About Swaa Gamya - Swaa Gamya

Vision and Mission of Swaa Gamya

Vision:

Develop an integrated center as a model of vibrant, happy, and prosperous rural life that cater and serve with various facilities and activities so as exasperating life in the villages rejuvenates.
Set up a lab of “Shared Prosperity and Happiness“.

Mission:

To revitalize and rejuvenate the rural life which is being apathetic, and arid due to multiple reasons. Swaa Gamya envisions a sustainable and environment friendly model of ‘Shared Prosperity and Happiness’ in remote villages that will: enhance joyful, and respectful life of senior citizens through various activities and facilities; promote and transfer indigenous skills, craftsmanship, arts and culture; promote healthy, prosperous, and balanced life for all. To fulfill this mission, Swaa Gamya will establish a well-facilitated Day Centre for senior citizens; a state of the art library and resource center for all ages; runs a multi-media advance facility hall; works on arts, crafts, and culture preservations; and make the center sustainable through the income from multi-dimensional farm and a tourist facility and other tourism activities.

About Our Logo and Concept:
Purple coloured orchid flower shape in the head demonstrates light, love, refinement, thoughtfullness, and royalty.
Two green leaves of NEEM, explains the medicinal value of plants and importance in our life, greenery, nature, peace of mind, peaceful environment, and tranquility.
Likewise, orange coloured rob shows the meditation, positive emotions, warmth, energy, and enthusiasm.

In totality, Swaa Gamya through loge explains the nature, environment, indigenous knowledge of happy living, humanity, spirituality, and positivity. This is thus the ideology for “Shared prosperity and Happiness.

Concept and Rationale to Develop

Swaa Gamya is established to work on enhancing knowledge from both eastern and western world on various sectors like arts, culture, philosophy, entrepreneurship development and other pertinent issues, and buttress yoto revitalize the villages, and bring liveliness and exuberance in the rural life. It is likewise expected to bring happiness and joy in the life of elderly populations. Furthermore, the cenungsters to compete in the global arena from the remote rural spaces.

Why was it felt necessary ?

Vibrant, lively, and the most beautiful villages just three decades back are now apathetic, and arid due to various national and global implications and complications. Large section of the population of senior citizens, once the most productive in the arduous terrain, are now impotent, and almost left.

Young population migrate significantly to the city centers, and even far abroad seeking jobs, and financial wellbeing. Younger generation are forced to live in cities in the cover of providing better education to their kids. All these activities break the cycle of lively and vibrant village life. And, meanwhile our senior citizens live in misery in the villages. Those who could migrate to the city through their offspring’s financial wellbeing could not enjoy their life in the cities and suffering from depressions.

Likewise, schools in the villages are emptying with children from marginalized and oppressed class left. Well offs are have moved to the cities, and these kids are getting lesser attentions from government, and society thus creating the exclusive and improper citizens for future.

Traditional knowledge that mustered thousands years are now forgotten one. Indigenous knowledge of arts, crafts, life, medicines, music, and others are disappearing as new urban and meta culture dominating the entire society.

Goals and Objectives

Establish recreational, educational, and luxurious well-facilitated senior citizen day center to make life of senior citizens of rural villages joyful, respectful, happy, and comfortable.
Run a well-facilitated multidimensional hall and resource center; library and a small IT lab to train youths and children on various skills, and connect villages with the world.
Preserve and promote indigenous knowledge on various life skills, arts, and culture and introduce foreign arts and skills to villagers through Arts and Culture Center.
Conduct various trainings, seminars, and interactions related to education, health and arogya, gender, philosophy, arts and culture, environment and participate in knowledge productions.
Integrate agriculture -through multidimensional and multi purpose farm established in the center – with education, tourism, and health/arogya and showcase a sustainable model of social business of its kind.
Develop a model lab of ‘Shared Prosperity and Happiness’ through amalgam of indigenous, eastern, and western knowledge.

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Philosophy

Compounding ‘Gamya’, from ancient Sanskrit language which means ‘…is attainable or reachable’, with ‘Swaa’ from indigenous Gurung/Tamu language closely translates to happiness, joy makes Swaa Gamya literally means “Happiness is Attainable or Reachable”. We are now talking about equitable society and community, fair and just world, environmentally and sustainably developed, and shared prosperity.

That is why, Swaa Gamya is an innovative lab of “Shared Prosperity and Happiness”.

Khushi in Nepali for Happiess is the last point of living a life with the highest pleasure, happiest moment, and peace of mind. The World Happiness Report (WHR) takes six key variables that support well-being: income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support, and generosity.

Unbelievable physical and technological progress and financial well-being we attain are unable to satisfy us and bring peace in mind, happiness and joy. To shed light on the importance of happiness in our life, the United Nations celebrates International Day of Happiness on 20^th March.

