Phurpa Sherpa, Kathmandu, Jan 8 : The Youths associated with Hyolmo Helping Hands (HHH) group have distributed educational materials, woolen caps (Topi), and scarfs to the students and teachers of the Nurbuling Mani Chaur Secondary school of Helambu.

In addition to this, the HHH also distributed a plastic dustbin to the school to keep the environment neat and tidy as part of their ‘keep environment clean’ campaign. The youths have also engaged local people to make locally made Doko dustbin for various rest points (Chautara) around the village with the aim of helping the locals as the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the livelihoods of many people around the world.

The village of Aama Yangri is a pilgrimage site for many locals and an enticing destination for those who would like to explore and immerse themselves in its natural beauty. Helambu is very close to the capital, and because of its natural and cultural heritage, it has become an attractive tourist destination for both international and domestic visitors.

The youths raised funds from the organization “Hyolmo Society of America”.

“When we went to Aama Yangri last year, we saw garbage stacked up at various sites. With that, we decided to place a Doko dustbin along the way from Sungenche village to Aama Yangri. We hope this will bring them some relief and it yields some positive results. We will continue doing such kind of work. This project is to make the environment safe and healthy, said Zigmey Lama (Hyolmo), the President of Hyolmo Helping Hands.

This is not the first time that the HHH has distributed relief materials to the needy people in Helambu. During the COVID-19 lockdown in Nepal that started from March and ended in June last year, the youths distributed relief to more than 630 daily wage workers, single women, differently able people, and needy families. They also fed street dogs three times, monkey and birds twice a week, and paid the rent of five impoverished families for 2-3 months.

Hyolmo said, “No offense to any religion. It’s our perspective or point of view. Being born in a Buddhist family, we are taught that kindness and compassion are those two things that keep humanity daily. And kindness and compassion are those two things that keep humanity alive. The main motto of our organization is Humanity still exists.

So, with the impulse of kindness and compassion, we work for humanity. Being a part of this nation, we are all responsible for our society and our country as well. Instead of cursing our government for everything that is out of shape, we try to keep things in order ourselves. We take it by heart that youths are regarded as a cornerstone of a country,” he viewed.

He said he has been engaged in social service for self-satisfaction for the last five years. “We conducted a survey about rickshaw drivers in Kathmandu and distributed relief to 14 distressed rickshaw drivers.

Similarly, Preeti Lama, a teacher at the Nurbling school, said, “I am very pleased to receive stuff from the HHH group when school students were going through a tough time as they were also unable to buy Topi, scarf and required stuff. And the students felt immensely glad as they received warm stuff in the chilling winter season”.

We used to get funds from different INGOs before this COVID-19 pandemic, but now we don’t get much funding from anywhere, while we are proud of receiving aid from this group, said teacher Lama with smiles in her face.