WHO WE ARE

The Growing Nepal Story

Growing Nepal was founded by primary working director Susan Welch, an Australian, after many trips and much time spent in Nepal. Susan collaborates with other Australians doing proactive community service work there along with Kathmandu partners Society for Humanism Nepal (SOCH Nepal) and Padbank. We aim to benefit the needy and the disadvantaged with health education, green energy, community building and solutions for financial empowerment. 100% of what we fundraise goes to our projects, while our trekking combinations in Nepal raise money to support us while we support others.

Susan Welch

Susan Welch, an Australian, fundraised and directed volunteer relief efforts after the devastating 2015 Nepal earthquakes and is committed long term to helping the most impoverished communities to improve their health, social welfare, education and living standards. She has a passion for natural food production, natural building and off grid living, sustainable community and the empowerment of women. Susan has a background in workplace coaching in Positive Psychology, project and event management, and nutrition and detox coaching for holistic wellbeing. She was the brainchild of Growing Nepal.

Growing Nepal Foundation - Nepal partners

Vice President |Ram Bachan Ray

(Teacher)

High School Teacher at the Sitpaur School central to our Barawathawa Project, Ram has been extremely helpful in assisting us with getting women’s rights and equality conversations going in classrooms. At his High School and insistance, girls played their first ever sports match in the playground, a breakthrough in women’s rights.

SOCH Nepal Partner | Uttam Niraula

(Humanist, Social Activist and Leadership Coach)

Uttam Niraula is a leadership coach, businessman, social activist in positive change and humanist and president of Society for Humanism Nepal (SOCH NEPAL) in Kathmandu. Having done a flagship project with a 2500 strong Dalit community in Kavre, Uttam knows what it takes to make a successful holisitic sustainable community grow over 5 years with local capacity development. SOCH NEPAL have worked extensively in 18 districts of Nepal for 20 years with the most marginalised, so we are incredibly proud to partner with them.

Partner | PADBANK

(4 Great women trainers in washable menstrual kits)

Growing Nepal Foundation is excited to be working with and developing Padbank’s strength and range in training ultra poor women in Nepal to make their own durable washable menstrual pad kits. We all see menstrual hygiene, sanitation and sexual education as vital to the health and happiness of Nepali women, plus helping to break down stigmas associated with menstruation and women’s power and place. Padbank ladies, you rock for helping women in Nepal rise!