Co-Foundator, Co-Director And Project Manager
We (a team of 3 graduate students from the Graduate Institute) won a USD 10'000 grant from the Davis Peace Foundation to create, develop and lead our project called Pokharise: "Empowering Young Nepali Girls through mountain hiking and environmental and cultural education."- Collaborated with 2 local partner NGOs: Kathmandu, Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP) and Rising Lotus Children Village (RLCV);- Designed the project and its objectives, managed the planning, the… Show more We (a team of 3 graduate students from the Graduate Institute) won a USD 10'000 grant from the Davis Peace Foundation to create, develop and lead our project called Pokharise: "Empowering Young Nepali Girls through mountain hiking and environmental and cultural education."- Collaborated with 2 local partner NGOs: Kathmandu, Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP) and Rising Lotus Children Village (RLCV);- Designed the project and its objectives, managed the planning, the organisation as well as logistics- Implemented the project in Nepal: Led a group of 13 Nepalese teenagers during 2 weeks; organised several worshops including on environmental education, managed dispute situations- Managed the budget (10'000 USD) with 3 people- Wrote the inital project proposal, the final synthesis, several articles- Managed the project follow up through the establishment of environmental clubs in the schools by our partnersAmongst others, we achieved a better understanding of environmental issues among participants, cleaned a mountain village, and launched the setup of environmental clubs in participating schools Show less