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The Australia Nepal Friendship Society (ANFS)
is a Canberra based not-for profit and non-political
organisation. The ANFS was founded in 1982 by a group of Canberrans and Nepali students studying at the Australian
National University. ANFS was established to support the
small number of Nepali students coming to Canberra for
university studies.
The objectives of the ANFS are
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to promote friendship, understanding
and goodwill between the people of Australia and Nepal; and,
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to promote the welfare of its
members.
Membership of the Society is open to any
person who, irrespective of race, political or religious
affiliation, agrees to the objectives of the ANFS.
Brief News
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Donation to Chepang Community School and Blind
School: -
ANFS members had organised a BBQ program to raise
fund for the Chepang Community School located in
Chitwan District of Nepal. Part of the fund was also
collected during last AGM where our members also
donated to that school.
The fund collected by donation from chairman of
Senior Chautari Club Mr Govinda Adhikari and part
from deusi-vailo played last year was donated to
Blind School located in Kaski District in the
western part of Nepal.
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Hamro Pathshala (Nepali Language School): -
Hamro Pathshala, the Nepali Language School, was
officially opened on 30 July 2011 at Theo Notoras
Multicultural Building in Canberra city. Since them
it is running smoothly. ANFS express it’s sincere
thanks to all the members including Dr Binod Nepal,
Mr Pradip Adhikari and Dr Kishor Baidya for their
hard effort to establish the school.
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Dashain Celebration: -
ANFS had organised the Dashain celebration party on
1st of October 2011 at Western Creek Community
Centre. Most of the ANFS members, non-members and
diplomats from Nepalese Embassy and Australian
Government attended the party. Several traditional
and modern Nepalese dances were presented and
delicious foods were served during the celebration.
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Tihar Celebration: -
We celebrated Tihar, Nepalese’s second greatest
festival, on 29th Oct 2011 by playing Deusi-Vailo
among our members and community. Deusi-Vailo program
was played in the four different spots which were
fixed on the basis of family’s interest and
location.
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Multicultural Festival: -
ANFS participated in the ACT multicultural festival
representing our community on 11th Feb 2012. We
presented our cultural dances on the stage. As a MC
of our program, Mrs Puspa KC nicely provided
information on our society and Nepalese culture.
Group of our Kids from Hamro Pathsala sang the
Nepali song in the program. Nepali cultural dances
were performed by our dancers Sangita Bista, Samjana
Sapkota, Gyatri Silwal and Bigya Thapa. Nepali food
stall by Surya Maharjan from Taste of Himalaya
provided typical Nepalese foods during the festival
on the behalf of ANFS
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