Date: August 6, 2010
Dear Rotarian Dalseok Yoon,
RC ON Yang, Korea
Greetings from Pokhara, Nepal !
Thank you for taking initiation and showing a keen interest in materializing the Deurali micro Hydro project in the very rural area of Nepal. We have reviewed your letter within our team and the residences of Deurali village about your concern in accomplishing and to think to retry once again to Rotary Foundation. We thought that it is not a wise idea to retry for the same project to Rotary Foundation as it is very difficult to justify once it has already been rejected. But we can work together in line with the following ground and information without going to Rotary Foundation.
The following is the data to support the project as you asked for.
�/FONT> Number of people getting benefit from the project:
o 12000 to 15,000 trekkers, 5000-7000 porters annually, more than 100 employees permanently.
�/FONT> Trekkers from over 25 countries.
�/FONT> Annual accidents recorded: 5% of the total trekkers
�/FONT> Annual casualties: 5-7 persons among the trekkers
On the basis of the above data we have realized that the need of the project is a vital one. Apart form the above data the worse case is that they are using 300,000 kgs of fire wood for heating, cooking which is making a serious environmental problem these days.
Although the TRF rejected the project, but still realizing the importance of the project we are in a position to raise the funds form our side making it more than double what we have committed initially [$ 11,000 ~ NRs 800,000 instead of $ 4,400] if you are able to manage to match equal amount of money from Rotary clubs of Korea [$11,000]. This will now be club to club [WCS] project rather than the TRF matching project.
In the mean time having yours and ours tireless effort for this project, if this could not be succeeded, we are ready to go for another humanitarian project with Korean clubs which we have already planned and also have some funds available in our club.
Thank you.
Best regards.
Yours in Rotary
Rtn. Baburam Baral
President
RC Pokhara [Nepal]
From: ydalseok@hanmail.net
To: archbaralbr@hotmail.com
Subject: MATCHING GRANT
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 16:21:25 +0900
Dear President Babram Baral I would let you know that those following figures are needed to know for sending a mail to RI Matching Grant manager for retrial. You will ask head quater know In GANDRUK and let us. and Pokara Rotary Club also strongly explain to RI manager that this Matching Grant program is not a private work but it is a public benefial work for humanitarianism. 1: a number of people to get a benefit of electricity 2: a number of countries which come to Annapurna in a year 3: a number of people to visit Annapurna in a year 4: a number of people to meet with a disaster 5: a number of people being dead at Annapurna in a year The manager in Onyang Rotary Club will request to be adopted this project as well, so please Pokara Rotary Club and residents send them a lot of mail to be achieved this project. If this project is not adopted despite of retrial, Pokara Rotary Club would be better to think about another work. At least end of September, we need to decide whether we keep this project proceeding or we start another project. Please reply me as soon as possible.
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