Another Hike for Team-Building

EVENT: NYS HIKE TO GOKARNA

Date: 6^th September 2008

Reporter: Ashish Bhandarai

Venue: Gokarna, Kathmandu

Time duration: Around 5 hours

Objective: Information, fun and orientation

Organizer: NYS, YI

Organizing committee: Ganesh Gautam, Saurav Sharma, Mona Aditya

Total number of participants: 14

Names of Participants Ashish Bhandari, Ganesh Gautam, Ishwor Khanal, Kreeti Shrestha, Manish Singh, Mila Shrestha , Mona Aditya, Rakesh Singh, Saroj Dhakal, Saurav Koirala, Saurav Sharma, Sunita Thapa, Tek Bdr. Kunwar, Tilak Lamshal (Dhruba)

DESCRIPTION:

National Youth Service (NYS) organized a volunteering orientation program including a hike to Gokarna. The participants were called to Heritage Plaza, Kamaladi.

As soon as the participants arrived, first of all everyone was randomly teamed up and a bus ride was taken from the old bus park to Gokarna. The ride was long and everybody seemed to be enjoying.

The group reached Gokarna at about 12:30 pm. As soon as they reached there, a long walk began. Everyone was in group i.e. everyone was walking with his/her allocated partner. Then a long walk was taken towards the higher part of the area.

After a long way up, at about 1:40 pm it was time to rest and talk something. Exactly, sort of an interaction program was started. Every teamed up group were to introduce each other to whatever extent they could. After that, everyone individually introduced themselves and expressed their views on volunteerism and their experience as a volunteer as well as their expectations as a volunteer. After the session was over a passing game was played. Everyone was to catch each other’s hand and make a big circle. Then one would just hit the others right hand and he/she had to pass it as fast as he/she could. First it was slow but Mona insisted and encouraged them that it be done faster. First it took 7 seconds, in the second try it took 6 seconds and then in the final try it was just 4 seconds.

After that the group enjoyed with one more game; a handshaking game. Everyone was to shake hands with each other saying the name of the person they were facing. They were confused at first but they enjoyed it.

The walk then continued. After some time it was again time to rest and have some cucumber. All went a little higher to a place somewhat like a plateau and then the cucumbers were taken out. Ganesh and Mona served the cucumbers. After that, Ganesh and Tek were sent to inform the shopkeeper below not to cook the noodles before 4:30 pm and the rest of the group proceeded further.

Now it was time to talk about NYS. Everyone sat down making a big circle. And the talk initiated with a short and a brief account of NYS and what it does. Mona gave all the information including the formation and goal of NYS. Then all were asked about their particular interests in volunteerism. Finally the session ended and it was lunch time. Everyone returned back below to the shop to have some noodles. After the lunch, it was clean-up time. Following the trend of NYS, the forest area was cleaned by the participants as much as they could. Along with the cleanness they had some sort of photo sessions too.

Finally the wastes were properly dumped and the group visited the Gokarneshwor temple. From there they returned to Chabahil in a micro bus.

From Chabahil some went to their house directly and some got into a bus. Although everyone departed at last, all of them had a lot of fun.