PastScholars


Meet a few of our past EO Scholars:

We currently do not work with any orphanage directly and we do not provide financial support to orphanages. What we do, is to find orphans, under-resourced and marginalized youth that have the dreams and goals of furthering their education to better themselves. We support that effort by providing post-secondary and college educational support and pay the tuition directly to the colleges and universities that they attend.

As you scroll down you will meet some of our students.  Supporting one or more of them and your donation will make a life-long positive impact on these youth.

We provide financial support for their education and commit to helping each child reach the highest level of education to reach their dreams.  We need your help to make these dreams come true.

Barsha Dhakal


Barsha is from Kolikot.  EO has been supporting Barsha’s education for ~4 years. Intelligent and determined, Barsha will be able to achieve anything that she undertakes. Barsha passed her SEE and with EO’s tuition support was able to complete her degree in engineering. she is currently looking for a job in that field.



Deepsikha Ghimire


Deepsikha is from Sindupalchowk.  She lost both her parents.  Her brother was living with her aunt/uncle but they were all killed in the 2015 earthquakes.  She likes to write and wants to be a social worker someday and possibly run an orphanage. With EO’s support, Deepsikha studied Journalism and has recently gotten married. We wish her a very happy life and hope that someday she may become a social worker.



Sonu


Sonu completed her five years of medical school at Chitwan Medical College and passed her required exams. In her first year, out of 125 medical students, and only 30 women, Sonu was ranked in the top 10 of all students in her class of Medical School! And to think she was going to give up on her dreams when she did not get accepted several years ago and could not afford to go to medical school even if she did get in.

Well done Dr. Sonu Adhikari – keep up the magnificent work!



Saraswati


Saraswati received her Bachelors in Business Science (BBS) from the Gandhi Campus of Tribhuvan University.   She finished an internship at a local bank in Kathmandu and is now working in banking with the Didi Foundation Cooperative Bank.  She is very active in one of the LEO Clubs in Kathmandu continuing her efforts of reaching out and helping others.



Manju


Manju is the reason we started Empowering Opportunities (EO).  She was our first student we supported.  I met Manju at the OCRC orphanage and simply asked how I could help her — and the idea of EO was born.

Manju heading off to her colleges classes in her new uniform provided by donors to Empowering Opportunities. Donors that want to help Manju succeed in life through education.

Manju attended at Lincoln College (affiliated with Tribhuvan University) studying Business Science.  Manju is now married and is running a small hotel for a Spanish owner.  Manju is the one responsible for us creating Empowering Opportunities – thank you Manju!


Rojina


Rojina – Rojina is 18 and has no options for paying for college. Her father died and her mother works as a cleaner in an office building and cannot cover the costs of college. They have no relatives to take care of them and they are from a rural area. Rojina’s college costs were $700/year. 


Bhagawata


Bhagawata is from the western part of Nepal in the remote area of Chhatradev of Arghakhanchi District. Her family was affected by the Maoist war during the conflict period and her older sister was taken hostage and held for ransom. She has 2 sisters and a brother.  They got her sister back and fled the village to save their lives during the conflict period.  Her father, Gopal, is a teacher, social worker and the founder President of the Rotary Club of Arghakhanchi. Bhagawata loves science and in the Spring 2018 begin her studies for a B.Sc. in Geology and Natural Resources at the Trichandra Campus of Tribhuvan University.


Junu


Junu grew up in southeastern Nepal in the town of Jhapa. Her father is a farmer and she has 2 younger sisters. She worked in her father’s fields and still found time to work to save money for a B.B.S. in business studies.

Junu woke up at 5:00 a.m. and traveled by bus for college at ~5:30 each morning and returned around noon to cook, clean and help the children with their studies. After putting them to bed at night she worked on her own studies and homework.  EO supported Junu with an M.B.M. at the Shankar Dev Campus of Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu.


Safal Lawod


Safal is from Mugu.  He loves football (soccer) and readying.  His favorite football clothing is Kappa.  He passed his entrance exams, studies Civil Engineering with an Empowering Opportunities college scholarship. He received his diploma in engineering and has a job in western Nepal (Mugu District).



 

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