Maggie Doyne receives Gold Anthem Award for Humanitarian Action and Services
MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY: BlinkNow has announced that Co-founder and CEO Maggie Doyne has received a Gold Anthem Award for Humanitarian Action & Services in the Nonprofit Leader category.
Doyne's authentic and innovative leadership is evident in her dedication to educating children and empowering women in Nepal. Together with Nepali national Tope Bahadur Malla, she founded the Kopila Valley School (the Greenest School in Nepal), Kopila Valley Children’s Home, Kopila Valley Women’s Centre, and various other programmes and services.
She remains closely connected with Kopila Valley Home and School graduates, celebrating their journeys into higher education across 26 fields and careers in journalism, education, engineering, healthcare, and entrepreneurship. Likewise, graduates of the Kopila Valley Women’s Centre have gained 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 is deeply rooted in her mission and work.
An acclaimed author, Doyne wrote the memoir ‘Between the Mountain and the Sky’ and is the subject of the award-winning documentary of the same name.
Doyne’s vision is for every child to be safe, educated, and loved. To achieve 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 inspires others worldwide to take positive social action and replicate Kopila Valley’s whole-person approach and green school campus.
The Anthem Awards annually celebrate people and organisations 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.
The BlinkNow Foundation provides education and a loving home for at-risk children. It also conducts community outreach to reduce poverty, empower women, improve health, and encourage sustainability and social justice. It fulfils its mission by providing financial support and management oversight to the Kopila Valley Children's Home and Kopila Valley School in Surkhet district. Additionally, Kopila Valley runs a Health and Wellness programme, Women’s Centre, Home for At-Risk Students, Futures Career Readiness Programme, and an integrated Sustainability Programme across all initiatives.
