Interview: Bishnu Maya Pariyar

*This show is in English*

CFFN Interview Series chats with Bishnu Maya Pariyar, Founder and President of "Empower Dalit Women of Nepal" (EDWON). Pariyar shares her remarkable story with us while explaining how her organization has been able to change the lives of thousands of Dalit women in rural Nepal. Everyone and every organization trying to make a difference has a lot to learn from this Nepal-grown success story.

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Interview: Michael and Tineke Casey

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CFFN Interview Series sits down with Michael and Tineke Casey, co-managers of CFFN's Community ChildCare Center project, or Project 4C. In their conversation with Ben Wood, Michael and Tineke explain where this idea originated, how quickly it has progressed, and how important it is to the long-term social and economic growth and stability for Nepalese villages. Looking at the Madi Community ChildCare Center as a model, the couple intend to set up similar centers in several communities across the Baglung district in Nepal over the next decade.

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Epilogues #002

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Our second show, epilogues speaks with Prashanta Dhakal, a University of Waterloo graduate currently working in the Ottawa communications sector, who visited Nepal with his family in the summer of 2009. Here, he celebrated the most important Nepali festival. Prashanta discusses the poblems and opportunities he witnessed while on his trip. And will he be married in two years? Time will tell!

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Epilogues #001

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In our first entry in the Yatra Nepal series, we speak with Susma Dhakal, a middle school student who visited her mother in Nepal and celebrated the most important Nepali festival with her family. After a long flight and trip to her village, Susma lived her summer back home, enjoyed wonderful food, watched movies and television, celebrated Dashain, saw endangered animals at a wildlife park, and came back to Canada in what felt like a blink of the eye.

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Interview: Dr. Pramod Dhakal

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We have Dr. Pramod Dhakal, executive director and co-founder of CFFN joining us in this program to share his thoughts on the organization and the rationale behind the new direction it is taking. At the third annual general meeting, held in May 2009, CFFN members unanimously agreed to make key changes in its mandates that significantly alter the direction of the organization. It is in this context we would like to interview Dr. Dhakal.

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A Pathway to Entrepreneurialism: A Presentation by Dr. Ramesh Sunar

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Dr. Sunar told how he developed intense desire to prove himself when he faced discriminations in Nepal and India. "When people refused to rent rooms in Kathmandu and treated him as inferior human because of his Sunar last name, a fire lit in me to fight against the caste system of Nepal and India." He said, "People have the capability to bring you down or propel you up. Therefore, do not get bugged by those who put you down." He asked young people to channel their resentment and hurts towards positive cause and constructive transformation of their lives.

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