You always hear people living abroad saying "wish I could do something for my country" but the most we end up doing is raise a donation to ease someone's pain, or pay for an individual child or few children to go to school.

Collectively we have a lot of power and we have the power to send powerful message and make powerful changes in our country.

This idea of fundraiser is not because the SSP needs the money, this would be a symbolic show of support that is enforced by an action of giving. As we have seen hundreds of facebook support pages where hundreds of thousands likes are garnered very quickly but there is no extra effort associated with it. In doing a 'thank you' fundraiser along with the support, the value of support becomes more concrete.

Even Nobel Prize winners are awarded monetary prize and that does not undermine their greatness if they accept the prize.

Taking money is looked at in a wrong way in our society due to the rampant prevalence of corruption, where money is given with the expectation of taking a favor back when needed. But this 'thank you' fundraiser does not come as a favor from anyone, but as a selfless contribution that is willingly made from thankful citizens.

Sajha has done many fundraisers in the past to support good causes such as medical needs, and social service, but never as an encouragement to support someone for doing their job well - which seems to be seriously lacking in Nepal due to various reasons. It may or may not be a good idea, and it may or may not be in line with Mr. Kharel's line of thinking, but at this point I wanted to put this idea out for discussion.

Thanks for continuing to put your ideas forward.