About Our Nepal Team
All our staff are volunteers who are committed to our mission and freely give away their time and resources. Our oldest girls, who have been in our program for 10 years or longer, now volunteer to help and mentor the younger girls. Some day we hope our organization will be operated and administered solely by our alumni, Nepali girls who received scholarships and have since graduated and obtained professional positions in business, medicine, nursing, engineering, and other fields.
PASANG TEMBA SHERPA
President
President of Empower Nepali Girls and in charge of all operations in Nepal. He was educated in England and trained as a mountaineer. He is from the Everest region, attended a Sir Edmund Hillary school, and qualified as a guide and environmental educator. He has lived and worked in various countries around the world holding positions in management and environmental education.
Executive Director
As the Executive Director, Babita is responsible for the ongoing operations and day to day execution of the ENG vision and values. In August 2015, Empower Nepali Girls welcomed Babita as our first employee dedicated full time to helping improving the education and opportunity for the girls in our program. Babita is the embodiment of our organization, an example of a successful, professional woman, who is changing the lives of hundreds of girls in Nepal. Her intelligence, integrity and gentle manner is why our scholarship girls, their families, their schools and their communities respect and trust her. She is our ambassador for the work that Empower Nepali Girls is doing.
Prior to this role, Babita was our General Secretary of the foundation in Nepal. She has received her masters degrees in social work and counseling psychology, and serves as a model for our younger girls of professional excellence. We are honored that Babita has joined our organization. She is making a difference in the future of Nepal.
Program Coordinator
Rojina takes care of all direct accounting through our office within Nepal to address students’ needs. She is in constant contact with school and government officials coordinating the expectations between our organization and these stakeholder groups. She has served as a crucial component of in-person field visits to homes and schools of our scholarship girls to ensure their wellbeing. During the various workshops and programs that our organization hosts for our scholarship girls Rojina is in charge of organizing the necessary logistics. With a constant stream of receipts, budgets, school fees and supplies always needing attention, Rojina makes it possible for ENG to distribute scholarships and supplies to all our girls.
Treasurer
“The one thing I have always known I’d like to do with my life is to help people. Having spent the last three years working in the social care field, I have come to realize that my passion lies in helping people who are less advantaged. My motivation for becoming a social worker came about from my past experiences growing up. During my adolescent years I both witnessed and experienced families in crisis. This had a profound effect on me and after a process of soul searching as to the best use of my skills whilst at the same time satisfying a need to give something back, I have chosen to become a social worker. I believe in one helping hand more than hundred talking mouths.”
We are so fortunate to have someone is so focused and caring helping us to turn donations people give into the reality of an education for our children. As a member of the board he is responsible for the development of budget each fiscal year, and advising the board on financial matters.
Vice-President
Mr. Kumar Bhattarai has been associated with Empower Nepali Girls, serving as its volunteer Vice-President since 2012. He is well qualified to perform this role as he has been involved in various endeavors within Nepal’s educational system for more than 20 years. Presently, he is the principal of Rising Rays Boarding School in Kathmandu. Rising Rays Boarding School has previously received a National Education Award from the government for his efforts as principal there.
He is active and visits many schools across the country, advising other principals in how to improve their schools and educational programs. Additionally, as a member of the School Sports Development Committee he tirelessly works with students across Nepal up to the Class 10 age group to expand and reward their participation in school sports competitions. Empower Nepali Girls is thankful for his participation in the improvement of education in Nepal. His work is a shining example of appropriate social service.
Volunteer / Nepal ENG Board Member
Since 2011, Arun has been helping ENG establishment. Inspired by our president, Pasang Sherpa, Arun joined ENG to help make a difference in social work. As a manager of a stationary factory, Arun helps ENG supply the paper and materials for the girls in our program. The stationary and tools are important components of what we provide our children throughout the school year. He is a key partner by not only providing stationary but making sure we have the transportation we need to get the materials to the girls.
DIKKI SHERPA
Active Volunteer of Empower Nepali Girls
“I have been volunteering with ENG since 2013. ENG’s helping my cousin’s sisters for their bright future by providing education for children who are very poor, so I joined ENG for helping for my side as well. ENG helps many girls who are neglected and financially poor, they also council their girls and lead them to a bright future. That’s why I love and enjoy volunteering in ENG.”
Following the 2015 earthquake our ENG team distributed recovery supplies to schools which were hit by the earthquake. Dikki handled so many different aspects of this project, we can’t even list them all. From packing the boxes filled with items like printers, computers, and footballs to going to the schools to pass out the gifts, Dikki spread her smile and the message of education during this trying period of Nepal’s history.
SAMIR THAPA
In Memory of our Beloved Volunteer / Interpreter
“I have passed my +2 (higher study) and I have been planning to go abroad for my further studies, as I was new in the locality where ENG’s main office is located. I came in Pasang Sherpa, the President of ENG, and I was asked by Pasang Sherpa to volunteer. As I’m always keen to help others, I immediately agreed for the volunteering, I was happy to volunteer for ENG as I found how they helped needy girls.”
During the earthquake relief, Samir was one of our active volunteers in Kathmandu. Because he is fluent in both English and Nepali, he was a key interpreter for our US medical team and the hundreds of Nepali patients that our team looked after.