Peter Bashford

Founder and chairperson

Peter Bashford Founder and chairperson Peter has a background in design and in the garment industry. Working in China, Thailand, India and Vietnam he became increasingly concerned and active on child labour issues. Inspired by Sue... Read More

Sue Carpenter

Sue Carpenter Sue Carpenter is a freelance writer and travel photographer, working for national publications such as You magazine, the Daily Telegraph and The Guardian. In 1996, following a campaigning article she wrote for New Scientist, she... Read More

Dr James Hogg

James is a GP from Scotland who has had a long association with Nepal. He first travelled there in 1980 as an overland driver for an overland expedition company taking backpackers from London to India and Kathmandu. In 1985 he returned to the UK to... Read More

Smriti Khadka

A long-term associate of Asha Nepal, Smriti trained in nursing at Tribhuvan University and for several years worked with a leading Nepali NGO as a nurse and running their hospice. She then went to the UK to study for a BSc in Psychology and... Read More

Sabina Darshandari

Project Coordinator and Researcher

Sabina has a degree in Biology and is just finishing her masters in Social Welfare. Prior to joining Asha Nepal, Sabina worked in an art gallery but always held a keen interest in social welfare. Sabina joined AN as the first full-time staff... Read More

Laxmi Puri

Job Coordinator

In 2006, to meet the problems of finding suitable work for the clients at the refuge Shakti Kendra and the Shakti Halfway House, as well as those outside the refuge who were supported by Shakti Samuha and Shakti Milan Shamaj, it was agreed that AN... Read More

Riti Khadka

Riti is in charge of AN (Nepal)’s accounts on a voluntary basis.