Maggie Doyne, is founder of the BlinkNow Foundation in Surkhet, Nepal. The story of that organization began in 2005, in northern India. While there and during a cease-fire in the Nepalese Civil War, she met a six year old girl who was barely surviving. She helped pay for her school, and then, using $5,000 she'd saved from babysitting expanded your efforts. Soon funds came from supporters worldwide, she purchased land in Nepal, and in 2007, started The BlinkNow Foundation. This nonprofit now includes a women's center, health clinic, girls' safe house, a Children’s Home that is the legal guardian to more than 45 children, and a 400-student school that is the ‘greenest’ school in Nepal,
In 2013, this school's students took Nepal's District Level Examination for the first time. All students scored within the top 10% nationwide, 50% scored in the top 1% nationwide and the school was ranked first in its region.
Maggie has been a Speaker at the Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy, and the Forbes Women's Summit and have received many awards, including the CNN Hero of the Year, as well as the Unsung Hero of Compassion award, presented by the Dalai Lama. But more importantly, in March 2022, she shared your personal story in your book "Between the Mountain and the Sky, A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, Healing and Hope.”
Maggie believes in operating at the grassroots level of community, in focusing and promoting sustainability and self-reliance within community, and not least of all, getting down with the truth.
CONTACT MAGGIE DOYNE AND BLINKNOW FOUNDATION
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CONTACT RON CECIL
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CONTACT DANIEL PENNER CLINE
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