Home: Ilam, Ilam, Mechi

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Social Work, St. Xaviers College, Nepal

During my social work studies, we went to visit a school in a village. At one school we came to know that a girl studying in class 7 had a baby and her mother in law would bring the baby to the school so that the girl could breastfeed. We were completely shocked. That incident made me understand that living in Kathmandu and seeing villages on TV will take a social worker nowhere in life. In order to comprehend the real situation of my country I had to visit places and interact with people, learn about their life, live their life, eat their food, do their daily chores and activities. From then on, I always seriously wanted to first work on the grassroot level before being able to make decisions for them. When I graduated there were many vacancies open but when I heard about Teach for Nepal, I thought that is the one for me. I could reach to so many people’s lives through TFN. I also believe that I will learn very much from the challenges I will face. I do not believe I can gain satisfaction in life by focussing only on myself, I believe that to be happy I must also change other people’s lives.