Maggie Doyne has dedicated her life to offering education and opportunities to children and women in Nepal. The Nonprofit Leadership award honors her authentic, relational, and innovative leadership.
Maggie Doyne
MORRISTOWN, NJ, Nov. 19, 2024 – BlinkNow is proud to announce that Co-founder and CEO Maggie Doyne has been awarded a Gold Anthem Award for Humanitarian Action & Services in the Nonprofit Leader category.
Doyne demonstrates authentic and innovative leadership in her role. She has dedicated her life to educating children and empowering women in Nepal, with the goal of creating a holistic community-led development model for others to follow. Together with Nepal native Tope Bahadur Malla, Doyne founded the Kopila Valley School (the Greenest School in Nepal), Kopila Valley Children’s Home, Kopila Valley Women’s Center, and many more programs and services.
Doyne stays closely connected with the graduates of Kopila Valley Home and School, celebrating their journeys as they pursue higher education in 26 diverse fields and build careers in journalism, education, engineering, healthcare, entrepreneurship, and more. Likewise, graduates of the Kopila Valley Women’s Center have acquired literacy, advocacy, and vocational skills, empowering them to support their families through new employment opportunities or by starting their own businesses.
Her relational leadership style fosters a global community of donors who feel like an “extended family” of support. Living onsite in the Kopila Valley community, Doyne remains deeply rooted in her mission and work.
Doyne is also acclaimed author of the touching memoir Between the Mountain and the Sky, and a subject of the award-winning documentary of the same name.
Doyne’s vision is for every child to be safe, educated, and loved. To attain this, BlinkNow provides education and care for at-risk children, with broader community goals of poverty reduction, women’s empowerment, health improvement, environmental care, and social justice.
Together with the Kopila staff team, Doyne has helped to raise nearly 90 children and educate more than 600 students. Her belief in people and care for children is inspiring others around the world to take positive social action and to replicate Kopila Valley’s whole-person approach and green school campus.
The Anthem Awards are granted annually to celebrate people and organizations doing purpose and mission-driven work. Notable awardees this year include activist and television host Padma Lakshmi, Tony’s Chocolonely founder Teun van de Keuken, and fashion model and maternal health advocate Christy Turlington Burns
