EmpowHER 2017 Changemakers

Aneeta Dahal is one of the changemakers for EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Impact Project Menstrual Awareness is focused towards linking with Girls’ Health and Education makes young girls aware about sanitary hygiene and trains them to make their own sanitary pads. This project is designed for the betterment of womens’ health, economic status and overall environment. Read more about Aneeta’s effort.

Angela Shrestha is one of the changemakers for EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Impact Project Hamro Avash is a project to revive the home stay tourism in Sermathang village and to promote Helambu as a tourist destination. Read more about Angela’s effort.

Anjana Jarga Marga is one of the changemakers for EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Project Women’s Creativity works for women empowerment  through handicrafts. The project aims to provide employment opportunities and platform to women where they can show their creativity by enjoying what they do. Read more about Anjana’s effort.

Ashna Khadgi is one of the changemakers for EmpowHER 2017.Her Service Impact Project She is More is a career counseling program designed to help young girls select their career path so that they can make proper faculty choices to pursue their career.

Ichhya KC is one of the changemakers for EmpowHER 2017.Her Service Impact Project Uttshaha is a home center of single women with disability. It aims to provide job opportunities for single women with  disability and provide guidance for their rights, dignified life and economic empowerment. Read more about Ichhya’s effort.

Keshu Khadka is one of the changemakers of EmpowHER 2017.Her Service Impact Project Syahar Sansaar aims to provide women labourers and workers a world of care and support through combination of health, entrepreneurship and empowerment. It will meet their pregnancy and delivery needs and will help them sustain their livelihood in a simpler way. Read more about Keshu’s effort.

Manusmriti Baral is one of the changemakers of EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Impact Project Yatra: Aware, Educate and Empower is an awareness project designed to make women aware through photo exhibitions, about the legal rights. Read more about Manusmriti’s effort.

Nancy Agrawal is one of the changemakers of EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Impact Project Sutradhar aims to cover stories of deprived communities, a song of hardships and communicate such stories via television to generate help. The project acts as a bridge between the needful and the prosperous providing strength to people who face similar hardships. Read more about Nancy’s effort.

Nancy Sherpa is one of the changemakers of EmpowHER 2017.Her Service Impact Project Shakti aims for economic empowerment of home makers by providing them the skills to make jewelry during their leisure time and also selling them in the right market. Read more about Nancy’s effort.

Nuchchu Hangma Rai is one of the changemakers of EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Impact Project Batika aims to provide life skills about hospitality management and interior decoration to women of Dovane Fedi, Bhojpur so that they can uplift their social, cultural and economic status by setting up home stays. Read more about Nuchchu’s effort.

Pabitra Majhi is one of the changemakers of EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Impact Project Sahasi aims to work on providing non formal education, awareness regarding different social issues and capacity building training to the underprivileged and disadvantaged married women of Ishworpur municipality in Sarlahi district.

Pradhanya Yonzon is one of the changemakers of EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Impact Project प्रयाश परिवर्तनको लागी aims to raise awareness among young girls, aged 13-15 about the importance of becoming financially independent and to have sole power over the major decisions in life like education advancement, career and marriage. Read more about Pradhanya’s effort.

Prarthana Saakha is one of the changemakers of EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Impact Project Prayas trains youths of 10 different colleges in Kathmandu with a professional safety course designed for the roads of Nepal to sensitize them on proper and safe riding etiquette and skills so that the number of causalities on road accidents reduces by 30%-40%. Read more about Prarthana’s effort.

Rojina Parajuli is one of the changemakers of EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Impact Project Waste Management Through Segregation and Recycling involves sensitizing school and college students the need & importance of managing waste and ways to properly manage waste so that they can set an example and encourage everyone to do the same. Read more about Rojina’s effort.

Sarita Purkoti is one of the changemakers of EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Impact Project Women Involvement in Agriculture aims to work with 5 marginalized women of Lamatar to make them economically independent by doing seasonal farming in small area of land.

Suraksha Shrestha is one of the changemakers of EmpowHER 2017. Her Service Impact Project Hastakala aims to build empowerment to women of Sankhuwasabha through training of handicraft (making paper envelope, greeting cards, bags) to create their own source of income. Read more about Suraksha’s effort.