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I first met Niisha in November of 2015 while traveling to Nepal with a group of volunteers. We arrived in Pokhara Nepal two weeks after our time in India building a Chicken Coop as a lay over before we headed into the village of Arnakot to complete the final stages of the computer lab the organization had raised money to build. We all stayed at the Hidden Paradise Hotel just outside of the second largest city in Nepal. Pokhara is a very popular destination for tourists as a rest point before heading off to many of the popular treks in the Himalayan Mountains. The city is also a great place to stay as it has many activities including Paragliding, Kayaking, River Rafting, Horseback Riding, and short outdoor hikes such as Sarangkot and to the Peace Temple overlooking the lake. The most popular location for tourists they call “Lakeside” is just a 20 minute walk from the hotel making the hotel’s location a prime place to visit. I met Niisha at Hidden Paradise as she cooked...

In May of 2016 I had visited my close friend Niisha’s village in Nepal and gotten to know the people there. During my visit I felt a desire to help the children attending the local school and Niisha and I talked about helping more of the students and people as much as we could. One of the discussions was possibly helping well performing studentsthat didn’t have the financial means to attend the local University. One young woman in particular, Srijana, is a Daughter of a man in Niisha’s village who is deaf and mute. Because of this he struggled to make enough money to support his family, and was unable to pay for Srijana to attend the University she so desperately wanted to. While Niisha mentioned many other students that are doing well in school, but who’s families struggle to pay for their basic needs (such as notebooks, pencils, etc) Srijana’s story stuck with me the most. I’m not quite sure why, but perhaps it had something to do with the benefits...

After traveling to India and then Nepal in November of 2015 I fell in love with the country of Nepal so much I decided to extend my trip by a week, and booked another stay for 2.5 months early in 2016. During my time in Nepal March through May I got to know Nisha, her little girl and the family that runs the Pokhara hotel, Hidden Paradise.  Nisha and I have spent a lot of time together talking and throwing around ideas of how we can help the people of Nepal. She has a passion for the village she grew up in and wanting to help the people there, as well as many other individuals. During our talks she told me of ways she has always wanted to help. By helping the government schools, students that don’t have the money to pay for their education but do well in school and many other ideas. I have my own passions for kick starting individuals that I see potential for in a way that they end up not only caring for themselves and their family, but then come back and help more people in the s...