Our Goals and Acheivements
After
the inception, the Tamudhee UK has provided some noteworthy benevolent
services to the various individuals. Service to the needy is the old
traditional custom rooted in the life of the Gurungs since ancient
time. Practically, in the villages whoever was in need and destitute
the community provides help. For example when a death occurs in a
family at least one member of the house must have to attend the funeral
service. In this hour of trouble the community as a whole helps. In
this ritual service, the Tamu Priest purifies the individuals by the
traditional religious hymns. On that day all the relatives visits the
house mainly for two reasons first to pass the message of condolence
and console that in the hour of trouble we are with you. Secondly, the
relatives assemble to offer gift to the destitute family. Traditionally
this system is known syi-soi. The meaning of Syi-soi is to console the
bereaved family and pass the message that in the hour of trouble we are
with you. The offering or gift does not mean that the individual is
poor. Even the richest person also has to accept the offering. This is
the tradition. In case if any household deliberately does not attend in
the funeral service the individual household would be ousted from the
society. In order to preserve this tradition lively, the tamudhee
Association UK is coming to provide assistance to the needy one. The
only difference here is that the next of kin or relatives of the
destitute family must have to inform to the Association. Even in the
short period of time that the Association have been running we have
been able to provided benevolent services to needy people. The motto of
tamudhee is to help the needy one despite their caste, religion or sex.
The following are the benevolent work recorded in the association and
publish herewith for the general information.
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On
2nd February 2001 , K B Lama, 38, passed away at Middlesex Hospital in
London. He was the son-in-law of advisor Capt Ash Bahadur Gurung. Late
Lama's funeral service was arranged on Sunday 13th February at Kensal
Green Crematorium in West London. Executives, co-ordinators and
advisors and many other well-wisher tamus had attended the funeral
service. Later the Executive Committee decided to raise ?100 donation
from each committee member individually and arrange to help the late
Lama's family. In the initiation of the Committee, the donation raised
was Nearly ?1,400 and was handed over to Mrs Maya Gurung Lama, the
widow of late K B Lama, at a first suo-kai barbecue.
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On
14 June 2001 , Dhir Bahadur Gurung, 41,passed away at Frimley Park
Hospital. The Tamudhee Association arranged for funeral service on
Wednesday 20th June 2001, the funeral service was held at Aldershot
Crematorium Guildford Road. Many tamus had attended the funeral
service.
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On
3rd December 2001 , a student of Ealing College, named Sun Bahadur
Ghale who was a student passed away at Ealing Hospital. The Association
received the message that late Gale's parents wanted to see their son's
dead body at least at the end of final hour. Late Sun Bahadur's
relatives expressed their desires for Sun Bahadur Ghales body to be
flown back to Nepal for his funeral. Immediately the Association paid
?1,500 to the Airlines and released the dead body from the hospital
which was sent back to Nepal. Later the Association received an
appreciation letter from late Ghale's parents. They had even published
the story in Kanatipur daily vernacular Nepali newspaper appreciating
the Association.
On
10 January 2002 , Lekh Bahadur Gurung passed on. The association
arranged the funeral service. In the same time the association raised
the donation on the initiation of Surya Tamu former Secretary of the
Association. After the funeral service whatever the donation money was
raised all the rest amount was donated to the widow.
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On
15 November 2002 , Late Gau Prasad Gurung, 45, Kaski Armala village
passed away at Glasgow Hotel in Scotland. Mrs Phulmaya Harris Lama
passed this message through Om Gurung BEM former Vice President to the
tamudhee. Later the Executive Committee decided to send a
representative to act on behalf of the Association to attend in the
funeral service at Glasgow, Scotland. Advisor Professor Chandra Bahadur
Tamu and founder Vice President Om Prasad Tamu BEM went to Scotland and
on behalf of Tamudhee, and attended the funeral service. In the
initiation of Mrs Phulmaya Harris Lama at Edinburgh the donation was
collected. The Association also raised the donation individually. Later
paying all funeral service expenses, the rest amounting to ?1,400 sent
to Nepal to late Gau Prasad's wife. More than ?900 donation was raised
only from Nepalese community in Scotland. The Association is highly
obliged and pleased with the Nepalese community in Scotland for their
help to the Association. The detail of the event is published in the
second issue of Freci youth magazine, the official journal of the
Association.
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Former
Gurkha Engineer Ex-Soldier Lalkaji Gurung passed on in Reading. In the
time of his funeral service the Association's Executive members,
advisors and many other Gurungs had attended the funeral service.
During the funeral the visual scene was taken. Later after funeral
service the VDO cassette was prepared ?300 was spent. The Association
donated that amount.
