AIN celebrated
its 15 years anniversary on 15th September, amnews_id audience of AIN members and representatives
of European Union, UNDP, EU Delegation, NGO federation, DFnews_id, UNICEF and Social
Welfare Council (SWC). The theme for the 15th Anniversary
celebration was 'Synergy for Development, Snews_ide by Snews_ide: Year by Year'. The
Master of Ceremony for the celebration evening was AIN Program Coordinator,
Reshma Shrestha.
AIN Chairperson,
Mr. Achyut Luitel, commenced the function with a welcome remark followed by
Dr.Chhewang N.Lama, the Member Secretary of SWC who spoke about the
collaboration between AIN and SWC. Eiichi Sadamatsu, former Steering Committee
member, launched the 15th Anniversary Brochure 'AIN Inspirations' -
a collection of messages from 53 AIN members.
Brian Hunter,
Treasurer of AIN, facilitated the honoring session of all the key people behind
AIN, including Claudia McConnell followed by Dale Davis, Durval Martinez, Late Robin
Needam, Dr.Shibesh Chandra Regmi, Chij K. Shrestha, and Phanindra Adhikary were
acknowledged for their leadership as former chairs by Steering Committee member
Chanda Rai. AIN Secretariat Office Manager, Lucky Gurung was honored with a
token of appreciation for her 12 years service.
A documentary film
about AIN that documented AIN from the beginning till present was also
screened. The closing remark was delivered by Vice Chair - Lex Kassenberg, who
congratulated AIN for completing 15 successful years and thanked AIN staff
members for organizing the beautiful event. The program ended with a photo
gallery walk followed by dinner.
AIN was
established 15 years back in 1996.
Please find the link of the article related to the celebration of AIN's 15 years: http://www.spotlightnepal.com/National.aspx