“Like now, as a child I was quite mischievous. Since my uncle (Sano buwa) was in the Police and was posted in different districts, we visited him at various places. It was more of a ‘family tour’. We had loads of fun. This led me to travel more as I grew up. I got an opportunity to experience new things as I started trekking.
“During my growing years, I was much influenced by my family. My grandfather was a social worker and I wanted to do something like him,” says Sanjay Bahadur Singh Thakuri, a 26-year-old Bio-medical engineer. Sanjay has been exploring districts of Nepal wherein, the year 2017 led his journey to Nijal village of upper Dolpa.
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Thakuri recalls incidents from the past. In one of the instances, he had to find a hen in the village since he required eggs in order to teach the children about it. “I boiled the egg, taught children and we ultimately shared it among the nine of us. I also recall going to fill up water with one of my students, Mingmar Dhondhup. All these happenings have taught me kindness, appreciation and many things that I feel thankful about which I had previously taken for granted,” says Sanjay.
Sanjay is one among the few who believes the country has many opportunities hidden under its belt. He may have numerous reasons to fly overseas for his well-deemed bright career for now, but he wants to explore the land that he is familiar of the land with hidden possibilities within.
“When I was in Dolpa I witnessed poor health services as well as a deteriorating education system. It was very clear. Both of them impacted one another. As a teacher, I taught them. But I wanted to provide good health services and regular checkup facilities. One of my student’s fathers died untimely. That made me think more about what I can do in terms of providing proper medical facilities. So we started ‘Healing the Himalaya’. With the efforts and help of my friends we made the campaign successful to Dolpa,” says Sanjay.
He is recently researching on making infant incubators in Nepal Innovation Center. “I want to experience change by making medical tools more economical and accessible to the people,” says Sanjay.
