The President graciously comes down to meet the people who came to see the Beetle off / SpinalNepal fb page
Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav flagged off the Spinal Beetle on its journey this morning. Great photos here. Below: the press note with planned itinerary and local contacts in India and Pakistan:
After his near miraculous recovery from a spinal injury in 2001, Kanak Mani Dixit, a prominent journalist and civil rights activist in Kathmandu started Nepal’s first Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre, together with friends and family. The Centre, inaugurated by the late Sir Edmund Hillary in 2002, runs entirely on private funding. It now needs to increase its service from 38 beds to 51. “The Great Nepal-India-Pakistan Spinal Beetle Fund-raising Drive” (1100 miles) – and all for a good cause – is being made on a 1973 Volkswagen Beetle, raising funds at USD 100 per mile. Continue reading
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