Akash Budhathoki- SocioConnect & Humanitarian

Successful celebrations of Colombian Independence Day 2024 and the launch of the Colombian-Australian Association of the Northern Territory (COLANT).

Fellow Colombians behind the event exceeded their goals and so much more! Not only did they launch the association, COLANT, but also broke records with more than 700 visitors, including children and youth, surpassing our initial expectations. The response from the community and the public was overwhelming, and this would not

Through more than 15 presentations and activities, and with 5 market stalls and 7 food stalls offering 26 different options of Colombian products, many never seen before, which gave an impressive display of our culture showcasing our skills and businesses, with some even securing new opportunities for growth, selling over $17K in food and drinks, with more than 1,400 items sold to more than 400 different individuals.

Get your Tickets ready for major sporting event✅

Australia Cup 2024 Round of 32: Darwin Hearts FC vs Hume City FC Darwin’s own Darwin Hearts Football Club will welcome the visitors from Victoria, Hume City FC for the knockout match of the Australia Cup 2024 round of 32 on Tuesday July 30.

Praying for first victory of Darwin Hearts FC 🥂🐊🎉
Excited to share 🎉🎉
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Surprising News of happiness blowing our Filipino 🇵🇭 client into tears instantly!
I thank her perseverance to wait for visa for nearly 6 months- with 2 times COE & OSHC deferral along with additional 2 weeks extension from college.
Congratulations to George Thomas & Dolph Business School Melbourne ✅🇵🇭

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You meet your 13-year-old self, but you can only tell them 3 words.
What do you say and why?

Community consultation for Nepal Festival 2024- Darwin!

Yet another major festival happening in Darwin. 🎫

🎉 Exciting Announcement! 🎉

All community members are heartily welcome to the Nepal Festival 2024 community consultation happening at 4 PM on May 26th, 2024.

Join us to share your thoughts and help make this year’s festival the best one yet! 🎊

📅 Mark your calendars for the Nepal Festival on June 1st, 2024.

Let’s celebrate together! 🇳🇵

This is one of those heart-touching real-life stories that depicts the power of true love. It is the story of Dr. Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, who hails from India and Charlotte Von Schedvin, who belongs to Sweden.

Pradyumna Kumar, born to a low-income family of untouchables in Orissa, was a gifted artist. But his family could not fund his education due to lack of money. He was always insulted due to the cruelty of the caste system.

He was later able to join the College of Arts in New Delhi in the year 1971. He gained a lot of popularity there for his beautiful portraits.

Four years later, a 19-year-old student Charlotte Von Schedvin who was a student in London, came to learn of his skills and traveled to India to get her portrait made. During the period of making the portrait, Pradyumna Kumar fell in love with her beauty and she, with his simplicity.

Charlotte changed her name to Charulata and married Kumar following Indian traditions and rituals. It was then time for Charlotte to leave for Sweden, and she wanted her husband Pradyumna to come along, but he intended to finish his studies.

She also offered to send him air tickets later, to which he refused to say that he would come to see her on his own. The two kept expressing love through letters. The distance wasn’t a barrier for them.

Kumar had made a promise, but in reality, he had no money. He could not give up on his love, and it was then he did the impossible. He sold all that he had, bought a second-hand bicycle, took all his brushes along, and set for a voyage to the far west to reunite with his love. It sounds like a dream, doesn’t it?

His cycle broke down on the way a few times. He even had to go without food for days due to a shortage of money but was determined to reach Sweden. After four months and three weeks of more than just a tiring journey, he finally reached Gothenburg, Sweden.

Upon being questioned by the immigration officers there, he told them the reason for his visit and showed them the pictures of his marriage. The authorities were stunned that how could someone from a royal family marry a poor man, that too an Indian.

When Charlotte came to learn of it, her joy knew no bounds. She drove to Gothenburg to receive her husband. Her family accepted and welcomed Pradyumna in their family.

It has been 40 years of their marriage, and Pradyumna lives in Sweden with his wife and two children. He is a celebrated artist in Sweden and works as an advisor of Art and Culture under the Swedish Government. His village that once always shunned him now welcomes him lovingly each time he visits India.

A family man has called for help at this tough time, facing sudden loss of his father while on a visit to Australia.

Generous, capable and interested individuals are requested join hand in this fundraising.

Please read fundraisers appeal below:⬇️

Rest in Peace departed soul. 🌺🌺

Donate to Seeking support to Repatriate my Dad’s Body back to Nepal, organized by Dhaneshwor Sunar Hello, my name is Dhaneshwor Sunar. I am reaching out with a … Dhaneshwor Sunar needs your support for Seeking support to Repatriate my Dad’s Body back to Nepal

10 Lessons From Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

1. Find what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. Your Ikigai lies at the intersection of these four elements.

2. Pursue your passions wholeheartedly. When you engage in activities that you're passionate about, you naturally feel more fulfilled and energised.

3. Keep your body and mind active. Engage in physical activities, mental challenges, and lifelong learning to maintain vitality and cognitive function.

4. Build strong connections with family, friends, and community. Surround yourself with people who support and uplift you.

5. Life is filled with ups and downs. Cultivate resilience to navigate challenges with grace and bounce back from setbacks stronger than before.

6. Strive for balance in all aspects of life—work, relationships, leisure, and personal development. Avoid extremes and seek harmony.

