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What Do We Owe Each Other?

By on March 1, 2013 in Impact Assessment, Stories of Impact, Women's Empowerment, Youth Development

  A few days ago, I was sitting in a café being interviewed for a friend’s research project on the global social contract–the collective norms and sense of responsibility that we are developing together through institutions and the increase in interactions and communications across the world. My friend asked me towards the end of the interview: [...]

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I Am Only One But Still I Am One…Lesson Learned.

By on February 6, 2013 in Building a Social Venture, Education, Poverty, Social Entrepreneurship, Starting the Journey, Women's Empowerment

Helen Keller once said “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do”.  This has been the most challenging concept I have yet to face and accept in [...]

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You’re So Sleek, But I’m Not Interested

By on December 14, 2012 in Design, Energy / Enviornment, Poverty, Stories of Impact, Water, Women's Empowerment

In college, I was enamored by all the savvy products that were being created by first world designers for pressing world issues. Buzz words like humanitarian design and design for bottom of the pyramid began forming. Interdisciplinary design was becoming more experimental and addressing bigger problems. Incredibly imaginative solutions were being produced for basic needs [...]

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Tips for Starting a Non Profit

5 Tips for Starting a Non-Profit

By on December 12, 2012 in Fundraising, Non-Profit Management, Non-Profits, Women's Empowerment

In 2010, I co-founded a leadership development organization for young women in Kathmandu, Nepal. The idea for Women LEAD was born in a dorm room, with my co-founder and close friend, Claire. We were juniors at Georgetown University, passionate about women’s leadership, and motivated by the discrimination we had witnessed women face in our home [...]

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Who (doesn’t) run the world? Girls.

By on November 28, 2012 in Featured, Women's Empowerment

Only 20% of political leaders in the world are women. Women leaders are under-represented in every country, from Nepal, where my organization works, to the United States, where despite recent gains, only 20% of Congress is female. In 2010, I co-founded Women LEAD, a leadership development organization for young women in Kathmandu, Nepal, because I [...]

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It All Started in a Dorm Room.

By on November 16, 2012 in Featured, Social Entrepreneurship, Starting the Journey, Women's Empowerment, Youth Development

When people ask me how on earth I ended up starting my non-profit Women LEAD at the age of 20, I often don’t know what to respond. The process of starting Women LEAD is full of moments of luck meeting opportunity.  If you had told me 4 years ago that I would be co-founding a [...]

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Dignity – A Basic Human Right

By on October 29, 2012 in Building a Social Venture, Education, Social Entrepreneurship, Women's Empowerment

I recently watched an online video that criticized the way in which ‘Africa’ and ‘Africans’ are portrayed by well-intentioned charities and not for profit organizations (Binyavanga Wainaina).  I have always prided myself on being aware of the many stereotypes that exist in the world and in particu lar regarding those living in African countries. However, [...]

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