Bikram Paudel | Bicky
Bikram Paudel
Director/Founder

He has worked with international volunteers for 6 years. He has started VCD Nepal in 2006. Bikram has previously traveled to China, The Netherlands, German, France and Belgium on a volunteer exchange program, other interests include traveling, social work and writing in news paper. He also writes in weekly news paper.

You can contact Bikram any time on his cell phone:
++977 98510 17902
++977 1 4357067

Pratik Upadhaya
Language Teacher/Volunteer Coordinator

Pratik has been working with VCD Nepal since 2006. He is responsible for teaching you Nepali language and take cultural information classes. He is very nice and supportive.

Santosh Pokhrel | VCD Nepal Team
Santosh Pokhrel
Field coordinator

He is working as an editor at weekly Nepali newspaper. He has been working with VCD since 2006. He also takes volunteer to sightseeing in Kathmandu and takes them to the placement as well. He also picks up volunteer from the airport.

Dipek Chalise
Volunteer coordinator

He is a volunteer co-ordinator and takes volunteers sightseeing and placement. Dipek arrange you a car or bus to go to your placement. He is available at the office most time and can arrange your departure taxi. Dipek also visit you in your placement and if you need any supply for your class Dipek will supply.

Shyam Silwal
Training Village coordinator

Shyam lives with his wife and four daughters in Godawari. He is also our host family. He takes volunteers to the training village from VCD office in Thamel.

Danish Coordinator

Danish Coordinator | Gitte Hoehl
Gitte Hoehl
Email: gittehoehl@hotmail.com

Gitte has visited Nepal twice in 2008 for 2 months and 4 months in 2009-2010. She worked at the orphanage home in Chitwan. She is a retired teacher.

Finnish Coordinator

Finnish Coordinator | Miriam Pylkko
Miriam Pylkko
Email: miia-e@windowslive.com

Miriam (Mia) has spent 5 months in Nepal. She worked about 2 months at the monastery and rest of the time she was helping at the VCD head office in Kathmandu and travelling through Nepal.

Dutch Coordinator

Dutch Coordinator | Trix Van Hest
Trix Van Hest
Email: trixvanhest@gmail.com

Trix lives in Amsterdam. She volunteered with VCD in 2009. She taught Buddhist monks for one month.

Polish Coordinator

Polish Coordinator | Tina Smerdel
Tina Smerdel
Email: kiowa@tlen.pl

Tina volunteered for a month. She did Langtang trekking and travelled to Pokhara. She taught at the government school in Pokhara region.

UK Coordinator

UK Coordinator | Laura Diskin
Laura Diskin
Email: laura_diskin3@hotmail.com

Laura spent a month in Pokhara region. She worked on environmental project.

Korea / Japan Coordinator

Korea / Japan Coordinator | Alicia Warren
Alicia Warren
Email: lishajoy@gmail.com

Alicia volunteered in an orphanage home in Chitwan. She has spent one month.

Irish Coordinator

Irish Coordinator | Dymphie Power and Sandra Murpay
Dymphie Power and Sandra Murpay
Email: blondebopeep@hotmail.com or Sandramurphy@hotmail.com

Dymphie and Sandra visited Nepal in 2009 for 1 month. They worked at the Monastery in Kathmandu valley.

Lithuanian Coordinator

Lithuanian Coordinator | Dovile Rinkunaite
Dovile Rinkunaite
Email: drinkunaite@gmail.com

Dovile spent 3 weeks teaching Buddhist monks in the Kathmandu monastery. She really enjoyed teaching monks.

European Coordinator

European Coordinator | John Rowe
John Rowe
Camborne
UK
Phone No: ++44 01209 719645
Email- jpr2016@yahoo.co.uk

He joined VCD Nepal in 2008 March. He worked at monastery for 2 months. He taught 41 monks at the monastery in Kopan, Kathmandu.

Australian Coordinator

Australian Coordinator | Louise Bradshaw
Louise Bradshaw
Melbourne
Australia
Email- louise.bradshaw@hotmail.com

She volunteered with VCD Nepal in 2008 June. She taught at the community school in Kathmandu for 2 month. She also helped at the office for corresponding volunteers.

Western Australian Coordinator

Western Australian Coordinator | Dan Salmon
Dan Salmon
Australia
Email- niusalmon@gmail.com
Phone No: +61 (0)8 62620270

Dan volunteered with VCD Nepal on May 2008. He worked with us for 2 weeks. He taught at the community school in Kathmandu for 2 weeks.

American Coordinator

American Coordinator | Jillian Rifkind
Jillian Rifkind
California, Valencia
USA
Email- voodoochild196@yahoo.com

She worked with VCD Nepal in 2008 July. She worked at orphanage home in lalitpur and also taught English at the local school for a month.

Connie Lau
New York
USA
Email- conniesju@gmail.com

She has been to Nepal few times. She loves Nepal. She volunteered sometimes at the office and also taught at the children resource in Pokhara.


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