SEPT 2025
ENGAGE: Meeting Recap September 1 - 5, 2025 | Nagarkot, Nepal
ENGAGE Meeting Recap
September 1 - 5, 2025 | Nagarkot, Nepal Purpose and Key Themes From September 1 - 5, 2025 ENGAGE partners from Tanzania, Haiti, Bangladesh, India, Canada, and (virtually) Ethiopia gathered in Nagarkot, Nepal for project management and steering committee meetings. The Project Management meetings (with project managers from each organization.) focused on project progress, key
ATTENDEES:
SABIHA SULTANA, CCDB
Coady Institute: Hina Shehzadi Ibtesum Afrin Jenny MacDonald TGNP: Anna Sangai Clara Kalanga Altho Mwangoa WISE (virtual): Tsigie Haile Blen Yetnayet
successes and challenges, and project impact. The Steering Committee meetings (with executive directors from each organization) focused on future planning, strengthening partnerships, and risk management. Both groups also came together for several sessions including a high-level reflection on the global aid environment with guest Lilly Nicholls (former Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh and former Canadian Ambassador to Panama),
SEWA: Mansi Shah Smita Bhatnagar CCDB: Sabiha Sultana Juliate Keya Malakar Imran Kibria
and a field visit with Global Affairs Canada funded Samaan Aawaaj project partners Didi Bahini and Story Kitchen in Kathmandu.
CLE: Lucia Di Poi Guest: Lilly Nicholls