Namasté...
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November 2009 I’ve had my first acquaintance with the country Nepal. A country which I’ve heard much of and in my dreams have been there. I therefore felt at home.
After 2 weeks many seen, heard, smelled and experienced to do so, I went back home. In those two weeks I met Jaya and became acquainted with his wife Arpana and their 11 months old son Johan. Johan was constantly ill and “I should take him”.
I bought several baby stuff. One day I went back to them to educate them how nurse a baby and what they could give him to eat. I promised them that I would adopt Johan on distance.
On the plane home the idea arose to establish a foundation and to set up a jewelry line. In December, my husband Peter surprised me with a double ticket to Nepal. He wanted to see with his own eyes where I had been and whom I had adopted. He also was deeply impressed. Once at home we decided that both the foundation and the jewelry line should become reality. "A pig in the barn is better off compared to the circumstances this family has to live. And they still have to pay rent, "he said.
Both the foundation and the jewelry line I named after his wife Jaya Arpana, meaning: those who sacrifice. And yes, that's what she does in a country like Nepal.
Thanks to very nice people around me, everything has become reality.
And I hope for many years we can along with their good work can and should do in this beautiful country at the foot of the Himalayas.
With love,
Anoeska
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Nepal is an Asian country located in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
It is called the land of smiling people. |
The blue border denotes peace and the crimson color is the national color of Nepal.
The two royal symbols represent the hope that Nepal will endure as long as the moon and the sun will shine.
The flag of Nepal is the only non-rectangular or square national flag in the world. |
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Nepal has a long history dating back to the early Christian era.
It is the birthplace of the Buddha.
Due to the location of the land Nepal is influenced both India and Tibet.
It is assumed that the first inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal had a Tibetan (Mongolian) origin. They brought Buddhism to the area and around the 3rd century BC. Nepal was an important center of Buddhist culture.
From the beginning of the 13th century there were Hindus who flee for Muslims from North India to Nepal.
On June 1 2001 the royal family was almost wiped out by Crown Prince Dipendra . He was angry at his parents because his choice of a wife was not accepted. He shot his father, King Birendra and his mother, Queen Aishwarya, and even killed a number of other royal family members including his brother and sister, two uncles and two aunts. He then attempted to commit suicide. He shot himself but did not die instantly. While he was in a coma he was crowwend as the new king. Three days after the massacre, he died. His uncle, the brother of his father, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev , was now the new king.
Between 1996 and 2006 Nepal was embroiled in a civil war in which more than 12,000 people have died. With their 10,000 to 15,000 fighters occupied the Maoist insurgents of Nepal more than 60%. Their main purpose was to King Gyanendra to dismiss and a communist nation to start like China after the revolution.
A large part of Nepal is very mountainous. Of the ten highest mountains in the world, eight are in Nepal, including the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest , at the border with China (Tibet) is. In the south of the country along the border with India are lower altitudes. Approximately 20% of the area is suitable for agriculture. From south to north, Nepal has three zones, the lowland (Terai region) in the south, hills and low mountains in the center, and the Himalayas in the north.
Nepal is considered as developing countries with low average income. Many people in urban and rural areas are extremely poor, more than half the population lives below the poverty line. Economically, agriculture is the main pillar. Nearly eighty percent of the population is employed in it.
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