Press and Media
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2023
Top Hair
October 4, 2023
“Hairdressers Without Borders bezoekt de Kopila-valley in Surkhet, