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.
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.