our work with tools that enhance awareness of the self and the other.

WELL-BEING

As you become more aware of yourself, you will exercise your freedom to find ways to strengthen your own well-being.

COMMUNICATION

When you become curious about others, you will seek deep communication with others, respecting others to chart out their own paths.

COLLABORATION

There will be joy and effectiveness in collaboration that comes out of such deep communication.

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1. KG-Nepal collaborates with organizations to explore empathy sessions towards effective communication and collaboration.
2. Kehi Garoun collaborates with teachers of government schools to channel 100% of charity donation to children in need.
3. As an open community, we collaborate with Awakin Circle to host weekly sessions in mindfulness and reflective sharing.

Affiliations

"Resuming Lives, Camp Day 1"https://www.facebook.com/Kehi.Garoun/media_set?set=a.830416413662499.1073741832.100000824431152

Posted by KG - A Cause on Monday, May 11, 2015

Posted by KG - A Cause on Friday, May 8, 2015

Sweaters Campaign

In this shivering winter season, we started out to help 250 students without sweaters, and ended up helping 1300+.

Learner-Centric-Teaching

Teachers' Workshop to redefine the equip teachers to create student-centered teaching environment.

Giving100percent

Giving 100 percent of your money to children-in-need as gifts of educational materials such as stationery.

A Better World!

We can do no great things, only small things with great love - Mother Teresa

Be the change - fulfill educational aspirations; one child's at a time!

Recently helped

Urgent Needs

I want to help

Ajaya Bhadra Khanal, the editor of Himalayan Times, believes in consultative process in designing public solutions..

Umanga Pandey, the founder-director of KG, believes that a small team of committed individuals can indeed empower a nation.

Ranjit Acharya, the CEO of Prisma Advertising, believes that good projects can transform many lives if promoted effectively.

Sunil Shrestha, the owner of ECS media, believes that iterative process of learning by doing can be used to transform public space.

How to participate?

• Join us in the events through  facebook
• Support other activist groups (in 'Why Nepal' blog)

Initiate a Passion Project

This submission of a change-idea is an application for Fellowship.
What to expect?

• Your idea will be reviewed against the selection criteria.
• Contact us, if we haven't already, in two weeks of submission
  

Fellows Testimonials - Coming Soon!

GIFTS PROGRAM

Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.  - Antole France

• Gifts Program aims to connect caring individuals to those teachers trying to help their students in dire economic hardship.
• Teachers from around 30 government schools in Kathmandu actively collaborate to identify and select the most urgent needs. 
• We have been gifting notebooks, spectacles and dress to at least two students a day. 
• Mid-day Meals and Stationery Campaign integrated in the Gifts Program

"GIVE GIFTS DIRECTLY TO THOSE IN NEED" 

GIFTS PROCESS

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Fun Learning
In 2011, Atulya Pandey and Gaurav Rana came back to Nepal from their US colleges to spend their summers.  They were inspired by 'Toy from Trash' concept and innovated a practical session for children of the Education Network.

Selection Criteria 

We choose ideas based on the following merits:
1. It enables normal people to participate in change-process.
2. It addresses gaps that are not looked at by other social/political/economic organizations.
3. It has a clear 'owner' who is willing to be the change.
4. We give preference to projects in education that can complement our current project ESN. 

Selection Process Stages

1. Stage 1 -  Preliminary Rounds (KG Team 'sanity check', Applicant makes a Concept Memo)
   
2. Stage 2 - Review Memo (SubComm review of Concept Memo, Consultative Session to develop Screening Memo).
   
3. Stage 3 - SC Comments (If positive, forwarded to Mentor's Round)
   
4. Stage 4 - If one Mentor accepts, Fellowship is offered.
   
5. Stage 5 - Execution support towards Indicators
   
6. Stage 6 - If successes, promotion and public media, for scale-up or graduation, or general public inspiration 
   

Click on the image for full incubation process

Selection Criteria
We choose ideas based on the following merits:

1. Quality of self-responsibility: Leadership sincerity to follow through your passion, Idea innovation addressing services/process over-looked at by others 
2. Shared-responsibility potential - quality and quantify of participation by ordinary people and members
3. Execution feasibility - are KG resources are well-aligned to add value 

Treat Reality As a Whole

Portfolio of "Social+Economic+Political" initiatives

• Undertake Social Project
• Incubate Economic Ventures
• Activate Political Voice

Sequence of Team Building

Right people at the right time

• First, social projects to build a value-based team
• Second, economic ventures to bring competent members
• Third, political voice that invites influencing personalities

Program Design

Think globally, act locally
Learning by doing
Deepening relationships, not quick replications

Self-Responsibility

Community engagement: bad things exist because good people don't act
Self change: Focus on understanding and improving ourselves
Build a community: Work with others, but rely on oneself and one's team

How can you become an agent of change with KG?

Gift to support

Be the change today by gifting basic necessities to students who face extreme economic hardship. 

Vote to nuture

Be the change by voting for responsible behavior, not just good grades or a winning performance.

Be a volunteer

Take the first step in joining a circle of volunteers who are learning to become change-agents.

Be a member

Contact us to become an enabling member of KG if you are interested in supporting or advising KG. 

Change Agents - Enacting Change

People who act out their ideas and interests.

• by initiating and executing their own change-ideas.
  
• by enabling and supporting worthy causes.

We also try to identify and encourage these future change-makers.

Change-Maker of the Year 2012

Sarala Panta

"I married the teaching profession" - Sarala Panta, formed a team that incubated Education Support Network of government school teachers.  She has been a leader in this network ever since.  (full profile)

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Initiators & Executors

Keshari Ghale Gurung

A mother’s power in shaping the fate of her children-Keshari Ghale Gurung, is 57 years old but her drive to affect change remains youthful. (full profile)

Enablers & Supporters

Sudarshan Pandey

The satisfaction that I get by this is no match to any monetary value-Sudarshan Pandey, was looking for ways to give back to the Nepali community as he has seen many people struggling with education and basic needs for living. (full profile)

Dipak Chaulagain

I am only a medium to bring change in my students' lives-Dipak Chaulagain, has been teaching for 13 years. In this time, his fascination in and enthusiasm for his chosen profession have not waned. (full profile)

Rukmini Humagain

I am living my dream-Rukmini Humagain, is a teacher at Adarsha School who thinks that teaching profession means more than source of income. Teaching has become an important part in her life. (full profile)

Prerna Bhatta

Prem Kumar Subba

Motivation I get from the happy faces-Prerna Bhatta, seeing the happy faces of the young children, she got enormous satisfaction. That satisfaction always keeps her motivated to be the change. (full profile)

KG’s work is a double bonus-Prem Kumar Subba, has been funding the KG gift-pool for the last two years and wholeheartedly supports KG’s mission to bring about change through self-responsibility. (full profile)

Nima Rajbhandari

A face that glows with satisfaction-Nima Rajbhandari, When she enters the classroom with a smile on her face and a hello in the form of 'good morning everybody', the students cheer up. It makes her day. (full profile)