Nimdoma Sherpa
Nimdoma Sherpa (born 1991) from
Early life
Nimdoma Sherpa was born into a poor
Mountaineering
After finishing high school, Nimdoma joined the First Inclusive Women's Sagarmatha Expedition, an all-female mountaineering team supported by the WFP. In May 2008, all ten team members successfully summited Mount Everest,[2] making 16-year-old Nimdoma the youngest woman to have reached the summit until her record was broken in 2012.[3] Her success on Everest was recounted in a children's book titled Snow Leopard, the Yeti and the Girl Who Climbed Mount Everest, published by the WFP to promote the use of school meals to reduce child hunger.[4]
In 2009, Nimdoma and six of her Nepalese Sagarmatha Expedition teammates formed the
Nimdoma was one of the founders of Global Inclusive Adventures, a non-governmental organization started by the Seven Summits Women Team, which visits Nepalese schools to talk about their expeditions with the aim of inspiring young children.[10] She is also the face of an advertising campaign for the WFP's School Feeding Program; she has expressed her gratitude to the WFP for "open[ing] the door of educational opportunities and help[ing] me to pursue my dream of climbing Everest". Stephen Anderson, the director of WFP Japan, has said that "Nimdoma is a shining example of what the WFP-supported school feeding programs can achieve by helping give needy children an education and a fighting chance of breaking the vicious cycle of hunger and poverty."[2]
See also
References
- The Huffington Post. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ a b c Das Shrestha, Deepesh (July 15, 2013). "Nepal: Nimdoma Touches Japanese Hearts". World Food Programme. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "With Mount Kilimanjaro climb, UN-backed team seeks to highlight girls' education". UN News Centre. February 26, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Library notes". Times Herald-Record.
- ^ Neo, Candice (July 13, 2012). "Seven women, seven summits". Nepali Times. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "UN-backed team celebrates International Women's Day atop Mount Kilimanjaro". UN News Centre. March 5, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ Das Shrestha, Deepesh (November 7, 2012). "Nepal: Sky Is The Limit For School Meals Girl". World Food Programme. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Seven summits women scale Mt Aconcagua". Nepal News. February 27, 2014. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Female Nepali climbers conquer Mt Aconcagua". The Kathmandu Post. March 2, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ Acharya, Keya (March 3, 2009). "Women Everest climbers promote gender equality". OneWorld South Asia. Retrieved April 23, 2014.