Famous MaHa duo, Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bamsha Acharya.
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The famous MaHa duo, Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bamsha Acharya, have begun the tour of the United States to raise funds for Help Nepal Network (HeNN) [www.helpnepal.net], a global charity run by Nepalis living in different parts of the world.
MaHa will perform two comedy episodes, Shraddha and Abhinandan, in seven different cities across America to help in HeNN’s effort to build a 13-bed health post in a remote Haripurwa village in Sarlahi district with the estimated cost of US$ 25,000.
Starting from San Francisco on June 17, MaHa will perform in Denver (June 24), Dallas (June 25), Boston (July 01), New York (July 08) and Washington DC (July 15) before ending their tour in Baltimore on July 16. Various local Nepali organizations will collaborate with HeNN to organize the shows in all the seven cities.
Apart from Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bamsha Acharya, the MaHa team includes Kiran KC, Mani Ratna Kansakar, Prem Raja Mahat, Pooja Chand and Yaman Shrestha.
The chief organizer of the MaHa US Tour, Shailesh Gongal, Chairman of HeNN-USA, said, “The goal of the tour is to raise funds and raise awareness about HeNN’s mission and achievements. By demonstrating that their contributions can have real and significant impacts on the needy communities, we hope to win people’s trust and thereby promote a culture of giving among Nepalis in general. And it is an honor to work with MaHa who are well known for their commitment to charity.”
Established six years ago, HeNN is spread in a dozen different countries with registered chapters in Austraila , Nepal, the UK and the USA. With a slogan ‘One Dollar a Month Fund for Nepal,’ HeNN aims to raise at least a dollar a month from every Nepali to provide access to health and education to the needy communities in Nepal.
HeNN has successfully completed more than two-dozen projects in the areas of health and education in different parts of Nepal. Currently, HeNN is also collaborating with a British charity, Nepal Balbalika Trust, to build a shelter in Dhulikhel, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, for Conflict Impacted Children in Nepal.