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US Team

David Sowerwine

David Sowerwine

Founder | President | CFO

David Sowerwine

Skip Stritter

Founder | CEO | Tech

David Sowerwine

Haydi Sowerwine

Founder | Advisor

David Sowerwine

Leilani Stritter

Media | Fundraising

Nepal Team

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Kabindra Manandhar

Program Manager​

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Diksha Manandhar

Digital Education Support Officer

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Padam Lal Gautam

Field Officer

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Nanda Lal Bhandari

Program Coordinator
 

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Roshani Gurung

Education Resource Officer

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Nadi Prasad Thapa Magar

Field Officer

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Pushpa Bhandari Sharma

Executive Administrator

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Nabina Lama

Workshop Operator

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Santosh Timilsena

Field Officer

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Kshitij Raj Prasai

Director of School & Government Relations

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Rohit Ghale

Field Officer

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US and Nepal Advisors

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Dinesh Kumar Shrestha

Looma Advisor

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Joan Holcombe

Teacher Advisor

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Nabin Acharya

Tech Advisor

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Carol Williams

Teacher Advisor

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Topraj Gurung

Tech Advisor

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Priscilla Geoghegan

Teacher Advisor

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Sienna Stritter

Tech Advisor

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Joanna Carr

Teacher Advisor

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Kathy Hoekenga

Teacher Advisor

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Nan Munsey

Teacher Advisor

Volunteers

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Volunteers are the heart of Looma Education!  We are thankful to our over 500 volunteers who have contributed their time and many talents to invest in the education and dreams of Nepali children!

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We are especially grateful to:

 

professional hardware engineers working on Looma Box mechanical and electrical design

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professional sofware engineers helping us leverage AI to integrate relevant media with each textbook chapter, and who mentor our software volunteers 

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15+ retired schoolteachers across the US developing lesson plans using modern best-practice teaching methods

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150+ engineering students working on Looma for their capstone projects at Dartmouth College, Stanford University, Santa Clara University, UCSD, and Colorado School of Mines​​

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200+ high school summer interns from Menlo School and other local schools writing code for widgets, features and learning games

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20+ high school students from Rato Bangala School in Kathmandu using their first-hand knowledge to integrate relevant media files with their textbook chapters

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and many more!

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