Sherry Sherpa

- Past Team Member

“I joined Bihani because I just love every vibe about it! Before I joined the team here, I used to attend its various inter- generational events such as musical events and potluck along with my father who is a signed member of this social enterprise. Bihani has many senior members who are still very active and desire to do a lot in their lives, all very inspiring to see and learn from. Working with senior citizens here has made me realise that while developing a positive outlook to ageing is important, ageing positively is even harder for parents who are widow/widower. I wish to see a future where everyone sees elders as contributing members of family and society, and assures that elders are valued.”

Haley SAnner

- Fulbright Scholar

Ms. Haley K. Sanner is originally from Washington, D.C. and graduated with a BS in Mathematics from Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. Haley is 2018/2019 Fulbright Student Researcher affiliated with Bihani. For her research, she is determining the potential market for intergenerational home sharing outside the joint family as a means of addressing social isolation among older adults. Prior to her Fulbright, she held a position with the AARP Foundation, the largest non-profit working on aging in the United States, where she and her colleagues were working on innovative solutions to mitigating social isolation among low income older adults. Haley brings this expertise as she partners with and advises Bihani in program development and innovative business concepts. Haley first came to Nepal in the Fall of 2013 when she spent a college semester studying Nepali Language, Development and Social Change with School for International Training (SIT) where she completed a capstone research project on aging. This led her to pursue a two-year post-graduate experience in Nepal, first as a 2015/16 Davidson College Impact Fellow working on aging issues in the non-profit sector with Nepal Participatory Action Network (NEPAN) and a 2016/17 position as Academic Coordinator with SIT. She began partnering with Bihani Social Venture in 2016, leading various talks and workshops for Members and Ibasho elders. Haley facilitated the partnership between NEPAN’s Jorpati Older People Association and Bihani, envisioned the direction of the three-month long Tai-Chi program and secured the funding for the program from HelpAge International — https://nepan.weebly.com/blog/teach-me-tai-chi-program-9-months-in-review.

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