1) What is the status of youth like us in Nepal?

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1 1) What is the status of youth like us in Nepal? Nepal is a country of youth with the median age of the country s entire population being less than 22. According to the 2011 census, 55% of the country s population is below 25 years of age. Unfortunately the youth are seldom seen as an asset for the country, and their energy and innovation get rarely used towards the nation-building task in organized ways. 2) Are we playing sufficient constructive role? We the Nepali youth, especially with access to education are no less than our counterparts anywhere in the world thanks to ever-spreading reach of technology and global media. As modern education got introduced in Nepal rather recently, the generation gap between us, the current day youth and those born years ago is much more steeper than developed countries. This demands from us to play a constructive and meaningful role even more. 3) Who is GEN-NEP? What does DO WELL DO GOOD mean? All of us who believe in the notion of NATION-FIRST above all else are calling ourselves GEN-NEP. We take a pledge to serve our country. Until the country does well, our individual success would not mean much. We also make a commitment to do well in our studies and in our respective careers. Until we are capable ourselves we cannot help our society much. This is what we are calling DO WELL DO GOOD. Doing good in our careers and doing well for the society must go hand in hand. 4) Who can contribute? Every person, be it student, a just-starting or mid-career professional, a proven expert, a wealthy person, a celebrity can do something to improve the situation of the country by contributing whatever s/he has. Every contribution counts. 5) Why Nation First? Until the country and society does well, we Nepalis will always be treated as a thirdworld country across the world. We can only enjoy our professional and personal success when the country is doing well, when our streets and air are clean, when there are opportunities for all, when smiles are all around. We must make an all out effort to accomplish this goal. This is what Nation-First calls for.

2 6) What is The Gen Nep? The Gen Nep is a national youth initiative started by the youth themselves that builds Confidence, Conviction and Character in them by engaging them with inspirational personalities from Nepal and abroad. It gets us volunteering and internship opportunities with various organizations. It helps us build our careers by getting us mentored by well-known personalities of Nepal, and providing them career counseling by leading professionals in their fields. Curriculum Confidence Conviction Character Career Contribution 7) How does DO WELL DO GOOD operate? The Gen Nep addresses us in constructive activity and engages us in nation building task. This is a platform, which allows us to get volunteering, and internship opportunities in private sector organizations, I/NGOs, Government entities and Development Organizations in Nepal. Under the Gen Nep initiative we can get involved in the various activities already designed by us. This platform involves seniors who will provide us inspiration and mentoring which will enhance our career. 8) What is our mission? Our mission is to instill self-confidence among us, to inculcate conviction among us of Nepal s prosperous future, and build a nation-first character among youth like us. 9) What is our Goal? In two years of time, we will be constructing 5,000 strong, self-sustained pools of young volunteers within Kathmandu Valley in the service of the nation, and managing 5 lakh hours of volunteering service for the nation. 10) What is the purpose of the Gen Nep? The main purpose of the Gen Nep is to bring a sense of togetherness and help strengthen Nepali society and Nepal as a country. We believe youth like us must lead the positive change.

3 11) How are we using the Gen Nep platform? Every passing generation is being benefitted by constantly improving curriculum and this is a good thing. Yet for us to Do well in our life we need more than knowledge from our curriculum, we rather need the practical knowledge. The Gen Nep gives us the must need practical knowledge through variety of means, inspiration, mentoring, volunteering, internship are only but few of them. 12) How are our seniors supporting our efforts? Our seniors will support our effort by visiting our college and institutions and drawing their experiences, and many of them would help us by mentoring us in our career building.

4 13) How does it work? In two years of time Gen Nep will be functional in 50 Lead Institutions. In each institution there will be 100 Gen Nep volunteers who will take the Gen Nep pledge. From 50 members institution authorities will select four pro-active and passionate volunteers (2 Girls and 2 Boys) as The Gen Nep Champions. The Gen Nep Governing Board Gen Nep Champions 200 (Two girls and two boys from school/college) 50 Counselors from 50 Institutions 5,000 strong Registered Volunteers for the Nation from 50 Institutions 5,00,000 lakh hours of volunteer work to the Nation Developing a viable ecosystem, and running it through building a 5,000 strong pool of volunteers 14) Who does it involve? a) Volunteers: The 100 students from all the fifty institutions who will sign the Gen Nep pledge and become a volunteer/member will be The Gen Nep Volunteers and will be involved in all the activities of The Gen Nep.

