Dr Jane Stephens / Dh Karunamati (Chairperson)

In 1993, whilst waiting to hear from India about a teaching post, 19-yearold Karunamati agreed to go to Nepal instead. Even though she preferred to work in the Kathmandu area, her father's mistake (ticked the wrong box) sent her to a remote area in the Himalayan region of Nepal. Karunamati loved the place and its people and stayed there for the whole year.

On her return home, she went on to train as a Doctor in London and kept going back to work in Nepal at least twice a year. In 1995 she set up the Helambu Women's Development Association and in 1999 the Green Tara Trust. Currently, Karunamati works as a GP in London for few months which helps partly finance her work in Nepal the rest of the year.

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