KG believes that personal change ripples out in society. 
KG facilitates mindful projects that help enhance personal well being, empathy and workmanship.

DFC projects

Students & educators empower themselves by exploring and solving problems through
Design-For-Change.

charitable giving

Jury from government schools ensure all donations to Giving100Percent reaches students in urgent needs.

members' dialogues

KG Members meet every month to explore personal change. Join us as a member to explore self-change.
OUR THEORY OF CHANGE
INSIDE-OUT-CHANGE:  In contrast to standard model of change where social, legal or central decision channels person’s behavior, KG promotes a model where personal development ripples out change in the society.  Towards that, we facilitate Mindful Actions which ripen positive changes at a personal level.
  • People evolve with mindful action where reflection and engagement inform each other.  This is captured by our logo of  two overlapping circles of inner reflection and outer action.
Reflection enhances our awareness to sense and understand our inner self, and to engage in activities that are authentic to us.
Engagement enhances our skills to engage with and impact the outer world so that our reflections become relevant to, and grounded in, reality.
  • Personal evolution is expressed as energy for self-care, empathy for others and excellence in work.  
  • Personal change naturally ripples out in an interconnected world as positive change in ways we cannot predict beforehand.

guiding principles

Laddership
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We act as ladders  for others.  In DFC, we facilitate students to lead.  In Charity, we facilitate donors by Giving100Percent of their donation to beneficiaries.
Building Relationship
We undertake small yet honest engagements as a way of working together.  These relationships with local schools and teachers provides the platform for our work.
 Mindful Actions
Mindful Actions combine inner reflection and outer engagement, as expressed by our logo, to ripen change. The gate to change, we believe, can open only from the inside, with mindful actions.
Dignity
We respect dignity of each individuals.  Dignity is a feeling of self-worth that assumes the right of self-determination and responsibility for solving one's problem.  For us, beneficiary should feel no shame and donor, no conceit. 
Transparency
We are a 100% transparent organization and all our financials are available to public, and every donation is fully accounted for.
Being the Change
 Members of KG Community contribute money and ideas to drive our work.  We do not solicit funding from development agencies or government sources. 

THE Executive TEAM

Umanga pandey

Founder-Director is interested in philosophy and management.

         Nabin linkha

Program Officer is  interested in extra-curricular activities like music and sports.

  urmila pokharel

Communications Admin Officer is interested in travel and religion.

A brief history since 2006

We encourage small personal changes to pave way to larger social change.  Our programs are results of working with individuals looking to "convert your passion into action".
  • 2006:  Six housewives pioneered a cause against classroom hunger (provided 21,000+ meals).  This anchored our work in the local government schools.
  • 2010: Three teachers wanted students to have notebooks to write on  (reached 2,500+ students).  This made us realize that we should look for change-agents among the beneficiaries.​
  • 2010: Eight recent college grads coordinated youth activism (over 100+ events) in 2010, giving rise to a culture of silent and non-violent political engagements.
  • 2013:  Six college volunteers started happy tummy campaign (reached 3,500+ students).  This has created pipeline for our recruitment.
  • 2015:  One of the ex-volunteered returned from abroad and provided counseling to the youth in the form of reflection exercises, giving rise to the student toolkit in 2015.


Organization affiliations

  • We are a Nepal-champion for Design For Change, a global movement that equips children with self-empowering tools.
  • "Friends of Kehi Garoun" is a USA based charity organization that helps run on-line campaigns our causes.
  • "KG Enablers" are organization that provide financial contribution towards organizational expenses.