As HELP NEPAL Network has a policy of not
using the charitable donations for any administrative purposes,
it is currently trying to establish an Administrative Trust
Fund, which would sustain itself and help run the Network’s
two-member Kathmandu office in the future. We have outlined
in brief at the bottom of this page about how we have been
managing the administrative costs so far.
For the proposed Trust Fund, we are looking for at least 25
donors willing to contribute at least US$4,000. Our current
target is to raise US$100,000. The following have already
come forward to help us:
1. Dr Rudra Pandey (USA) US$ 4,000
The Chief Technology Officer of D2Hawkeye, a software company,
is one of the most successful young Nepali entrepreneurs in
the US. Mr Pandey and his company has been a long-standing
supporter of HeNN
2. Mr Mahanta Shrestha (England)
US$ 4,000
Mr Shrestha, a well-know social worker and an enthusiastic
supporter of HeNN, is one of the most successful Nepali businessmen
in the UK
3. Siddhartha Rana (Nepal) US$ 4,000
Mr Rana is a young and dynamic industrialist based in Kathmandu.
Chiarman of Tara Management Company and Bhotekoshi Power Company,
Mr Rana is involved with several business enterprises and
strongly believes in the “prosperous future” of
Nepal.
4. Alison McGrath (England) US$9,000
Ms McGrath is is based in London. Impressed by HeNN’s
commitment and dedication, she has been a generous supporter
of HeNN.
5. Mr Swarnim Wagle (Sri Lanka) US$4,000
Hailing from a village in Gurkha district, Mr Wagle, 31, graduated
from London School of Economics and Harvard. Currently he
is Trade Policy and Program Specialist at the UNDP Regional
Centre in Colombo.
6. Mr Manoj Basnyat (Bangladesh)
US$4,000
Mr Basnyat has worked extensively in the field of development.
Prior to starting the UN career, he had worked in remote districts
of Nepal like Rolpa, Rukum, Salyan, Pyuthan and Dang. Currently
he the UNDP Country Director in Bangladesh. He is one of UN's
senior-most Nepali professionals.
7. Bhandari Brothers Ltd. (England)
US$4,000
A group of young entrepreneurs, Bhandari Brothers (Kamal Bhandari,
Shankar Bhandari, Pashupati Bhandari, Yadav Bhandari) have
been a long-standing supporter of HeNN. They also help different
social activities of the Nepalese communities in the UK
8. Mr Chiranjibi Dhakal (England)
US$4,000
A restaurateur and a well-know priest, Mr Dhakal is an active
member of the Non-Resident Nepali International Coordination
Council and an enthusiastic promoter of HeNN.
9. Mrs. Sarika Mishra (England) US$4,000
A homemaker with two kids, Mrs Mishra is doing Masters in
Communities, Organisations and Social Change at the City University
in London and has a keen interest in charitable activities.
10. Dr Upendra Mahato (Russia) US$4,000
Dr Mahato is a highly successful multinational entrepreneur.
He is the President of Russia Nepal Chamber of Commerce &
Industry and Chairperson of International Coordination Committee
of Non-Resident Nepalis. He has contributed hugely towards
charitable causes in Nepal.
11. Mr Jibanath Lamichhane (Russia)
US$4,000
Mr Lamichhane is a multinational entrepreneur. He is the Vice-President
of Russia Nepal Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the
Director of Russia-based Technotrust Co. Ltd. and Nepal-based
Kantipur Engineering College, Molnia Power Pvt. Ltd. and Medicare
National Hospital. He is involved in several charitable causes
in Nepal.
12. Mr Uddhab Bhattarai (Scotland) US$4,000
Hailing from eastern district of Jhapa, an Engineer by education,
Mr Bhattarai is probably the most successful Nepali entrepreneur
in Scotland. Living in a small town of Arbroath, he has expanded
his business from a restaurant to a fast food to a hung department
store. In memory of his grandfather, he has also established
a Trust Fund, which supports various social causes in his
home town.
13. Mr Anil Thapa (Iceland) US$4,000
Anil is an executive member of HeNN UK.
He raised nearly US $1,500 in 2003 by running London 10K Marathon
for HeNN. He was the first person to run Marathon for HeNN
and subsequently ran two more marathons raising more funds.
Anil comes from a modest background, completed his Masters
from London South Bank University and now works as a System
Engineer in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. He says he
has contributed not because he has money, but because he has
a deep faith in what HeNN does.
14. Dr Sundar Mani Dixit (Nepal)
US$8,000
Dr Dixit is Nepal's one of the most respected medical doctors.
Apart from his profession, he also runs his own charitable
trust. He worked for nearly 25 years in Nepal's oldest (Bir)
hospital in Kathmandu as a Physician without pay or perks
- probably the only instance of its kind in the country. When
he served as a Director at the BP Koirala Institute of Health
Sciences in south-eastern Nepal, he distributed his monthly
salary amongst the lowest-ranking members of staff. Lately,
he has been a leading member of Nepal's civil society and
played an active role in the People's Movement-2.
15. Chandra Yonzon (Australia) US$4,000
Mr Yonzon is one of the most successful Nepali
entrepreneurs in Australia. He owns a chain of restaurants
and has expanded his business in other areas as well. He is
closely involved with several Nepali organisations and community
activities. He is a founding member of Nepali Association
of Victoria and the Vice-President of Non-Resident Nepali
Association - Australia.
