Child Advisory Board

Aashutosh Karki, a passionate 16-year-old advocate from Nepal, embodies resilience and determination in conquering weaknesses. Committed to growth, he fearlessly tackles obstacles, embracing challenges as opportunities for personal development. Ashutosh's advocacy reflects his unwavering spirit, inspiring others to confront their limitations with courage and perseverance.

Ranjita Thapa is a girl from the SOS Children's Village in Kavre Panauti. She was born on 2065/08/22. She attends SOS Herman Geminer School in grade 10. She is very dedicated to her academic studies and intends to enroll in a management degree after completing grade 10. She enjoys dancing, playing games, reading novels, traveling to new places, and exploring and researching new topics. She has good leadership abilities. Awed by her leadership potential, she serves as secretary for the National Network of SOS Child Villages. She also participated in book discussion training and leadership development training sponsored by the National Office of SOS Child Village.

Sima chaudhary From bardiya 11 was born in 2007 December 21. She studies at jay kalika secondary school in Grade11. She is interested in public speaking reading and travelling to new place. She is activated as a child marriage stop in her village she has also worked for empowerment of children and issues on child marriage in her previous days

Raju Luhar was born on Asar 22, 2065, in Krishnapur Ward No. 1, Kanchanpur District. He passed SEE at Shree Rastriya Secondary School. He is extremely motivated to his academic studies and intends to pursue a career in science after completing SEE. He enjoys public speaking, listening to music, reading, and exploring new places. He serves as secretary of the Ward Child Club and a member of the National Child Network. He was given the opportunity to participate in trainings for child marriage, child labor, drug addictions, child discrimination, and other topics sponsored by the municipality and NNSWA, as well as advocacy training for child rights provided by the Consortium Nepal. In the past, he focused on children's empowerment and child rights concerns. Furthermore, he stated that the NCAC workshop will allow him to campaign for child rights issues in his province.

Swastika Sharma Pathak was born in 2063/11/04 at Kalayapur, Bharatpur municipality ward no.5. She studies at Shree laxmi Secondary School at grade 10. She has participated in training on menstrual hygiene, child abuse as well as child rights organized by Bharatpur municipality. She has a strong sense of self-confidence in her abilities and aims to become Engineer in future. She served as Secretary in Child Club at her school. As a member of the child club, she had the opportunity to discuss the budgetary distribution of funds for the children's sector and to research the state of rights in orphanages children. She wants to makes contribution to minimize the problem on child rights.  She wants to advocate for children's rights and work with street children as a CAB member.

Mishan Adhikari, from Panchapuri, Municipality-5, Babiyachaur, Surkhet, was born on June 29, 2010. In 10th grade, he attends Shree Babiyachaur Secondary English Boarding School. He is a hard worker, a disciplined, and brilliant student who plans to join I.S.C after completing grade 10. He is interested in public awareness campaigns, research, playing, reading, swimming, and exploring new places. He wants to lead many more programmed as possibilities arise. Consortium-Nepal provided him with the opportunity to learn new things, serve as a house leader, and receive two sessions of child rights training. He learned a lot about children during this training.

Bhumika Shahi, from Surkhet Birendranagar-2, was born on December 30, 2007. She is currently enrolled in grade 11 at Eager Bridge boarding school and has a strong commitment to her studies. She hopes to work in law or medicine after she graduates.Beyond academics, Bhumika enjoys traveling, exploring, listening to music, dancing, reading books, and meditating. Recognizing her leadership potential, she actively participates in the National Child Advocacy Council and the Child Advisory Board.Bhumika's dedication to advocacy is demonstrated by her participation in training programs for child empowerment. She has previously contributed to a child-led report representing Nepal and talking about the issues and progress on the child network in international platforms collaborating with Save the Children. With an eye toward greater impact, Bhumika hopes to harness her experiences to bridge communication gaps between provinces and address children's challenges at the grassroots level through her participation in the National Child Advocate Council and Child Advisory Board workshop.

Prekshya Adhikari was born on June 3, 2006, in Kathmandu, Nepal. She is a member of the National Child Advocacy Council and the president of the Kirtipur Municipal Child Club Network. She is not only a dedicated child advocate, but she also has a wide range of interests, including dancing, reading, traveling, and exploring. Her active participation in local, national, and international activities demonstrates her commitment to protecting the rights of girls. Notably, her participation in the European Week of Action for Girls (EWAG) which was held on Brussels, Belgium, where she represented Asia and spoke to Members of the European Parliament, is a remarkable accomplishment on her journey to advocate for child rights. Prekshya is a powerful and effective advocate for children's rights on both a local and worldwide scale. Her diverse talents and advocacy activities make her a role model for many of her friends.

Abishek Paudel was born in 2009 July 19 at Parbat. He is student of grade 10. He joined child club at 2078 in his ward. He was selected as vice secretary of municipal level child club. He was a part of capacity building and leadership training sponsored by municipal level child club. Leading the child club, he involved to conduct program like speech competition and stationary material distribution program with the support of municipality. He also joined district and province level child club and became a leader of his district.  Being a part of district and provincial level child club, a group of children got chance to host different program related to child rights and child participation.  Like, children with chief minister, children with district and ward focal person. Joining Child Advisory Board of Consortium Nepal, i feel so grateful and able to innovate something new in child rights. I was also the part of Child Led CRC Reporting process where i got chance to learn about the emerging issues related to child rights. 

Alisha Panthi was born in 2007 BS. Originally she is from Magarkot Kawasoti .  She is SEE graduate student and joining bridge course for her further study. She is planning to study science after her SEE. In future she is planning to join the medical field in coming future. She has interest in dancing, writing, public speaking, gardening and travelling as well as listening poem. She got opportunities to be a part in several training like training of trainer, training on social and behavior change communication, training on sexual and reproductive health right, self-defense training sponsored by JCYCN Nepal and Municipality. She is interested to work in Girls Issues. She engaged to work for child marriage, climate change, gender equality and others girl's related issues.

Lalit Kumar Mahato was born on September 30, 2007, at Mithila Municipality in Dhanusha District. He has been actively involved in the field of child rights for a long time. Lalit, a dedicated and capable leader, is currently serving as a member of the National Child Advocates Council and President of the district child network Dhanusha. He has been involved in the child club for a long time. He enjoys traveling, making new friends, and conducting child rights programs. He presently serves as a member of the National Child Advocacy Council and president of the District Child Network Dhanusha. He has been operating the child club since he was a child, and he is currently waiting for his class 12 results. He is interested in public speaking, leadership, traveling, and learning new things. He is actively working on issues affecting children, women, and teenagers, as well as against societal abnormalities. If possible, he has gone forward with the intention of making a significant contribution to advances in the general human rights area, including child rights.

Amit Mandal from Biratnagar was born on October 13, 2007. He studies in grade 10 at Shree Satyanarayan Secondary School. He is very dedicated towards his academic course. In future, he is planning to enroll in BSW after completing class 12. He has keen interest in public speaking, playing cricket, reading and working in community service. Impressed by his leadership skills, he is acting as member of the municipal level children's network. As part of municipal level children's network he got the opportunity to participate in public speaking and capacity building training sponsored by the municipality. He also worked on child empowerment and child marriage issues in his previous days. Representing member of National Child Advocates Council, he got the opportunity to build open communication with local government. Through the communication local government come up with the actual funding needed to address the issues facing by children from grassroots level.