[Archive] When Edmund Hillary could not see the bleary eyes of the Sherpas

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[Archive] When Edmund Hillary could not see the bleary eyes of the Sherpas

"Although our children have eyes, they are still blind." Sir Edmund Hillary, the first Everest climber, was touched by this statement of the local Sherpas at the Everest base camp. He became emotional. 32 years ago, Hilary was ready to do something for this place after this sentence was spoken by a local Sherpa. He said, "I could not see the eyes of my Sherpa friends." So I started collecting donations to build the school.

At that time, the Temboche monastery where the monks and nuns studied was burned. The children of the Sherpa community were directly affected by this loss. And they put this complaint before Hillary . At that time, this monastery was the main source of study for the Sherpas. But they were suffering because of the compulsion to read by reading.

After this conversation with the Sherpas, Hilary collected donations from foreigners and built a school (monastery). The monasteries and schools built by Hillary at that time are still shining light in this area. Kayan Mankari foreigner like Hillary has done many basic facilities works in Everest base area . Small hydroelectric power made by foreigners has spread light here . Even now, the trekking routes around Everest are dependent on locally produced electricity. Three decades ago, the American Himalayan Foundation brought electricity here. The light was scattered by a valve provided free of charge by Philips Company of Holland.

It was only after the electricity came that they were freed from having to read the ancient texts by burning yak's ghee. At that time, charities and organizations such as Holland's Phillips, American Himalaya Foundation, and Austria made the lap of Everest glow by generating electricity.

The Sherpas of Khumjung used to say that Namche small hydropower project fulfilled their dreams. The maintenance of small electricity projects at the local level was very expensive for them. As the electricity produced by them is spent on monasteries and hostels, the common people were getting upset. Electricity was needed to modernize the monastery and teach the monastery students.

Edmond Hillary's effort for education development in Solukhumbu, Sherpa community's steadfast faith in the monastery, Himalayan lifestyle and Sherpa caste's dream of electricity, written by journalist Narayan Wagle, was published in Kantipur Daily under the title 'Jalvidyut in Khumbu: Sweet dream of Sherpas' on October 19, 2050 . At that time, Wagle himself reached the Everest region and wrote news on Tengboche Dateline .

Hilary, who died on January 11, 2008 at the age of 88, after climbing Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, established the Himalayan Trust in 1964 and launched a campaign to support education and health in Nepal. Social work is still being done in the name of his trust . At that time, the trust provided a lot of support in opening schools, repairing monasteries and running health institutions. That is why the Sherpa community of Solukhumbu considers Hilary as their heart. He was awarded honorary citizenship certificate by the Government of Nepal in 2003.

Presentation: Rishiram Paudyal

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