Ajnish Ghimire

Role(s) Core Participant Co-Lab(s) Virtual Euroasian Co-Laboratory (Sep-Nov 2017) Education Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Allameh Tabataba’i University Masters of Arts in International Relations from Tarbial Modares University Australasia Initiative

Ajnish Ghimire is a core participant of the Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era - Australasia co-Laboratory.

I am Ajnish Ghimire, 21, from Nepal. Currently, I am a student of biomedical science at Sunway University. I have been working on public health issues that are prevalent in my country Nepal. I started my journey from Rotaract Club of Kathmandu, youth wing of Rotary International Nepal and Bhutan District 3292. My story begins with a startup local organization in 2012 and now we are one of the top youth international organization in Nepal. Solidarity International focuses on: 1. Education and Empowerment 2. Health and Social Care 3. Community and Rural Development 4. Special Area Project (SAP) 5. Environmental Project I worked as a coordinator for 15 medical camps during Nepal earthquake (2015). We had our projects in 8 districts of Nepal which was severely affected by the earthquake. These camps benefitted more than 1000 people and more than 1700 families. I have been working as Director for Humanitarian Affairs for Solidarity International. We distribute school bags and stationery materials to underprivileged students of Nepal. Likewise, we do advocate about the importance of education and collect funds for the scholarship program. I am aware of my passion which I want to change to a profession. I want to be the voice of those underprivileged children in rural areas of my country. Working in the community has been my foremost interest since I started working out from home for the earthquake. The long hours I spend outside made me realize where I can excel upon, it made me realize the happiness I get from serving the community. I have enhanced my planning and decision-making skill when I worked as a President for Sunway Youth for Sustainable Development at Sunway University, Malaysia. I started advocating for the sustainable development goals. And I do have the field-based experience back home. I believe in the power of youths. Young people are real changemakers in urban and rural communities. The youths can deal with grassroots level and connect to a wide range of ideas and solutions. There are ample of youth-led organizations in the world which are working to improve the local agendas by means of effective monitoring. With the aid from the government as well as non-governmental organization, young people need the structured mechanism of national and regional policy to work in a better environment. If young generation realizes the importance of sustainable development, he/she is the one who works hard to sustain the resources used. As there is a saying, “Almost everything that is great has been done by youth”, I do believe in the power of young people. The Generation Z and Millennials need to work together in achieving the 17 SDGs, young people can unite people from different background leaving no one behind. Recently, I got selected for Global Youth Ambassador at TheirWorld – A World at School, that advocates the importance of education around the world. My future plans would be working in the policy-making industry under health and education of the rural community.