhapatra 

2. Satan Yadav 60 M Saptari 15 Gorkhapatra 

3. Rama Devi Pahari 66 F Sindhupalchowk 24 Kantipur 

4. Dhanraj Tamang 95 M Dolakha 26 Gorkhapatra 

5. Lal Bahadur Karki 86 M Dolakha 26 Gorkhapatra 

6. Januka Karki 83 F Dolakha 26 Gorkhapatra 

7. Lal Bahadur Tamang 68 M Dolakha 26 Gorkhapatra 

8. Bhadra Kumari Pokhrel 79 F Dolakha 26 Gorkhapatra 

9. Sarpa Neupane 60 M Bajura 28 Kantipur 

10. Gambir Thami 73 M Dolakha 29 Annapurna 

Post 

11. Dev Kumari Karki 82 F Dolakha 29 Annapurna 

Post 

12. Bishnu Maya Shrestha 68 F Dolakha 29 Annapurna 

Post 

13. Jagat Bahadur Shrestha 70 M Dolakha 29 Annapurna 

Post 

13 th Issue of Jyestha Nagarik 

http://ageingnepal.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/JN- 

Issue-13-web-1-1.pdf 


NEPAL CALLING 

Life has to grow 

“Being over 60 is good. There is nothing to regret about. When I am knitting, the 

knitted thing gets longer and after a while finally it is finished. It is the same with 

life. With time we grow older and some time, life will be finished. That is natural. 

When I die I don’t want another life of reincarnation. When it is finished, it is all 

right.” 

Chitra Kumari was a housewife. She is 66 years old. Her children are grown up. 

She doesn’t receive neither pension nor old age allowance, but her children are 

supporting her wherever they can. She likes enjoying time with her friends, 

making music and doing handicraft. 

Lea Frei on 30. December 2015 

https://nepalcalling.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/life-has-to-grow/ 


UPCOMING EVENTS 

S.N. EVENTS DETAILS 

1. 

Euro scion is going to organize a 

conference on Ageing 2016 from 9th 

to 11 th Feb 2016 at London, United 

Kingdom. 

http://lifescienceevents.com/ageing-2016- 

9th-11th-february/ 

2. 

International Federation on Ageing 

13 th Global Conference is going to be 

held on 21-23 June 2016 at the 

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition 

Centre. The program will primarily 

focus on Disasters in an Ageing World, 

reflecting on both natural and manmade 

disasters. 

http://ifa2016.org.au/ 

3. 

International Social and Applied 

Gerontology Symposium is going to 

held on 19th to 21st October 2016 

at Antalya, Turkey. 

http://gerosymp2016.com 

4. 

Ageing & Society: Sixth 

Interdisciplinary Conference 

Linköping University, 

Norrköping, Sweden 

6-7 October 2016 

Common Ground Publishing is 

organizing Aging and Society - Sixth 

Interdisciplinary Conference: Aging, 

Life-course, and Social Change - A 

Common Ground Conference on 6 th to 

7 th October, 2016. 

http://agingandsociety.com/2016- 

conference/call-for-presenters 


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Email: ageingnep@gmail.com 

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