Project Description
Project ID
04BCH001
Project Type
Project Title
Memorial Building (Smriti Bhavan)
Project Summary
Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital, established in 1999, is the only cancer hospital within Kathmandu Valley. The Hospital is non-profit making institute and is in desperate need of a new building. The UK Friends of Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital has just initiated a project of Memorial Building with contributions of Rs.100,000 from each of 200 Nepalese living in UK, US and Nepal to be donated in the names of their beloved dead. The details of individual donation will be permanently displayed in the Hall of Memory. If this idea appeals to any Nepalese living in US please contact me for comprehensive information.
Location
Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital
PO Box 6
Dhoodhpati ward no. 17
Bhaktapur, Nepal
Time Frame
Twelve (12) months
Institution
UK Friends of
Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital
5 High Leys Drive
Ravenshead
Nottingham
NG15 9HQ
UK
Telephone: 0044 1623 490789
Fax: 0044 1623 490789
Contact
Dr. Bibek Pradhan
Chairman
Nepal Cancer Project
The Rotary Club of Mansfield, UK
B.Pradhan
ntlworld.com
ANMF/Nepal Project Manager
Aruna Pant
ArunaPantanmf.net
ANMF/America Project Manager
Dr. Gaury Adhikary
GauryAdhikaryanmf.net
Project Description
If this idea appeals to any Nepalese the project will be achieved in three stages. Stage One - A pledge to donate Rs.100,000 in memory of their beloved dead, which is now. Stage Two - If successful in receiving 200 pledges altogether from UK, US and Nepal; Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital will prepare plans for the building. Stage Three - Construction of the building under close scrutiny, monitoring, budgetary control and full transparency.
Material Requested
None
Training Requested
None
Advisors/Instructors Requested
None
Travel/Expenses Requested
None
Grants/Stipends Requested
None
Other Items Requested
None
Total Funds Requested
Nepalese Rs.100,000 from each of 200 individual Nepalis for a total of Rs. 20,000,000
Budget
None
Additional Information
SMRITI BHAVAN PROJECT FOR BHAKTAPUR CANCER HOSPITAL
BY
UK FRIENDS OF BHAKTAPUR CANCER HOSPITAL
We formed this new organisation UK Friends of Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital (UKFOBCH) at a Special Meeting in Durham on 25 July this year with nine members who are Drs. Bibek Pradhan, Prasanna Gautam, Satyan Rajbhandari, Basanta Shrestha, Subarna Shrestha, Padam Rai, Chuda Karki, Dharma Sakya and Mr. Mahanta Shrestha. The object of this organisation is to help future infrastructure development at Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital (BCH). The immediate specific objective is to build an extension at BCH by name of Smriti Bhavan (Memorial Building) with contributions from Nepalese living in UK, US and Nepal in memory of their loved ones.
The minimum target for the building is Rs.2 Crore to be raised from 200 Nepalese as individual donations of Rs.1 Lakh each. The building will provide the rooms for BCH to help the patient care and it will have a Hall of Memory where the names of individual donors and the names of their loved ones will be permanently displayed on individual marble flagstones with appropriate inscriptions in rows in the walls.
The initial meeting on 25 July elected me as the Chairman and also elected an executive committee of three including me, Basanta Shrestha and Subarna Shrestha. We prepared the Constitution of UKFOBCH and the Governing Document for this new International Project named it Smriti Bhavan Project. We then forwarded these along with the minutes of the special meeting of 25 July to UK Charity Commission for registration. The Commission has approved the Project and will register it after some amendment in our constitution at a Special General Meeting that I will call soon.
I visited Nepal recently and helped to form Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital - Smriti Bhavan Committee (BCH–SBC) with similar constitution and governing document as of UKFOBCH and promoted extensively in Nepal through TV, radio and the press.
This Project will be implemented in stages and during the present stage we are receiving firm pledges from Nepalese to donate Rs.1 Lakh each in memory of their loved ones. So far we have received 22 pledges from UK, 2 from US and 30 from Nepal making a total of 54 that is more than 25 percent already within such a short time. We hope to complete the Project within 2 to 3 years.
Once a significant numbers of pledges nearing 200 are received we go on to next stage when BCH–SBC will help prepare site planning, architectural drawings and get firm estimates. Before the construction begins UKFOBCH & BCH–SBC will enter into a firm agreement regarding planning, accountability, budgetary control, monitoring and transparency on the project. The members of the UKFOBCH will do these through the mediums of phone, fax, email and videoconferencing along with hands-on activities during their social visits to Nepal. The trustees of UKFOBCH will regularly report on the budgetary control and monitoring of the Project to the UK Charity Commission as required by it on spending the charitable funds raised in UK.
When Smriti Bhavan is completed we will arrange a Ceremonial Inauguration on a suitable day and suitable season and invite all 200 or more donors to attend. At inauguration we will hold an appropriate programme to show the mark of respect to our loved ones who are dead and the event will be a sombre and dignified occasion in keeping with the culture and custom of the people of Nepal. Once a year we will hold an Annual Remembrance Day (Smriti Deebas) and invite all the contributors including the ones from UK and US and observe the event with similar respectful manner and dignity. We will choose such a day and time of the year when many from UK & US can attend.
I therefore invite any Nepali living abroad to consider participating if one can afford to donate Rs.1 Lakh and have special affinity towards remembering one’s loved one in such a manner. The donations should not be less than Rs.1 Lakh but not more than 1 Lakh too so that all the donors feel equal and share the happiness from Smriti Bhavan Project equally. Please send your firm pledge to me. Rs.1 Lakh today is approximately £800 but you will have to pay only about £625 if you are taxpayer and sign Gift Aid declaration after Charity Commission registers our Project.
Bibek Pradhan
Telephone or Fax: ++1623 490789
B.Pradhanntlworld.com
30 November 2004
Project Status
If you wish to make a contribution to Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital, please go to Donate and specify that your donation is targeted to Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital.
Thank you!