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Inclusive Tourism and Adaptive Sports
Inclusive and Adaptive Sports & Goalball - 2025
The trainers built different stations to teach participants with visual disabilities and project interns the basics of Goalball game like warm-up exercise, defense and a fence techniques. They also explained the Sports Teacher and other students of Lab School about the rules and techniques to play the Goalball match and how it can be used as a sport for everyone to play together regardless of their disabilities.
This training will continue for next two months i.e. May and June, 2025 where 4 of the Spanish Students Mr. Manel Granero Cedrón, Mr. Tomas Edgar Requena, Ms. Isabel Giner Ferrer and Mr. Arnau Pérez Plà will work with our project interns and facilitate the school. This event is an initiative by Chain For Change in collaboration with Expedición Solidaria, St. Xavier's College, Maitighar, Laboratory Secondary School, Kirtipur, Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, EWE Consortium and IES La Creueta.
Guiding Techniques & Mobility Skills Training – 2025
During the 2 days of training, 9 students with visual disabilities and a teacher with visual disability participated to learn mobility skills design to be used in their daily lives and hiking whereas 16 project interns who participated learned different guiding techniques to support their pair with visual disabilities.
There were 3 Spanish specialized Trainor where Mr. Alfonso Xosé González Cabarcos taught participants to use Spanish techniques of guiding persons with visual disabilities in the hiking and trekking route using a long sticks. Similarly, Mrs. Kety Balibrea Melero and Mrs. Nuria Caus Pertegaz facilitated the participants with spatial orientation of using the map and other sporting techniques like rope to support persons with visual disabilities during hiking and trekking. Four of the Spanish students also assisted them during the course.
The Executives of CFC Mr. Abhishek Shahi and Ms. Deepika Shahi also taught the participants with visual disabilities to use the white cane for mobility in hiking and during daily life. They also taught the project interns to guide their pairs with visual disabilities in friendly and safe manner.
On 26th April, 2025, 12 individuals with visual disabilities, their pairs, trainers, representatives from partner organization and CFC members went for an inclusive hike to Nagi Gompa, Shivapuri National Park. This project was successfully conducted by Chain For Change along with its partners Expedición Solidaria, St. Xavier's College, Maitighar, Laboratory Secondary School, Kirtipur, Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, EWE Consortium, IES La Creueta and Access Nepal Tour.
Assessment of Accessible Inclusive Hike to Bishnudwar and Danda gaun - 2025
The group started to hike from Shivapuri National Park, Budhanilkantha Check Post to Bhagdwar where a beautiful waterfall can be seen. The special part about Bhagdwar is that it resembles as if water is falling from a tiger face stone spout from which holy river Bagmati originates.
During the hiking route, they applied different guiding techniques to support persons with visual disabilities like using ropes, trekking sticks, white canes and corporal support. They walked and climb rocks and hills on the way and seek for possibilities to bring children with visual disabilities in this path.
On the way, the team found few setbacks which made them consider to choose other easier alternatives trail for hiking. First, there was a landslide in between a course, which was risky to take children with visual disabilities. Second, climbing rocks to Bhagdwar is quite challenging for younger and unexperienced children with visual disabilities. The third and final reason was that the waterfall at Bhagdwar dried up. Thus, the hiking got concluded reaching to Danda gaun.
Assessment of Accessible Inclusive Hike to Chandragiri Hills - 2025
Chandragiri is located 16Km south west of central Kathmandu valley at an altitude of 2551 meters and is one of the four hills that surround the valley. Not just the bird's eye view of the valley, one can also observe stunning mountain sight of The Himalayan range along with green forest and Bhaleshwor Mahadev temple at the top, because of which, it is getting wide popularity. People have option to use the cable car and reach to the top too.
Our team started this hike from Cable car base which was apparently the shortest route. Walking for around an hour, we observed that there was no clear signboards to indicate the hikers about the trail. Even after a lot of attempts, we could not find a proper path to get us to the hill top. We found that it was sparsely used and locals did not pay much attention in conserving the course. As we sensed that the path was inaccessible for our inclusive hiking event, we took the cable car and reach to the top.
Guiding Techniques & Mobility Skills Training For Inclusive Trekking - 2024
This was the first training of its kind in Nepal which was designed inclusively for persons with visual disabilities to do trekking in Mountains. The technique that Mr. Alfonso taught was originated and adopted from Spain.
Sharing Knowledge in Outdoor Sports for Persons with Visual Disabilities - 2023
The interaction was based on the Inclusive and Adapted Sports so that persons with visual disabilities can also be a part of various outdoor sporting activities. Members of Chain For Change, Teachers and Students of various clubs of St. Xavier's College, Maitighar, and Mrs. Mina Shrestha (School Coordinator) and Mrs. Samita Devi Shakya (Blind Section In charge) of Laboratory Secondary School, Kirtipur became a part of this event. Mr. Shaan Baidya, Mr. Abiral Manandhar and Mr. Praphulla Lal Shrestha snapped the pictures.
Guiding Techniques and Mobility Skills Training - 2023
On the first day of the training, 15 persons with visual disabilities and their guides learn correct mobility skills using their rolling white canes in out/in-door settings, safely navigate without using white canes, proper guiding techniques and disable friendlier approaches and behaviors at Laboratory Secondary School, Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Next day, a group of 44 including 17 persons with visual disabilities, their guides, teachers from Laboratory Secondary School, parents/guardians, camera crew and CFC members hiked to Nagigumba at Shivapuri-Nagarjung National Park.
Fr. Jiju Varghese, S.J - Superior and Director of International Relation of St. Xavier's College, Maitighar, Kathmandu also blessed the hikers with his graceful presence. After the hike, participants were awarded with certificates. Ms. Jeena Maharjan and Mr. Pradip Chaudhary captured all the happenings of the event through their camera.
Guiding Techniques and Mobility Skills Training - 2022
36 Participants with and without visual disabilities also got chance to hike to Sundarijal at Shivapuri-Nagarjung National Park on 14th August, 2022 after receiving a day long training on 13th August, 2022. On 15th August, the closing ceremony was held at the hall of Laboratory Secondary School. Participants with visual disabilities also received rolling white canes as a mobility aid during the session. Mr. Shaan Baidya, Mr. Abiral Manandhar and Mr. Praphulla Lal Shrestha clicked the pictures of 3 days event and Ms. Subi Blon filmed the all the happenings.
Guiding Techniques and Mobility Skills Training - 2019
Ms. Sharmila Khadgi acted as an main trainer and other board members of 'Chain For Change' assisted her during the course. The two days training was held in 'Paropakar Adarsha High School', Bhimsinsthan, Kathmandu on 30th October and 31st October, 2019. During these days, correct mobility skills in both in-door and out-door for persons with visual disabilities and proper guiding techniques for persons assisting visual disabilities were trained for in-door and out-door setting. On 2nd November, hiking to Shivapuri-Nagarjung National Park was done as to implement theoretical learning to practical setting for 35 people. Participants were also provided with whitecanes during the hike for smooth navigation. These entire event were being captured and documented by the camera crew of Mr. Gagan Thapa who were assigned to prepare a documentary and snap the pictures of the happenings.
Awareness on Blindness and Their Mobility with Whitecane Distribution - 2018
Awareness on Blindness and Their Mobility with Whitecane Distribution