Australian Ambassador joins mix-gender blind cricket event on International Women’s Day

Australia’s Ambassador to Nepal, HE Felicity Volk marked International Women’s Week in her cricketing gear by participating in a mix-gender blind cricket event at Mulpani Cricket Ground in Kathmandu. Cricket Association of the Blind organised the event with support of the Australian Embassy’s Direct Aid Program. The Embassy is also funding the development of a training manual for sporting events for people living with disability.

Addressing the event, Ambassador Volk expressed her sincere condolences on passing of one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history, Australian cricketer Shane Warne. Quoting the ‘Australian of the Year 2022’ and wheelchair tennis champion, Dylan Alcott, Ambassador Volk said, “We have to have greater representation of people with a disability absolutely everywhere. In our boardrooms, in our parliaments, in our mainstream schools, on our sporting fields, in our universities, absolutely everywhere.”