Bibhu’s connection with UMN began when she received a UMN scholarship to study at Mahendra Bhawan Girls High School, a school that was founded by UMN. After completing grades 1-6, Bibhu stayed in the hostel associated with the school, which she says helped improve her studies in grades 7-10. In 1996 she joined UMN as a secretary in the HR department and completed her first Masters in Statistics at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, in 1998. In the early 2000s Bibhu moved to become the Assistant to the Executive Director when Jennie Collins was ED. In 2009 Bibhu transferred to the Funding Management Team where Alan Penn, one of the founding trustees of UMN Support Trust, was the Team Leader. Bibhu continued her studies with a second Masters, this time in Organisational Leadership and Management from Development Associates International, (DAI), in 2011. When Alan returned to the UK in 2012, Bibhu took over as Team Leader.
Over the past 12 years Bibhu and her team have been responsible for connecting Financial Supporting Partners of UMN with projects, clusters and hospitals; ensuing that the work of UMN and UMN MDT continues and thrives. Indeed the work that Bibhu and her team do is vital for the future of both UMN and the UMN MDT.
Please pray for Bibhu and her team as they connect with Supporting Partners and also seek to open up new streams of funding for the work of UMN and UMN MDT.