It is in gratitude to my Youth Leader Mahesh Basnet that I write this open letter. I am genuinely grateful to my leader who took special care to do things the best he knew how. For your patience, guidance, support and encouragement I am forever grateful. It is because of you that I have known the meaning of the leader.
• Thank you for always letting me make my decision in regards to participating in activities. You never jumped to conclusions about my abilities and you always trusted that I knew my capabilities of better than anyone else ever would.
• Thank you for treating me like a member of the group. You always reminded me that my contribution was valuable and encouraged me to add different perspectives to our decision.
• Thank you for taking special care in planning activities and to ensure that there would always be a way for me to participate. You never chose an activity solely based on my needs but there was always a role I was able to play.
• Thank you for not drawing attention to qualities that made me unique in regards to my abilities or lack thereof. You knew along with the other adults that I was vision impaired. My story was mine to tell not your story.
This is what I appreciated more than everything else. I know each person in your youth group is different but the way you included and treated me couldn’t have been more perfect. Thank you for talking with me about the way you could improve. You made sure to teach me that my story was important to you should be important to others too. You never limited me but you were aware that there was something more difficult for me to do than others.
Thank you !!!!
Sundar Vushal
Vice-chairman world federation of democratic youth