5 b) Champions: From 50 institutions the school authorities will select four pro-active and passionate volunteers (2 Girls and 2 Boys) as The Gen Nep Champions. They will get mentoring by the senior professionals. c) Counselors Each school authority will select one of their teachers as The Gen Nep Counselor, and S/he will be the key coordinating person for the Gen Nep work within the school and outside by the school students. d) The Gen Nep Governing board The Gen Nep Governing Board will be the main body/ authority of the Gen Nep. This Board will consist of 12 members consisting HCI s CEO, One General Secretary and ten selected The Gen Nep Champions. 15) From where are we getting the resources? Our enabling partner is CG Foundation. CG Foundation is a non-profit entity founded by the Chaudhary Group, and is dedicated to the sustainable development of Nepal with a particular focus to help Nepali youth meet their potential.resources shall come in the due course from various other sources too. 16) How can I be a Gen Nep member? We can be member for life by signing the pledge for the nation and returning it to the Gen Nep Counselor, if our school/college is The Gen Nep Lead institution and by paying a onetime fee of rupees fifty. The membership will entitle you a Member s kit comprising of a Folder, Sticker, and Bookmark. The membership will also entitle us to fill in our personal information and to seek opportunities as a volunteer or as an intern in private sector organizations, I/NGOs, Government entities and Development Organizations in Nepal. 17) What if my School/ College is not the part of The Gen Nep Institution? If our institution is not participating, we can be the members for life by signing the pledge for the nation and returning it to The Gen Nep Secretariat, and by paying a onetime fee of rupees fifty. The membership will entitle you a Member s kit comprising of a Folder, Sticker, and Bookmark. The membership will also entitle us to fill in our personal information and to seek opportunities as a volunteer or as an intern in private sector organizations, I/NGOs, Government entities and Development Organizations in Nepal.

6 18) Can mid-career professional to be a volunteer? If we are a mid-career professional and want to be the volunteer, we can be the Gen Nep Professional Volunteer by signing the pledge for the nation and returning it to The Gen Nep Secretariat, and by paying a onetime fee of rupees fifty. The membership will also entitle us to fill in our personal information and to seek opportunities as a volunteer or as an intern in private sector organizations, I/NGOs, Government entities and Development Organizations in Nepal. 19) How can we share my work? We can always share our work in the various social networking media such as Facebook, Twitter. We have The Gen Nep syoutube channel where we can share our videos and show our work. 20) Who will be able to recruit the volunteers? Any Private Sector Organizations, I/NGOs, Government entities and the Development Organizations in Nepal will be able to recruit the volunteers. 21) What are the initial activities we will be getting in? The Gen Nep is a platform, once we become member and fill information in roaster, we will be able to seek volunteer/internship opportunity in private sector organizations, I/NGOs, Government entities and Development Organizations in Nepal. However in the beginning we will be involved in very innovative activities envisioned by HCI. All the activities come under is the Green Kathmandu, Clean Bagmati program; we have two major activities; Hamri Bahini and Sadbhaw. We will be engaged in various activities of the HamriBahini and Sadbhaw, some of them are: a) Inspirational Lecture Series: There will be regular inspirational lecture series, in the Gen Nep lead institution. Inspirational Lectures will be given by the famous personalities of the Nepal from different strata. They will share their life story and their contribution towards the nation. The counselors and champions will organize this where The Gen Nep Secretariat and Institution Management will help in arranging and connecting the personalities. This will focus toward enhancing conviction toward the nation and build the career of the volunteers. b) Mentoring: Mentoring is one of the major actions of the Gen Nep where Champions will be directly connected to mentor. There will be regular connection between these two parties.

