About Nepal Village Foundation

Welcome to Nepal Village Foundation (NVF) blog site. NVF is a London based small grassroots organisation. We are working with poorest and Dalit people to improve the livelihood in rural villages of Nepal.

Mission of the organisation

We will improve the wellbeing of the poor and Dalit people in rural Nepal by enabling access to education and learning. We will strengthen villages to enable change to happen in a enduring way so that they determine their own futures and make good use of resources available to them. 

Meet the team

Carole Sharma [Chair]

Carole is CEO of Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals and a consultant in workforce development. Previously she has been chair of Action Village India and worked as national workforce development manager at National Treatment Agency.

 

Dr Subo Shanmuganathan [Vice Chair]

Subo has a PhD in Clinical Immunovirology from Imperial College and currently working for Macmillan Cancer Support as a Head of Learning and Development. She has a proven track record of achieving effective results at strategic and tactical levels in both operational and policy development roles.

 

Ms Pam Miller [Treasurer]

Pam is a Mixed-media artist and she studied fine art at Lanchester Polytechnic where she specialised in painting and printmaking. She has spent most of her working life teaching art in secondary schools in London and the North East – and still moderates GCSE art for AQA examining board. She gave up teaching three years ago to concentrate on her own art work and related pursuits. Website is http://www.pammillerart.com

 

Mr Krit Sharma [Secretary and project manager]

Krit has MSc in Development management, currently works for Virgin Trains West Coast Ltd and he is also vice president of ANMUK.

 

Ms Jan King [trustee]

Jan is a senior officer in British Territorial Army and a Freelance charity consultant at Freelance Consultancy.

 

Ms Heather Saunders [trustee]

Heather has MSc in Development Management and currently works for the Department for International Development in London.

 

Mr David Lines [trustee]

David has studied MBA from the OU and currently works as a head of content at UK trade and Investment. Previously he has worked as an information researcher at BBC News and Current Affairs. He has expertise in Content editing, project planning and delivery and is a fluent German Speaker.

 

Dr Rajeeb Sah [trustee]

Rajeeb is a public health specialist and PhD scholar at the Canterbury Christ Church University. He has several years experience of working with marginalised and disadvantaged communities in the UK, Nepal, Georgia and Turkey and he also authored a book titled “Parental attitudes and beliefs towards Childhood Immunisation”.