Chhing Lamu Sherpa

Chhing is Advisor of NIWF (National Indigenous Women's Federation), Immediate past chair of Tewa (women's philanthropy organization) and founding member of Mountain Spirit, Nepal Participatory Action Network (NEPAN), SAGUN-NGO (search for harmony) and Just Nepal Foundation. Just Nepal Foundation promotes education, social justice, and human rights by working within the rural mountain communities of Nepal. Chhing has been working to empower women and extremely marginalized groups in Nepal for the past 30 years.

Since participating in HRAP in 2016, Chhing has been Participating and promoting human rights, conservation and rights of Indigenous Women and enhancing Inter-Generational Feminist Forum (IGFF) for joint voices country's issues and raise issue of older people. Chhing is also facilitating an internship program between ISHR and Mountain Spirit since 2017. She participated in a summer course of Columbia University on Indigenous Peoples Policy in 2023 and is now preparing an Indigenous Peoples' policy for an Indigenous Peoples Led organization.

She is one of the founding members, chair, and current advisor of Mountain Spirit, another indigenous people’s organization. She has been active in relief efforts after the earthquake in Nepal. Chhing earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Culture and Literature from Padma Kanya University in 1988, a Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Extension & Women from University of Reading in 1991, and a master’s degree in Rural Development in 2016.