Bishnu Parajuli: An Enthusiast Volunteer (Story of Transformation 10 )

Bishnu sharing joys with the children of Jana Jagriti School, Sankhu

A child without education is like a bird without wings. Education lets a child to soar high in sky called life. It enlightens his/her life.

Life’s greatest tragedy – in my opinion at least – is a child who is compelled to struggle through his or her early years just to get some blank sheets to scribble. And there are so many kids in our country going through this tragedy.

Irony, there are also some who can get a new copy everyday if they desire. With no offence to those who are privileged, we need to concern for those who are deprived of it.

Is there any idea to bridge this gap?

The answer may be difficult but not impossible.

Bishnu, with his mates are busy preparing educational materials

Himalayan Climate Initiative is one organization which is working on it. And today I am talking about Bishnu who feels he has done nothing much as he is just a volunteer of this organization but in my opinion, he has done a lot as it needs a deep passion and dedication to work as a volunteer for the society along with your study and career.

For 'School for school' project of Himalayan Climate Initiative, Bishnu with his other friends gathered the old copies, once-read story books, used pencils, erasers and other educational materials. From the olds, they toiled to furnish new copies by stitching the leftover pages. With tireless effort, they, furnished the other old materials too so that they could be used again and help inscribe the future of the needy yet aspiring minds.

Bishnu Parajuli, 20, an enthusiast, is a student of Industrial Engineering has an interest in the goodwill of the society, energy and research development. Brought up in a middle class family in Butwal, Bishnu regards family as his blessing and follows the words of their parents "Do good. Do it in a responsible way. And, leave your footprints.” It seems that Bishnu has really made his family proud of his works.

Bishnu Parajuli

Bishnu realized that the smiles in the faces of those children whom he and his teammates provided the stuffs for their learning with so much effort provided him the inner satisfaction and sowed much happiness in him that he will always remember and cherish. This feeling in him further motivated him to do more for the society.

Besides the 'School for School' project, he was also a responsible campaigner of 'No Thanks I Carry my Own Bag' campaign, a dedicated campaign, which was successful to ban single used plastic bags in Nepal, thereby ensuring sustainable practice in community, and decreasing carbon footprint in global environment.

Being the student of Industrial Engineering, Bishnu also is one of the Executive Committee Members of 'Society of Industrial Engineering Students-Nepal', an association that is scratching endeavors to underline the essence of Industrial Engineers to pave a prosperous and sustainable road of development for the industrial, and economic sector by building collaborations and opportunities. 

Always ready to allocate so much of his time for the good, Bishnu shares with an immense joy that how much he has been able to transform through his volunteering. He expresses, " Developing ideas with young and determined team members, exploring ideas, and pulling endeavors towards the ideas and thus involving responsibly in nation building scratched a new curve of determination in  me to participate in nation building as a whole."  

Most of all, he cherishes his work as a media volunteer the most. "Having been involved as a media volunteer, I wrote to make impact on people’s mind and inspire them to do what they can. Thus, writing volunteer stories and publishing my works, through regular mentorship from the influential program leaders, helped me gain insights, dive deeply into research and explore several potentials for better tomorrow for me and everyone." says Bishnu. He adds, "Having started my writing from social good, it has now ignited me to learn and moreover explore writing about economy, industrialization and sustainability.

Bishnu taking part in the campaign, Trashfree Tudikhel

Really no one can take away that moment of bliss when we get motivated and transformed without going through the pain in our real life but by listening other's story. Bishnu feels that all these changes surround him wherever he goes and helps him make remarkable contributions.

Working as a volunteer needs a lot of dedication. Meanwhile, the positivity that we gain through it cannot be compared with any amount of wealth. Talking to this enthusiast volunteer was really a good moment for me, I wish him a very bright future and a lot of happiness which he is definitely going to share with others.

Last but not the least, I agree with what he says, "Even small and beautiful acts of kindness, integration and creativity can implant and create inspiring stories of transformation." Here, is one such inspiring story of transformation of Bishnu Parajuli, an enthusiast volunteer.