about Us
Our team brings together diverse talents and shares a commitment to changing children's lives for the better through quality education. With different backgrounds from different areas and cultures, we bring unique perspectives.
We believe in the power of collaboration and the profound impact of quality education. We work tirelessly to achieve this every day, be it by promoting reading skills through libraries, solar-powered computer rooms with e-learning software, or by awarding scholarships.
team
Project coordination Nepal
founding member
Passionately motivated and determined managing director who sees a solution in every problem.
pranita@booksforchange.org
Pranita Chettri
partnerships
founding member
Creative and committed team player, driven by great encounters, camp & fire and rock 'n' roll.
daniel@booksforchange.org
Daniel Morach
IT and design
Curious, open-minded, software-developing optimist. With a passion for boards - on water, mountain & workbench.
Roman Kuepper
Project Office Nepal
Project leader, Community Mobilizer
Creative, pragmatic and empathetic listener who can also be seen on the cinema screen in Nepal from time to time.
Anu Thapa
Project Office Nepal
Accounting, Project Manager
Enthusiastic number juggler and motivated project manager who likes to swing the wooden spoon in his free time.
Nirajan Sharma
accounting
Experienced and sensitive animal whisperer with an eagle eye who knocks with the baton if a receipt is missing.
info@booksforchange.org
Elizabeth Stocker
team captain
Good listener, loves cats, neck scratches, cookies, bones and Elvis.
tough
Advisory Board
ADVISORY BOARD
Architect, Ikebanist, wildlife gardener; inspired by the beauty of nature and Japanese aesthetics.
KARIN OHASHI
ADVISORY BOARD
Experienced idea generator and enabler with heart who likes to juggle different balls in the air at the same time.
BEAT SCHEIDEGGER
ADVISORY BOARD
Travelling financial expert with his feet on the ground: close to nature, economically interested and interdisciplinary thinking - a life between books, fields and music.