How it all began

IEC Nepal was conceived and initiated by Khom Raj Sharma (2009), who in addition to overcoming his own challenges of being blind, has been helping empower people with disabilities through his numerous initiatives and projects for thedisabled in Nepal.

Khom Taking Award at IISE
Some of the projects that Mr. Khom has organized are workshops in communities where parents and care takers were educated about the importance of sending children with disabilities to schools; a campaign for sensitizing and training people on the treatment of the disabled in the community;the creation and funding of a full functioning digital library – the first of its kind and the only existing one in Nepal.

Khom at meeting with Students of IEC Nepal    Students are reading books at Audio Library
Mr. Khom has taught for four years and is a graduate of the Kanthari Social Entrepreneur training programme. Upon graduating, Mr. Khom was awarded the Braille Without Borders Values Award. The Award was used as seed funding for establishing IEC Nepal.