Clotilde Hunter
Clotilde grew up and trained as an Occupational Therapist in France. She moved to the UK in 1998 and after meeting her British husband, the UK became her second homeland. In 2009 they decided to adopt Nepal as their third homeland, meeting Beverley and Philip Holmes in Kathmandu. Since then the life of destitute children and young women in Nepal has been close to her heart and she has fundraised for Nepal children's charities. She is now honoured to be dedicating more of her time and energy in helping the beautiful people of Nepal through ChoraChori.
Beverley Holmes
Julie Graham
Julie is a graduate in social work from Queen's University Belfast, but currently working within the education welfare sector in Northern Ireland. She has volunteered twice in Nepal, on both occasions working with deprived and marginalised children at Bhairahawa on the Indian border. During that time she saw the best and worst of the country, the latter including gender and caste discrimination and grinding poverty. Notwithstanding that she developed a huge respect and love for Nepal's resilient people and its children.
Trustees
I spent 20 years working in television, as researcher then producer before going to live in Nepal, where I worked for my husband Philip’s children’s charity. I found it incredibly rewarding working directly with children who had suffered all kinds of disadvantage and abuse, helping their recovery. I now live in the UK again but I wish to continue carrying out child and family centred projects that are small and individual in focus. These make all the difference to the quality of a child’s life. So I set up Chora Chori to do just that. Key to its success is working in partnership with skilled colleagues in Nepal, one of whom, Shailaja CM, I worked alongside for 8 years. All our Nepal workers are perceptive about where the greatest need lies, careful to ensure the best use of funds, and totally committed. I am delighted that Chora Chori is able to help children in Nepal through their efforts.