16. Birendra Bahadur Basnet (Nepal) US$4,000
Mr Basnet is the Founder and Managing Director
of Buddha Air, Nepal's leading private airlines. He is involved
in various philanthropic activities, which range from donating
buses and ambulances to helping the victims of 2006 people's
uprising in Nepal. In 2007, he decided to spend NRs 2 from
each ticket sold from his airlines in philanthropic causes.
That is expected to come to around 8,000,000 rupees a year.
17. Mr Purnaman Singh Basnyat (Nepal) US$4,000
Seventy-six-year old Mr Basnyat was born into a well off family in Indrachowk, Kathmandu. He graduated in English literature at a time when there were only a few graduates in Nepal. With his educational and family background he could have gone into high-profile professions but he chose the hard path of social work. He travelled to the then remote Dhulikhel town in Kavre district, where he lived and worked as a teacher in Sanjivani High School until he retired in 1992. He is a life member of the Blind Welfare Association and Nepal Red Cross Society and is involved in several other charities.
18. Mr Subin Baral (Australia) US$4,000
Subin did his Bachelors, Masters and Chartered Accountancy from various respected Australian Institutions, including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia. He now works as a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young, a multinational audit firm in the US. Subin says his humble upbringing and the experiences during his student years inspired him to make this donation. He strongly believes that one does not have to be wealthy to bring about positive changes in society.
19. Ms Shraddha Tandan (UK) US$4,000
Shraddha is a young lady with high entrepreneurial motivation. She has worked with private colleges in London for over seven years and has travelled widely in South Asia. She studied Business Administration from Middlesex University in London and is pursuing an MA in Human Resource Management from the same University. She says she has donated to Help Nepal Admin Fund in the hope that more Nepalese women would follow suit.
20. Mr Badri Prasad Pandey (Qatar) US$4,000
As the Managing Director of Al-Fajer International Trading & Contracting Company in Doha, Mr Pandey is one of the very few highly successful Nepali businessmen in the Middle East. He studied Civil Engineering and worked as an Engineer in various capacities in Qatar before starting his own construction company in 2004. He has been living in Qatar since 1993 and has helped several charitable activities both in Qatar and Nepal.
21. Mr Sagar Nepal (Qatar) US$4,000
Mr Nepal hails from a remote Darechok village in Chitawan district. He went to Qatar in 1995 and studied Business Management at the National Education Centre, Qatar. In 2004, he established GCC Trading, Contracting, Import & Export Company. He is also a local partner of Kantipur daily's Qatar edition. Mr Nepal is the Joint Secretary of International Coordination Committee of Non-Resident Nepalese Association. He has been helping several charitable activities in Nepal. He was honoured by the Qatar National Human Rights Commission & Ministry of Interior of Qatar for his social & humanitarian work in 2008.
22. Dr Pranab Gyawali (UK) US$4,000
Founding member of HELP NEPAL Network (HeNN) and currently the President of HeNN-UK, Pranab is referred to as "a doctor with a difference" among his HeNN colleagues in the UK. He studied in Darjeeling from the age of four and then went to the UK for further studies. However, his passion to do something good for Nepal has been exemplary. Despite his exhaustive full-time job as a Consultant at a hospital in East London, Pranab has consistently remained the backbone of HeNN right from its inception and has been an inspiration to many Nepalis.
23. Rabindra Mishra (England) US$4,000
The Founder President of HELP NEPAL Network and the Head of the BBC Nepali Service, Rabindra, made a donation to celebrate his and his family's permanent return to Nepal after living in London for 15 years. Now, based in Kathmandu, he intends to spend as much time as as possible for HELP NEPAL Network in an effort to promote philanthropy in Nepal through the help of Nepali individuals and institutions.
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As you can see, the confidence and support
we have been receiving has been tremendous. However, we still
need more support so that we can continue to direct 100% of
funds donated to the charity to the target areas in Nepal.
As a way of expressing our gratitude to the Trust Fund donors,
their contribution will be acknowledged on this page and they
will be honoured for their generosity on the annual HELP NEPAL
International Day.
If you are interested to contribute to the Administrative
Fund, please write to us on admin@helpnepal.net.
From 2000 To Date
From 2000 up until 2003 all the administrative costs of the
charity were borne by the Network’s Executive Committee
members. However, as the projects grew in size and number
it became increasingly difficult to manage with volunteers
alone.
The Network therefore decided to establish a two-member office
in Kathmandu from January 2004 to help with project coordination,
implementation and monitoring. It also decided NOT to use
the funds donated to the charity to run the office but instead,
looked for sponsors who could help with the administration
costs.
A couple of generous businessmen, including the President
of the Non-resident Nepali's International Coordination Committee,
Dr Upendra Mahato, came forward to help us and donated approximately
US$4,500 to pay the salary of two members of staff for 2004,
05 and 06. Similarly, a Nepali businessman in Britain, Ashok
Shrestha, donated $1,000 to equip the office.
Impressed by what the Network has achieved,
UNDP has commissioned a project to HeNN and has also agreed
to bear the staff salary for 2007. From 2008, HeNN expects
to sustain the office from the Administrative Trust Fund proceeds.
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