Trustees

Paul Braithwaite

Appointed CAN trustee 2006.

Jeff Frew

Jeff has worked as a community development worker in the social justice and equality field of the charity sector for over 20 years. He has been active in outdoor pursuits, mainly as a climber and mountaineer since he was a young lad in the early seventies.

With his wife Jenny and daughter Ailsa he runs a small organic smallholding in the wild moors and mountains of Lesmahagow in Scotland. Jeff dedicates much of his time, energy and passion to the self determination and sustainability ethos of Community Action Nepal. He is also a co.Director with Doug Scott and trek leader of the sister organisation Community Action Treks. His philosophy in life is simple and Confucian (not confusing!): “To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice”-c551-478 BC.

Mel Gillies

Appointed CAN trustee May 2000. Mel is a well-known Scottish photographer. He has produced posters of Everest and Makalu for CAN and display panels which have been well received at Travel Shows and Exhibitions. Mel also filmed the opening of the Machhermo Porter Rescue Shelter on 10 October 2006.

Bachan Gyawali

Appointed CAN trustee 2003. He lives in Kathmandu, he is involved with other businesses in Nepal and is, therefore, of great help to CAN and CAT as a local contact. He originally met Doug Scott, (when Doug climbed on Makalu in 1984), and Terry Mooney, through his friendship with the late David Oswin.

Philip Hopkinson

Appointed CAN trustee December 1997. He has enjoyed climbing in various parts of the world all his adult life. He visits Nepal whenever time away from his painting allows. His love of nature and the environment is reflected in his art.

Dr Rob Lorge

Appointed CAN trustee Summer 2002. Rob spent a six month sabbatical working at CAN Health Posts in Ghunsa, Kutumsang and Ghyamrang. He has given fundraising lectures about CAN’s work and he continues to offer sage advice on all matters medical. He scrutinises all medically related volunteer application forms submitted by people wishing to work in Nepal for CAN.

Dr Mary Selby

Dr Mary Selby is a GP in Clare, Suffolk and has been visiting Nepal since joining a CAT trek in 2000. She fell in love with the country and its people and has been increasingly involved with CAN since then, helping to organise the CAN charity treks in 2006. Mary is a keen trekker and climber, a church organist, a mother of six and author of several books. She is also a GP teacher and trainer of other GPs and nurses, and hopes to use these skills to help CAN. She remains ashamed of her incredibly poor language skills in Nepali and Tibetan and is doing her best to improve!

Sheila West

Appointed CAN trustee March 2004. She first visited Nepal in 2002 on a Charity Trek when she visited Ghyamrang School. Before this visit she had been told that people go to the Himalaya for the mountains and return for the people. She has found this to be true. The focus of her return trip, in 2006, was to meet many wonderful Nepalese people and to visit two further projects at Ghunsa and Bahrabise. She also spent some time with the staff in the Kathmandu office.

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