Swaa Gamya identifies benevolence; economic growth; health and healthy life; social support and inclusion; inspiration and innovation; equitable and just community; and knowledge as fundamental parameters of “Shared Prosperity and Happiness” and can be achieved through amalgamation of indigenous, eastern, and western knowledge.

Swaa Gamya Touches Thousands of Lives

Although the project lies in Barpak-Sulikot Rural Municipality, we aim to serve the large region of remotely located villages from minimum six rural municipalities directly. We serve to the rural population from below rural municipalities covering 60000 plus population directly, and others from around the world indirectly. Students, youths, travelers from around the world can be inspired through our center.

Name of Rural Municipality	Wards	Population with direct benefit	Remarks (villages that can benefit closely)
Barpak-Sulikot	1-8	25,390	All
Dharche	4 and 5	4,464	Laprak, Gumda and surrounding
Ajirkot	1, 4, and 5	8,691	Ghyachok, Simjung, and Muchchok
Siranchok	5,6,7, and 8	11,989	Choprak, Gankhu, Srinathkot, Jaubari
Arughat	5,6,7, and 8	9,060	Aruarbang, and Arupokhari,
Bhimsen Thapa	1,2, and 5	7,891	Masel, Tandrang, and Baguwa and viscinity
Total	——	67,485

And, indirectly students, travelers, and consumers benefit directly, and indirectly from the project.

Location of the Swaa Gamya Model Project

Swaa Gamya’s first model project site is located in the Barpak-Sulikot Rural Municipality’s ward no 08, Jarang facing the majestic Himalayan range of Mansiri or Gorkha Himal/Massif or often known as Manasalu Range and the Annapurna Range. Manasalu (8,163m/ 27,781 ft) – the eighth highest peak of the world – is situated in northern side of the range and can be viewed from the site. In the southern-central flank of Manasalu which can be seen clearly from the project site is Himal Chuli (7,893 m / 25896 ft) – 18^th highest peak of the world. Baudha Himal (6,672 m/ 21,890 ft) is another peak in the range. The view of Annapurna massif is also beautiful though a bit far west.

Situated at an elevation of approximately 1,050m from sea-level, and has moderate and temperate climate. In the hot summer days, temperature goes up to 30-32 degree Celsius, and in the winter days fall to approximately 8-10 degrees during the night. So, the weather round the year is beautifully mild.

Swaa Gamya is ideally located in the southern part of Barpak-Sulikot Rural Municipality with good approach roads and accessible from the Pushpalal Madhya Pahadi Highway. From Masel section of the Highway, Swaa Gamya is only 5 Kms and from the Ghyampeshal it is only 4.8 Kms approximately.

Some major cities and the distance are as below:

From Kathmandu (federal capital) to Swaa Gamya – 156 to 160 Km.

From Pokhara (Provincial Capital and Regional Intl Airport) – 123 to 125 Km

From Chitwan National Park – 108 to 110 Km

From Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport, Sounauli (Nepal-India border) – 204 to 210 Km

From Raxaul (Nepal-India Border) – 230 Km (approx)

Appreciation Certificate and Membership of SwaaGamya

Dipak Bastakoti – Co Founder and Chair

Dipak was born and grew up in a small rural hamlet of central-west Nepal namely Jarang in Gorkha region, in the lap of mighty Himalaya’s Manasalu range.

Has been working as a mountain leader in foothills of the Himalayas for the last twenty-five plus years, travelled few countries abroad, and worked in the first world country for couple of years, he collected striking knowledges and experiences.

He led and trekked in the Himalayas includes: Island Peak expedition (upto 5830 m.); Base Camp Everest 5365 m. (many times), Kalapatthar (5545 m.) repeatedly, Gokyo Ri and ChoLa Pass (5420 m. ) many times, Annapurna Round or known as Thorong La Pass (5416 m. ) multiple times, Annapurna Base Camp, Langtang and other treks multiple of times.

During the Covid-19 when the world was suffering, he began to think to utilize his life-long experiences and knowledges to the service of rural people and thus germinated Swaa Gamya.

Sagar Bhatta, is a long time educator and leadership trainer. He teaches computer science in various high schools in Kathmandu.

He born and grew up in the village of Gorkha in Jarang and trained in computer applications from Kolkatta, he is leadership trainer of the Jaycees, Kathmandu as well.

His interests is in social service, welfare state and well-being of the people living in the world.

Deeja is inspiring young economists who born and grew up in the urban city of Kathmandu. She has earned BA Economics (Honors) from prestigious Delhi University with first class grade, and MA in Development Economics from South Asian University, New Delhi.

She has tremendous working experiences in the most reputed national development institutions such as Institute of Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) as a trainee, and at the Policy Research Institute (PRI – a Government Think Tank under the Office of Prime Minister of Nepal) as an intern. She assisted to some reseach projects during her tenure at PRI includes linkages between infrastructure and economic development, Hydro-electricity policy review and so on.

Her interests rests on gender dynamics, political economy and development economics, and welfare state.