HMALAYAN WHITE WATER CIRCUS PROJECT-2005: AN INTRODUCTION

Himalayan White Water Circus Project was first started in November 2004. This year, the project is running from 10-30 Nov. at sukute beach, located at sukute beach,sindhupalchiowk district. The idea is to train around 40 underprivileged children of remote village near Bhotekosi River , with an intensive kayak and circus along with drawing, English speaking, dancing, confidence building and doing other fun activities. Far and Away adventures from Sweden with the cooperation of KAVU,equator Expeditions and several volunteers organizes this project every year in the month of November.

Concept of the project:

Ram Hari silwal, a Nepali Kayaker and and Inka from Sweden are the chief leaders of the project.” We are here to share our knowledge and skills with the kids, those kids who have been deprived from the child rights. With intensive kayak training, we provide them not only professional skills but with circus and other trainings, our children will develop enough confidence, balancing skills and positive attitudes” explains, Ram Hari .

Circus artist and instructor from Sweden says” in europe,learning circus skills is highly appreciated .we do not wish that the kids should be circus artist, but instead, we want them to learn balance, learn about team work and be confident. I feel bad, in Nepal, circus is not accepted positively.

The daily activities:
Twenty kids stay for a week in a camp alongside the river bhotekosi. There are five girls and fifteen boys. Physical excersise or stretching begins after a breakfast at 8:30 . The stretching includes some interesting games and then, after lunch at 10, circus and kayak trainings are held. One group goes for kayaking and the other for circus.. The training continues till 4:00 after a tea break at 2:00 . Then the kids do some stretching again . After the end of regular training, English speaking classes begin, this time, kids also enjoy paintings and playing games. After the dinner at 6:00 , children have a talk with the volunteers or may sing and dance. The bed time is at 8:00 .

The same training will be conducted for the orphan kids of “ child watawaran center Nepal ” in the second week, commencing 23 rd November.

Other activities of the Project:
The trained children showed their skills in a performance for the players of Himalayan White water challenge in 21 st November. They will also show their skills, they have learned, to the villagers

This year , as there are around 21 volunteers, the group plans to build a small water supply plant for Singh devi primary school located at kodari VDC on the top of the hill. For the kids, the group will take in whitewater rafting . Moreover, the group will setup the circus and kayak club for the children to run the activities in upcoming days.

Faces behind the project:
The volunteers from different nations are working their best to make the project successful . The team are :

Inka,Britta,Anton,Olle,Kaisa,Karin,Peter,Lars,Osha,Matts,Simon and Coldbyon from Sweden. Ram,Amit, sanjeev from Nepal.Soniya from France, Clare from New Zealand and Sanky from India . “This time we have so many helping hands from different countries , we are really very happy.” Inka , one of the project leaders said.

By: Sanjeev Ranabhat

E-mail: info@viewnepal.net

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