Friday, September 9, 2016

Sakas By Gajadish Ghimire

Together with his wife (Durga Ghimire) he was the co-founder of Tamakoshi Seva Samiti (Tamakoshi Service Society, TSS), a nonprofit, non-governmental organization, working in the rural areas of the Ramechhap district for community development, health and education. TSS's main goal is to provide help with reproductive health by organizing communities, women empowerment, access to safe drinking water and sustainable agriculture.

He founded the NGO Federation in 1991 and led Nepal's NGO movement as its chair until in 1994.

He is the founding president of Tilganga Eye Hospital in Kathmandu.

Ghmire served as assistant director of the South Asia Region for International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), London, from 1984 to 1990.

He was Chief Executive Officer of the Family Planning Association of Nepal in 1980 and a consultant for the United Nations Population Fund of Nepal.

Ghmire was a visiting lecturer, Center for Population Studies, University of Wales

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