1. “Impressions and Reactions during my trip to Nepal”~ Dr. Bob Hopkins Dr. Hopkins, Professor and Philanthropist, will speak about his Impressions and Reactions during his trip to Nepal. Bob Hopkins is a professor at the University of Texas in Arlington teaching Business Communications, with an emphasis on Social Responsibility and Philanthropy. Bob is the founder of Philanthropy World magazine, which focuses on donors who give to nonprofit and NGO efforts. Bob has spent most of his adult life helping nonprofits with their management and fundraising campaigns having led the Texas Neurofibromatosis Foundation. Bob also serves on nonprofit organization Boards of Directors, currently serving as an Advisor to Global Community in Education, building schools in remote areas of Nepal. Bob’s philosophy is that the “more you give the more you get”. Bob is the recipient of the Hero of Humanity Award from the Art of Living Foundation in India, for his development of the PAVE program (Philanthropy and Volunteerism in Education), teaching children about GIVING. The PAVE program is mainly taught in schools in Texas, but is transferable to children throughout the world. GIVING raises self-esteem which increases academic abilities.
2. “ANA – Rural Nepal Development Program”~ Dr. Sudeep Shrestha
   ANA – Rural Nepal Development Program is a project supported and funded by the Association of Nepalis in Americas (ANA) and aims to promote health, education and economy of the poor rural people through agriculture development and food security in rural Nepal.
   Vision and goal: Sustainable development of rural economy, health and education of the poor rural communities in Nepal.
   Mission: Establishing food collection and small scale processing unit in each village to produce more food for processing, preservation and marketing to uplift poor rural people’s economic status and to reduce the problem of illiteracy, malnutrition and other public health problems in rural Nepal.
   Aims: The primary aim of this project is to improve literacy and decrease malnutrition and related public health problems in rural areas by improving socioeconomic status of people via food production, processing and marketing.
   Dr. Shrestha did his Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology from TU, Masters and Ph. D. in Nutrition from University of Connecticut, postdoctoral research in Biomedical Sciences at Harvard University, Boston and currently involves at Nepal Food and Nutrition project at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Dr. Shrestha is leading the Association of Nepalis in Americas (ANA) Rural Nepal Development project and leaving to Nepal very soon to establish and implement these Nepal development projects to develop rural economy, health and education of the poor and vulnerable rural people.

IT Forum

Sunday 4:30-5:30pm Venue: Cortez C
Organizer: Viritis Group, a Dallas Based IT Solution/IT Staffing company

ANA Town Hall Meeting

Coordinator: Pasang Lama
Sunday 6-7:30pm Venue: Cortez AB
Program Overview: Town Hall Meeting is the place where you express your dissatisfactions, concerns, comments, and observations about ANA. We value democracy and after all, ANA belongs to all of us. Instead of claiming/blaming/accusing with unproven information, the right thing to do is to direct your questions to the appropriate appointees, as we know spreading unproven information will only confuse oblivion publics. We will assure you that every responsible/accountable past and president position holders will be available to answer your questions.