Changing Lives in Nepal

By Donna Stokes

October 3, 2019

Last Updated: May 24, 2013

Sita Poudel with Prakash Women's Group in Belsi. Photo by Geoff Oliver Bugbee
Sita Poudel with Prakash Women's Group in Belsi. Photo by Geoff Oliver Bugbee

If you've browsed Heifer's blog for long at all, you've already met Sita Poudel, who was one of the original goat project participants from Heifer Nepal in 1993, and has been working with the organization ever since.

She's been one of our most cherished Heifer Heroes, featured in World Ark magazine in 2010, and has also been highlighted here on the blog for International Women's Day 2012.

Heifer staff members Vicki Clarke and Cathy Sanders talk about meeting Poudel for the first time during a visit to Nepal earlier this year.

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Poudel started her own nongovernmental organization, the Women’s Group Coordination Committee in Chitwan, Nepal, which works with nearly 500 women’s groups in the country. Her warm heart and perseverance show how far two goats and a passion for helping others can take you.

Join Sita Poudel and Heifer in helping lift the women of Nepal to self-reliance.

We’ve received more than $1 million from generous Heifer donors and a group of local donors was so deeply moved by the success of our previous Nepal projects that they are investing over $1.2 million, accelerating the pace of change. We need your help now so we can triple the impact of your gift!