Indra Thapa Chhetri, president of PTPI’s Kathmandu, Nepal (Peace Nepal) Chapter and member of PTPI’s Board of Trustees, sent photos and news of how he and the chapter have been working to let more people know about the mission of PTPI.
In 2007, the United Nations declared October 2 (the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi) the International Day of Non-Violence. The Kathmandu, Nepal Chapter kicked off their publicity campaign in honor of that event, and continued their efforts through to the next day, on the occasion of a festival to celebrate Dashain, Nepal’s largest national festival. (Indra Thapa Chhetri previously sent Dashain greetings to the PTPI family, which you can read here.)
Indra Thapa Chhetri holds the PTPI banner at the Dashain festival
Thousands of people, including the Prime Minister, former Prime Ministers, leaders of various political parties, human rights activists, noted film artists, intellectuals, members of the army and police force and senior government employees, gathered for the celebration and had the chance to see the PTPI banner and learn more about the organization. Indra Thapa reported that many expressed their opinion that an organization like PTPI can play a vital role in the present context of Nepal, which is in a transitional period and a phase of developing a peace process and formulating a constitution.
Members of the Kathmandu, Nepal (Peace Nepal) Chapter hold the banner made for the World March for Peace and Non-Violence
On October 10, the Kathmandu, Nepal (Peace Nepal) Chapter organized a World March for Peace and Non-Violence in association with the Nepal Humanist Forum. View more photos from both events on PTPI’s Facebook page.
Tags: Community Chapters, Nepal