Change Bhaktapur Case Study
Change Bhaktapur: a campaign for better Bhaktapur
Change Bhaktapur is a local youth led campaign for bringing positive changes in Bhaktapur by solving the different social problems which are deeply rooted within the community. Initially, started by five college-going friends, three active members- Rajiv Budathoki, Santosh Pandey and Sagun Raj Lag are currently coordinating the campaign.
"First of all we wanted to create a platform where we get to apply whatever we have studied. Secondly, there are many social problems that are prevalent in society and we wanted to work to uproot those. So on a casual discussion in college, the idea of starting a campaign was incepted. We wanted to come up with the possible solutions that could bring positive …show more content…
The campaign was carried for four days, and included awareness program and talks with the government officials and political parties. The campaign was successful to see a massive change in Bhaktapur. Sagun reminisces the campaign as the most unforgettable and effective campaign so far. "During the campaign with only 15 to 16 members in team, we were surrounded by crowd of 200 political parties within 5/10 minutes as soon as we reached to drop the letter of memorandum to reduce the penalty. There was clash between the members of political parties and us. The reason for placing Change Bhaktapur on top 75 Youth Organization after 1.5 years of its establishment might be due to our struggle in conducting impressive Anti-Load Shedding campaign," shared …show more content…
As Change Bhaktapur is not a registered organization, people showed less interest in investing on it, and x they were also not trusted by many organizations. To overcome this, they have now come up with a plan to formally register the umbrella organization as 'We: The Changers'.
Keeping up the spirit of developing society, under the changers campaigns, they have established a tutory center in rural area of Sudal, Bhakatpur. In the center, different types of trainings are conducted every Saturday from 4:00pm to 5:00pm.
"I got an opportunity to learn different things from campaign such as leadership quality, being social, discovering potentiality, utilizing time in productive manner and being a responsible citizen,” said Lage. With the success of the Change Bhaktapur campaign, they are soon planning to launch similar campaigns in all 75 districts of Nepal.
They are the epitome how self-motivated youths can bring about a change in the society, and create a ripple effect that ultimately benefits the whole
Change Bhaktapur is a local youth led campaign for bringing positive changes in Bhaktapur by solving the different social problems which are deeply rooted within the community. Initially, started by five college-going friends, three active members- Rajiv Budathoki, Santosh Pandey and Sagun Raj Lag are currently coordinating the campaign.
"First of all we wanted to create a platform where we get to apply whatever we have studied. Secondly, there are many social problems that are prevalent in society and we wanted to work to uproot those. So on a casual discussion in college, the idea of starting a campaign was incepted. We wanted to come up with the possible solutions that could bring positive …show more content…
The campaign was carried for four days, and included awareness program and talks with the government officials and political parties. The campaign was successful to see a massive change in Bhaktapur. Sagun reminisces the campaign as the most unforgettable and effective campaign so far. "During the campaign with only 15 to 16 members in team, we were surrounded by crowd of 200 political parties within 5/10 minutes as soon as we reached to drop the letter of memorandum to reduce the penalty. There was clash between the members of political parties and us. The reason for placing Change Bhaktapur on top 75 Youth Organization after 1.5 years of its establishment might be due to our struggle in conducting impressive Anti-Load Shedding campaign," shared …show more content…
As Change Bhaktapur is not a registered organization, people showed less interest in investing on it, and x they were also not trusted by many organizations. To overcome this, they have now come up with a plan to formally register the umbrella organization as 'We: The Changers'.
Keeping up the spirit of developing society, under the changers campaigns, they have established a tutory center in rural area of Sudal, Bhakatpur. In the center, different types of trainings are conducted every Saturday from 4:00pm to 5:00pm.
"I got an opportunity to learn different things from campaign such as leadership quality, being social, discovering potentiality, utilizing time in productive manner and being a responsible citizen,” said Lage. With the success of the Change Bhaktapur campaign, they are soon planning to launch similar campaigns in all 75 districts of Nepal.
They are the epitome how self-motivated youths can bring about a change in the society, and create a ripple effect that ultimately benefits the whole