“Volunteering for me is all about being able to give instant and long term happiness to all. May be they are the people whom we watch regularly or maybe we have never seen them in our whole life. Getting inspired with my own definition, I started to volunteer for empowering women of the Terai community of Nepal. I started my journey to educate them so that they can decide their life and volunteer for others who they used to be.
The world can be happier place only if all of us are living happily. But in most places we can see that there men have only life, women are just their service provider or commodity to them. Women are concerned as service to men, their self existence is questioned? For the independence of my community, I tried to educate the women informally. I taught them to realize, "their own existence, their role." Nature is incomplete without them. I started this movement from Mahottari district a year ago and included some formal and non-formal education during my sessions. All the sessions are equally memorable to me and smile on those faces are unforgettable.
One of the sessions which is most memorable moment to me. We, me and my students, were talking about women rights in world. One old grandmother said ,"So we are equal to world. " I realized I am a good teacher and a good volunteer too. Because the grandmother have never felt her own existence and equality in society. And I answered her ,"Yes! all women are. Women are volunteer by nature that does not mean that they have no rights." This movement have increased women literacy, decision making roles of women in society and their participation in all events.
It is not a formal organization. Some of the women of local community run the program. The smiles in all the faces and positive confidence towards life in them drives me there. These days some of the local men are too attending the sessions so they can understand about the women rights and implement in their life.”
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