--------- |  VICKI SHERPA

The founder of this institution is Vicki Subirana (Victoria Subirana), a Catalan teacher who in 1990 decided to carry out a development plan focused on quality education with the aim of educating children from the most foresaken classes of Nepal.

This vision resulted in the creation of the Eduqual Foundation and the establishment of several projects based on pedagogy as a tool for the transformation of society. The pedagogical quality of these schools is the stimulus with which to promote positive changes in the lives of the marginalized.

[ Biography of Vicki Sherpa ]

--------- |  EDUQUAL

Eduqual Foundation is a non profit, apolitical, non-denominational NGO (non-governmental organization) which has as its purpose the execution of QUALITY EDUCATION PROJECTS for boys and girls at risk from the most marginalized social classes of Nepal and other areas in the third world with similar characteristics.

Our work has been recognized by both public and private organisms and has received several awards in recent years such as:

• In 2006, The Foundation Vicki Serpa Eduqual won the prize for its Human Performance granted by the Spanish Association of "Palabra Culta y Buenas Costumbres " in Madrid, whose honorary President is His Majesty D. Juan Carlos I.
• In 2006, Vicki Sherpa was also granted the " Protagonistas a la Solidaridad" prize from Luis del Olmo for her courage, generosity, encouragement and perseverance.
• "Tierra de Mujeres" (Women land) 2nd prize, organized by the Foundation Yves Rocher Institute of France, March 2005.
• ONCE Catalunya Prize, awarded for solidarity and surmounting obstacles (Barcelona, November, 2003).
• Recognized by UNICEF as the best educational project for handicapped children in Asia (Katmandú, 2003).
  
• "Tonetti" prize, awarded in recognition of humanitarian work at the international level (Bilbao, November, 2002).
• In 2000, the University of Vic gave Vicki the "Medalla d'Or" (Gold Medal).
  
• "Mestres 68" prize, awarded at Barcelona in 1999.
  

Objectives

• The education and training of poor and marginalized children and adults lacking resources.
  
• Continuous pedagogical research in order to implant advanced methodologies and techniques in all projects.
  
• Training of education professionals through a Teachers School.
  
• Training of adults (especially women) in different skills as a way to combat domestic violence, abuse, and exploitation.

--------- |  VEDFON

The principal on-site partner of the Vicki Sherpa Eduqual Foundation is the Vedfon Foundation (Vicki Educational and Development Foundation Nepal) managed by local staff, and which has as its mission the execution of development projects planned, financed, and technically advised by the Eduqual Foundation.