June 6, 2008 - July 5, 2008
DDW visited Nepal

Blogs from Nepal
Date

06/06/08


05/31/08
Title

First Deaf Member of Parliament in Asia Selected!

Change of Plans for DDW

Schools and Organizations DDW has visited:


Organizations

 Nepal National Federation of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NFDH)
Hotel Metropolitan Kantipur   (Deaf Owned)
The Bakery Café  (Deaf Employment)
Constituent Assembly (Deaf Man in Parliament)
Deaf Way UK
Himalaya’s Deaf Trekking Guide – Suresh Shahi
Kathmandu Deaf Association
Sirjana Residential Higher Secondary School for the Deaf
Gadaki Association of the Deaf (GAD)

Photos and Newsletter


Nepalese Fun Facts

  • The number of Deaf people in Nepalis unknown.
  • Nepal has 8 of the 10 highest mountain peaks in the world, including Mount Everest.
  • 42% of the Nepalese population live below the poverty line.
  • The flag of Nepal is the only national flag that is not rectangular.
  • 90% of the Nepalese people are Hindu.
  • The word 'Himalaya' means the home or abode of snow.
  • The form of greeting in Nepal is "Namaste", performed by joining the palms together.
  • More than a hundred languages are registered as mother tongues in Nepal.
  • Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal were the first people to climb Mount Everest (1953).

 

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