To donate to children in need
To select children in need
To support Kehi Garoun admin
Retreats are for more serious explorers.  Retreats include themes such as Body Scan, Mindfulness, Relationship, Communications etc.  Typically lasting for 2-days, sessions are loosely structured.  Participants have to bear their own logistics cost.
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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.

  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
In this shivering winter season, we started out to help 250 students without sweaters, and ended up helping 1300+.
Teachers' Workshop to redefine the equip teachers to create student-centered teaching environment.
Giving 100 percent of your money to children-in-need as gifts of educational materials such as stationery.
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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!
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Ajaya Bhadra Khanal, the editor of Himalayan Times, believes in consultative process in designing public solutions..
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Umanga Pandey, the founder-director of KG, believes that a small team of committed individuals can indeed empower a nation.
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Ranjit Acharya, the CEO of Prisma Advertising, believes that good projects can transform many lives if promoted effectively.
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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?

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
"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. 


    I would like to sponsor meals for a time period...
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    Survey for Members 
    June 2012

    Kehi Garoun is thankful towards our members. KG feels that now its time to know how our members feel about our activities. Also, KG wants to know what is best ways of engagements for our members. Also, in the end you can give additional comments and feed-backs. Thank you for taking the time to help us by responding through this survey.
    1.The Following are the engagement activities for members. Please choose how often you participated in each of the following last year:
    2.Please choose one option which would make a member more engaged?

    Additional Membership Queries
    So that we know our members better.
    Interest Area
    This information is intended to help us know what our members are interested in.
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 
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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
    Details of Interest to join Circle of KGian
    KGians may be asked to spend around 2 hours a week as

    Volunteers in executing a project or an event
    Sponsors in discussing and executing fund raising efforts
    Advisors support in areas of your experitze
    Next steps:
    1. A phone discussion and an in-person meeting with KG
    2. Please join KG Circle in facebook

How can you become an agent of change with KG?

Be the change today by gifting basic necessities to students who face extreme economic hardship. 
Be the change by voting for responsible behavior, not just good grades or a winning performance.
Take the first step in joining a circle of volunteers who are learning to become change-agents.
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

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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)

Initiators & Executors

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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

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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)
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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)
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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)
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Prerna Bhatta
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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)
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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)