VCD Team
Bikram Paudel
Director/Founder
Bikram has been working in the voluntary placement sector since 2001 in Nepal, He has worked with over 2500 volunteers from 62 different countries since 2001. After working many years with various international and local organization he founded VCD Nepal in 2007.
Bikram has previously traveled to China, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Denmark, the UK, the USA, Switzerland, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India and Belgium on a touristic visit and volunteer exchange program so he well used to working with volunteers from all over the world. He is always available to volunteers as their principle point of contact whilst on a project, he is always very friendly and helpful. Bikram's other interests include traveling, trekking and social work. Besides running VCD he also publish fortnight tourism newspaper.
You can reach him in his mobile anytime: +977 98510 17902, Land line: +977 1 4357067
Shila Rimal
Volunteer Coordinator
Shila has now worked with VCD for two years, she takes volunteers sightseeing around Kathmandu, shopping and visits placements all around the capital. She is very friendly and helpful to the volunteers. As well as helping at VCD she is studying for a Masters degree in English Literature.
Bhuwan Lamsal
Field Coordinator
Bhuwan is a new member of the VCD Team, he takes volunteers around Kathmandu and introduces them to the popular tourist areas of Thamel upon their arrival in Nepal. His interests include listening to music, travelling and meeting new people.
Overseas coordinators
Gitte Hoehl
Email: gittehoehl@hotmail.com
Gitte has visited Nepal a total of five times with her first visit in 2008. She has spent more than one year in Nepal, working at the orphanage in Chitwan, at monasteries in addition to volunteering at most of VCD Nepal's projects. At home in Denmark, she is a retired teacher of 39 years and has a passion for travel, experiencing new cultures and helping where she can.
Miriam Pylkko
Email: miia-e@windowslive.com
Miriam has spent a total of 8 months in Nepal. Her projects have included helping at a monastery, teaching at a school and she has helped with the establishment of the VCD head office in Kathmandu, and aided in coordinating volunteers. She has also traveled extensively throughout Nepal.
Teresa Yung
Maryland, USA
Email: tnyung@gmail.com
Teresa worked with VCD Nepal in 2008. She taught English at the local school in Chitwan for 2 months.
Connie Lau
New York, USA
Email: conniesju@gmail.com
Connie has been to Nepal several of times. She loves Nepal. She volunteered at the VCD office and also taught at the Children resource center in Pokhara.
Nathanya Laurent
Leeds, UK
Email: nlaurent@clara.co.uk
Nathanya volunteered at the monastery for 5 weeks in 2011. She loved teaching young monks.
Vibha Dhawan
Calgary, Canada
Phone: 1 -403-667-3195
Email: curious.lounge@gmail.com
Vibha volunteered with VCD in 2011. She taught at the school in Pokhara for 2 weeks.
Martha de Ramon
Barcelona, Spain
Email: martaderamon@hotmail.com
Marta fue una voluntaria de Cataluña, estudiante de sociologia que pasó 3 meses en Nepal. Estuvo alrededor de un mes como voluntaria en un orfanato de Pokhara, ayudando a los niños y niñas con sus quehaceres, jugando y realizando varias actividades de ocio. Otro mes estuvo trabajando en el monasterio del valle de Kathmandu enseñando ingles a los monjes budistas. Para Marta estar en el monasterio y compartir el dia a dia y las oraciones con los monjes fue una experiencia inolvidable.
Trix Van Hest
Email: trixvanhest@gmail.com
Trix lives in Amsterdam. She volunteered with VCD in 2009 for a month.
Dymphine Power & Sandra Murphy
Ireland
Email: blondebopeep@hotmail.com or sandramurphy@hotmail.com
Dymphine and Sandra visited Nepal in 2009 for 1 month. They volunteered at the monastery in Kathmandu.
Alicia Warren
Japan/South Korea
Email: lishajoy@gmail.com
Alicia volunteered in an orphanage home in Chitwan for one month in 2008.
Dovile Rinkunaite
Lithuania
Email: drinkunaite@gmail.com
Dovile spent 3 weeks teaching Buddhist monks in the monastery. She really enjoyed teaching monks.
Tina Smerdel
Email: kiowa@tlen.pl
Tina volunteered for a month. She taught at the government school in Pokhara. She has also done Langtang trekking.
