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by Sierra Cvach

On March 26th and 27th, Seattle FC in partnership with Nepal Seattle Society successfully hosted the annual Nepali New Year Cup. The tournament was divided into two categories: Teams under age 35 and Teams over age 35. 

The under-35 category had 12 teams, including 3 out-of-state teams from Oregon, Idaho, and California, and included 144 players.  

The 35+ category had 4 local teams competing with a total of 56 players. Total attendance for the two-day event was over seven hundred, with around five hundred spectators on Saturday and roughly two hundred on Sunday.  

In the under 35-category, Seattle FC Yellow team won the finals and took first place. Seattle FC Black team was second place.  The MVP in the under-35 category was awarded to Umesh Pandey from Seattle FC Yellow. The final’s Man of the Match was Bharat Monger of Seattle FC Yellow.  

In the 35+ event, Everett Warriors Red team won the finals and took first place.  Everett Warriors Blue was second place. The MVP in the 35+ category was Jamyang Dorjee.

A total of $5000 cash prizes were awarded to the winners. 

The NEYPVAL team conducted a health assessment survey during this event.  The survey assessed the accessibility of healthcare in the surrounding Nepali community. 180 surveys were completed with the help of our community ambassadors. Stay tuned to see what data we have gathered and what we can learn about our community.

On March 20th, 2022, the Nepal Seattle Society- Health Committee’s NEYPVAL Team organized a first-ever literacy training focusing on teaching technology to our older Nepali-speaking population. This event was hosted at the Asian Counseling Referral Service Kent Office. We had a total of eight eager and friendly participants ranging from 60 to 71 years all from the local kent area. We all enjoyed piping hot samosas and chiya. During this event, we showed our participants how to use the self-test kits via video and live demonstration and how to use their cellphones.

Aayush Gupta, our community ambassador teaching participants how to use their phones.
Shraddha Malla, our public health officer teaches participants how to set a timer on their phones.

The crowd favorite was how to use Facebook, especially using the like button and posting their grandchildren’s pictures on their Facebook profiles. Unfortunately, two hours was a short time to teach all about social media to our adorable participants. The good news is that we are thinking of hosting similar literacy workshops, whether it be technology or health-focused such as measuring blood pressure. For now, if you are interested, please go ahead and put your thoughts under the comments or email us at [email protected].

Lastly, this event couldn’t have been possible without our volunteers: Aayush Gupta, Bickrant Shrestha, Saurav Kakshapati, Mitra Dhital, Tara Aryal, Padam Pokhrel, Buddhi Kunwar, Arjun Adhikari, Durga Shrestha, our Board of Directors and Advisory Board, as well as our partners CDC Foundation and Department of Health. We are grateful to Asian Counseling Referral Service at Kent for letting us host our event there. Thank you also to our volunteers Jyoti Lama and Samek Mulapati for making the instructional videos you can find here on how to use the zoom on mobile phones and computers. Also, if you want to learn how to use my chart for your healthcare organizations click here.

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