Blogs From Nepal

06/06/08    First Deaf Member of Parliament in Asia Selected!
05/31/08    Change of Plans for DDW

Schools and Organizations DDW has visited

Schools

Sirjana Residential Higher Secondary School for the Deaf

Organizations

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

Photos and Newsletter

                                   
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Fun Facts on Nepal!  Did you know . . .

• The number of deaf people in Nepal is unknown and currently being researched.
• 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).