Meet the Team
Suresh Sharma
Bikesh Shreshtha
Bikesh Shreshtha
Vegan activist & VegVoyages Director of Himalayan Operations
One of Nepal's most active vegan activists, when not organizing protests and meet-ups, he's directing VegVoyages vegan tours in the Himalayas, which take him to remote areas with travelers from around the world where they enjoy local vegan food and interact with local communities
Vegan activist & VegVoyages Director of Himalayan Operations
One of Nepal's most active vegan activists, when not organizing protests and meet-ups, he's directing VegVoyages vegan tours in the Himalayas, which take him to remote areas with travelers from around the world where they enjoy local vegan food and interact with local communities in a cultural exchange. Suresh coordinates between different team members and helps to get funds distributed.
Bikesh Shreshtha
Bikesh Shreshtha
Bikesh Shreshtha
Vegan activist & Chair SPCA Nepal
Nepal’s most senior and respected activist, Bikeshji spearheads efforts to transfer the city’s abandoned cows to a sanctuary to live their lives in peace. Those who don't like his demands for protecting animals call him a “crazy old man”, but this “old man” is anything but crazy and has the energy of a 20
Vegan activist & Chair SPCA Nepal
Nepal’s most senior and respected activist, Bikeshji spearheads efforts to transfer the city’s abandoned cows to a sanctuary to live their lives in peace. Those who don't like his demands for protecting animals call him a “crazy old man”, but this “old man” is anything but crazy and has the energy of a 20-year old as he zooms around on his electric motorbike wearing vegan t-shirts and fighting for animals.
Binaji Panta
Bikesh Shreshtha
Binaji Panta
Animal rights activists & SPCA Nepal General Secretary
Binaji is a compassionate animal rights activist who oversees coordinating food supplies, logistics, volunteers and rescue efforts throughout the city. A passionate animal lover, Binaji can’t pass a dog without getting it food, accompanied by lots of attention and hugs. Binaji’s alrea
Animal rights activists & SPCA Nepal General Secretary
Binaji is a compassionate animal rights activist who oversees coordinating food supplies, logistics, volunteers and rescue efforts throughout the city. A passionate animal lover, Binaji can’t pass a dog without getting it food, accompanied by lots of attention and hugs. Binaji’s already busy coordinating the large-scale spay/neuter program the entire team, along with other activists, will be organizing post-lock-down.
Radhe Khadka
Ayush Shrestha
Binaji Panta
Social & vegan activist
Co-founder of the Nepal Shakahari Party (Nepal Vegetarian Political Party), which will campaign in the next election so animal rights and protection become issues politicians start talking about. Realtor by day, activist by night, he's never seen without his Trilby hat and blue anti-animal-sacrifice windbreaker.
Social & vegan activist
Co-founder of the Nepal Shakahari Party (Nepal Vegetarian Political Party), which will campaign in the next election so animal rights and protection become issues politicians start talking about. Realtor by day, activist by night, he's never seen without his Trilby hat and blue anti-animal-sacrifice windbreaker. Radhe-ji oversees food distribution logistics making sure food gets to the people who need it.
Rima Kapali
Ayush Shrestha
Ayush Shrestha
Animal rights activist
Rima takes the lead in the feeding fieldwork where she and the team energetically provide hundreds of meals a day to needy animals. Before lock-down, Rima juggled her career with her love of helping animals. She carries out operations using a truck and couple scooters that managed to get police passes (the police
Animal rights activist
Rima takes the lead in the feeding fieldwork where she and the team energetically provide hundreds of meals a day to needy animals. Before lock-down, Rima juggled her career with her love of helping animals. She carries out operations using a truck and couple scooters that managed to get police passes (the police said that's all that’s needed, though we know many street dogs, monkeys and cows who’d beg to differ).
Ayush Shrestha
Ayush Shrestha
Ayush Shrestha
Animal rights activist
Animal rights activist and college student in his early 20's, he jumped at the opportunity to head out each day to help deliver food to feed hundreds of street animals each day. Particularly good with helping cows, he’s equally as caring with needy dogs and cheeky monkeys.
Rita Limbu
Niru Gurung & Sushil Shrestha
Saritanandi & Toya Yogi
Animal rights activist & radio host
Popular FM radio jockey program host, Rita is also a no holds barred independent voice for animals who is not afraid (or shy) to tell it as it is. When the lock-down happened, Rita jumped right in on the opportunity to help provide meals for people in need. She also makes some great vegan momos!
Saritanandi & Toya Yogi
Niru Gurung & Sushil Shrestha
Saritanandi & Toya Yogi
Social activists
University Professor Sarita who thankfully "lives to serve" is providing vegan meals and good vibes to people in need, along with her husband Toya, who has recently become vegan himself, whose the wheel man for many of the vegan food runs.
Niru Gurung & Sushil Shrestha
Niru Gurung & Sushil Shrestha
Niru Gurung & Sushil Shrestha
Co-founders of the cozy and tasty C-Ya Vegan café, even though the lock-down has seriously affected their business, this didn't stop them from answering the call to help providing vegan meals for people in need. Before lockdown, their cafe doubled as a vegan community center where fellow vegans, including members of the Nepal Vegetarian
Co-founders of the cozy and tasty C-Ya Vegan café, even though the lock-down has seriously affected their business, this didn't stop them from answering the call to help providing vegan meals for people in need. Before lockdown, their cafe doubled as a vegan community center where fellow vegans, including members of the Nepal Vegetarian Party, gathered to discuss animal rights issues.
Jerry
Zac Lovas
Niru Gurung & Sushil Shrestha
Chef at C-Ya Vegan Restaurant
Chef by trade, volunteer by heart, he of course enjoys cooking and loved the opportunity to pitch in cooking up a plethora of tasty vegan meals everyday for people in need.
Zac Lovas
Zac Lovas
Zac Lovas
Co-founder VegVoyages
Zac spends most of his time sharing his passion for animals, travel, local vegan food and bridging cultural gaps by bringing people together throughout the eight countries their trips go to and promoting vegan activism in Asia, his home for the past three decades