Mr. Ujjwal Meghi Gurung, one of our 2012 Mingma Norbu Sherpa Memorial Scholarship students wrote a great article in The Kathmandu Post which I thought was worth sharing. Loud Lumbini and silent Buddha

On behalf of the Greater Himalayas Foundation, we would like to thank the MNSMS Nepal committee (comprising Lisa, Dr Ghana, Dr Hum, Angrita (HimTrust) and Angrita (TMI) with regrets from Lhakpa Norbu) for their continued dedication in selecting the highest caliber of candidates.

Below is a short profile of the two recipients of the 2012-2013 scholarship at Lincoln University. We congratulate them both.

1) Mr Ujjwal Meghi. 

Mr Ujjwal is 29 years old and comes from the Shankhuwa Sava district, a remote eastern mountain region of Nepal and belongs to the Gurung ethnic community. He completed a BS in Environmental Science and Intermediate degree in Science. He is pursuing a career in the field of environmental protection and sustainable natural resource management.

2) Ms Doma Tshering Sherpa.

Ms Doma is 27 years old and comes from the SoluKhumbu region of Nepal. She has a MS in Environmental Management and currently is employed by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu. She is also pursuing the field of sustainable natural resource management.

We need to identify two Nepali candidates for the Masters degree programme scholarship generously offered by Lincoln University New Zealand (and supported by WWF, Greater Himalayas Foundation USA and Outward Bound New Zealand) starting early 2012 for two years. Full details are attached. The deadline for applications is 15 August 2011.

Please help us spread the word widely amongst your networks so we can find the most deserving and suitable applicant to take up this wonderful opportunity.

MNSMS Announcement 2011
Click the link to read all the requirements.

Media Release: Kathmandu, 10 June 2011

Nepali wins prestigious German Climate Protection Fellowship

Nepali national Ms Anu Kumari Lama has been awarded the Humboldt International Climate Protection Fellowship, offered by the

HumboldtFoundation in Bonn, Germany. She is one of 14 prospective leaders selected from 13 different countries who were successful among the 31 young scientists short listed for the fellowships. Starting in September 2011, the new Humboldtians come from Bolivia, China (two applicants), Ecuador, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Nigeria, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Syria and Uzbekistan. Their subjects range from agricultural economics and botany to solar power use and political economics.

A graduate of Lincoln University in Christchurch New Zealand, Anu Kumari Lama was one of the first recipients of the Mingma Norbu Sherpa Memorial Scholarship, supported by Lincoln University, WWF, Himalayan Trust and Greater Himalayas Foundation. The MNSMS is awarded annually to encourage postgraduate study and research in natural resource management, tourism and the environment to build conservation leadership in Nepal, inspired by and in memory of Mingma Norbu Sherpa. Anu’s Master thesis was on the subject of vulnerability of nature-based tourism to climate change in the Annapurna Conservation Area.

Each year, up to twenty International Climate Protection Fellowships are awarded to prospective leaders from emerging or developing countries who work on issues relating to climate protection and resource conservation in academia, business, government or non governmental organisations. They come to Germany for a year to conduct a project dedicated to the sharing of knowledge, methods and techniques together with a host. This encourages the creation of a network in which German and foreign experts collaborate on a sustainable, international basis to combat climate change and its global consequences. The fellowships are funded under the Federal Environment Ministry’s International Climate Protection Initiative.

Anu will divide her time between Nepal and Germany (University of Wuerzburg) whilst she pursues her studies. We wish her all the best and many congratulations.

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Mingma Norbu Sherpa Memorial Scholarship helps educate a new generation of environmentalists

The Nepali Times – RUBEENA MAHATO

The Greater Himalayas Foundation was recently featured in the Nepali Times for their scholarship program which supports two Master programs in conservation at the University of Lincoln, New Zealand. Read the full article here: Link

for studies in the 11th and 12th grade has graduated this year. Nima studied Business Administration.

Our four girls will finish in Fall 2011. The girls are pictured below, Pasang Futi, Nawang Chhemjee, Tashi Futi, and Passang Lhamu.

One new girl just finished 10th grade from Khumjung HS and has started 11th grade in Kathmandu.

Nima Gyalzen and GHF founder Phurba Sherpa

Pasang Futi, Nawang Chhemjee, Tashi Futi, and Passang Lhamu

Mingma Norbu Sherpa Memorial Scholarship 2010

A Celebration of Mountains 2010 Mountain Hero Awards