7. Practice mindfulness and savour the present moment. Let go of worries about the past or future and focus on fully experiencing the here and now.

8. Take care of your physical and mental well-being by prioritising sleep, nutrition, stress management, and self-care practices.

9. Cultivate an attitude of gratitude. Appreciate the blessings in your life, big and small, and express thanks regularly.

10. Stay curious and open to new experiences by continuously learning, growing, and evolving as an individual.

Did you know that if you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants in a jar, nothing will happen? But if you shake the jar hard, the ants start killing each other. The red ants consider the black ants their enemies, and the black ants consider the red ants their enemies. The true enemy is the one shaking the jar. The same thing happens in human society. So, before we attack each other, we should think about who is shaking the jar!

Credit: Kurt Vonnegut

I LOVE THIS ANALOGY:
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee?
"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea. Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"
When life gets tough, what spills over? Joy, gratitude, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, victim mentality and quitting-tendencies?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.


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🌺Living up the memories from the First World War🌺

The Australians landed at what became known as Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, and they established a tenuous foothold on the steep slopes above the beach. During the early days of the campaign, the allies tried to break through the Turkish lines and the Turks tried to drive the allied troops off the peninsula. Concerted but unsuccessful allied attempts to break through in August included the Australian attacks at Lone Pine and the Nek. All attempts ended in failure for both sides, and the ensuing stalemate continued for the remainder of 1915.

The most successful operation of the campaign was the evacuation of the troops on 19–20 December under cover of a comprehensive deception operation. As a result, the Turks were unable to inflict more than a very few casualties on the retreating forces. The whole Gallipoli operation, however, cost 26,111 Australian casualties, including 8,141 deaths. Despite this, it has been said that Gallipoli had no influence on the course of the war.

🌺Lest we forget🌺

Abdullah, a young international student who went through a horrific attack have now his voice heard and painful expression captured.

It was very disturbing to get images of his incident and upon meeting him, he barely knew anyone to share his fear and stressful time.

Thank you 9 News Darwin for bringing out his and all other recent victims’ news aiding much needed concerns for public safety in Darwin and surrounding.

All public must now be extra careful.
Northern Territory Government

Holi, a festival of great significance in Hindu religion; celebrated today at Jingli waters park, NT by Nepalese Association of Northern Territory Inc - generously supported by Northern Territory Government to promote community harmony and diversity.

The festival from home remained greatly embraced by wider Nepalese in Darwin and surroundings, community members and politicians in Northern Territory.
Luke Gosling MP
Kate Worden MLA: Member for Sanderson
Natasha Fyles

Participating in Harmony Day hosted by Northern Territory Government at Parliament House, Darwin
I was totally amazed to see cultures from different parts of the globe. Absolutely terrific social event!

STAGE- MIC- PERFORMANCE & Me have had great relationships, be it on School days, High School and Undergrad years!
From hosting hour long shows, acts, plays, music video, movie, dance and comedy 🎭 all in my books.
I always wished I could do music- but it never happened yet.

Recalling colourful events of life 💬🔆

Watch out cricket fans in NT!
Great sporting event by Non-Resident Nepali Association of Northern Territory in association with several community members and organisations.
This must be great news for cricket enthusiasts.

Clear and farsighted vision, calculated action, positive manifestation, relentless efforts and YOU made a history Binod Kunwar Dai. Massive congratulations on the successful completion of the cricket ground and for such a grand inauguration of your dream project.

Absolutely incredible!

Australia Day 2024! Culture & social connect events all over. Don’t forget to explore and connect.

Wonderful work by Non-Resident Nepali Association of Northern Territory and Nepalese Association of Northern Territory Inc

It must have given great sense of community harmony and wellbeing to all participants and guests attending the event.

Congratulations and Best wishes to new NRNA NT Team of 2023-2025.

Northern Territory Nepalese community looks forward to your commitment in continuing the spirit of community work to showcase and preserve our culture and needs of the Nepalese community members, and also advocate our potential contributions to wider NT communities.

Non-Resident Nepali Association of Northern Territory Nepalese Association of Northern Territory Inc

If you are in Darwin- Haven’t got job yet- start with Volunteering. It opens up several opportunities and gives you a sense of team work and achievements.

⭐️Do you want to volunteer for CareFlight Top End's 2023 Hangar Ball!?⭐️

CareFlight's annual Hangar Ball is a fun-filled event for attendees and for volunteers! All volunteers enjoy a meal, cold beverages throughout the night, snacks, and all the entertainment of the Ball while helping us to fundraise.

If you’d like to volunteer for this wonderful event, see more info here: https://www.careflighthangarball.org/volunteer

Non-Resident Nepali Association of Northern Territory executing its flagship festival with great participation of local community organisations, associations, community members, volunteers, businesses and wider communities. Proudly sponsored by Northern Territory Government and Supported by Darwin Waterfront Nepalese Association of Northern Territory Inc Darwin Hearts FC Embassy of Nepal, Canberra, Australia the event was a great success.

I hope visitors and participants could feel the depth of love towards Nepalese culture by the Nepalese community residing in the NT.

Nepal Festival 2023 Darwin is coming up and it was utterly satisfying to share & promote about the event with local Darwin community people at the Sunday market today. Darwin Waterfront Non-Resident Nepali Association of Northern Territory

Lucky Udu changing the world around him.
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