Backpacker to Ambassador: Felicity Volk's four decade long ‘love affair’ with Nepal

Felicity Volk served as the Australian Ambassador to Nepal from 2021 to 2024 and is now involved with the Australian Himalayan Foundation (AHF), an organisation dedicated to charitable work in the Himalayas. Following her appointment to the foundation’s Board of Directors last year, SBS Nepali spoke with her about the various aspects of Australia-Nepal bilateral relations, highlighting the role of the Nepali diaspora in Australia. In the first of five episodes of the podcast, Volk also reveals her nearly 40-year love affair with Nepal and explains how the Nepali spirit of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ has touched her.

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