7 Regular meeting and knowledge sharing will certainly enhance the confidence of the mentees that will which ultimately help in his career. The Gen Nep Secretariat will help in arranging and connecting the Mentors. This will focus in building conviction and enhancing confidence and career of the champions. c) Volunteering: This involves various activities of the Gen Nep based on the three pillars: Society, Economy and Environment. Volunteers will be involved in various identified activities and will come forward with their own as well. Counselor, Champions and Institution Management will play major role in this activity in which The Gen Nep Secretariat will support. This will help to build up their career and character as well. This will help to build the character and contribute to the nation. 22) Where would we volunteer? There are various projects where we can volunteer. Some of them are: a)schools for Schools This is an innovative concept where the Gen Nep identified intuitions will adopt a school of remote area. The Gen Nep will establish a Resource bank in each institution where students will store their old books, unused stationery, shoes, and school dresses etc. These things will be modified by the Gen Nep volunteers and will be sent to the adapted school. b) Hamri Bahini Job Portal The Gen Nep Volunteers will be actively involved in HamriBahini Job Portal where they will upload the profile of each underprivileged woman who are in need and willing to do some work. People who are in search of those women will contact them from the portal. Thiswill help the women to get a job, whichwill certainly help her to uplift her living standard. c) Anti plastic Campaign through Green Angels Initiatives The Green Angels is an initiative to replace all the plastic poly bags with cotton bags. The target group is especially Supermarkets and Shopping Malls. Gen Nep volunteer will be involved in marketing and promoting the cotton bags. This initiation will start from each member of the Gen Nep as we believe that change will begin from us. d) Promoting Green Commuting in Kathmandu.

8 Green Commuting is a very new concept that will promote bicycle throughout Kathmandu Valley. This initiative will set up 600 cycle stands and 100 kms of cycle lane within Kathmandu valley in the first phase and setting up 20 cycle stations in the second stage. Gen Nep volunteers will be involved in promoting cycling use, setting up of the stands. 23) Can we design our own project? Yes there will be several self designed projects run by The Gen Nep Champions and Volunteers but to qualify for having self-designed projects every institution should have to have at least 100 members. Some of the self-designed projects could be One Institution One Project, in which the volunteers of The Gen Nep lead institutions will choose one project and can seek support by using different resource of The Gen Nep Secretariat. 24) How will new projects be funded? The Gen Nep secretariat will be supporting the self-designed project in getting the resources. 25) Will we get credit for volunteering work? Yes, we will get credit hours for our volunteering work. Each hour of our volunteering will be registered in the Gen Nep online database. Counselor and The Gen Nep Secretariat will be responsible in maintaining and giving credit hours to all the volunteers. 26) Will The Gen Nep Volunteering work be focus in Kathmandu Only? Initially the Gen Nep will start its work in Kathmandu valley, and later it will The Gen Nep will move in to other parts of the Country. 27) Who are mentors? Mentors are the successful personalities from Nepal from all fields. 28) Who will get the mentorship? Champions from all the institution will get the Mentoring opportunities. The Champions upon their interest will select mentors. 29) Are we planning any public recognition? At the Gen Nep Annual Day, Best Gen Nep Counselor, Champion and the Volunteer will be awarded by the official authorities.

9 30) What are the roles of various institutions? a) The Gen Nep Lead Institution: They will be responsible in managing the programs, providing venue and all the technical support for the volunteers. b) HCI Himalayan Climate Initiative (HCI) is responsible for designing, conceptualizing and executing the whole idea of The Gen Nep initiative. The Gen Nep Secretariat is within the HCI premises. c) CG Foundation CG is our strategic partner and will provide usfinancial and other assistance for the two years 31) Who are the Founding Members? Following are the Founding Members of Gen Nep who signed the pledge to take the idea forward. 1) Prashant Singh 2) Reecha Palikhe 3) Prachand M. Shrestha 4) Aanand Mishra 5) Shilshila Acharya 6) Richa Aryal 7) Achal Raj Satyal 8) Saloni Rajbhandari 9) Deep Prakash Ayadi 10) Lopsang Dorge Lama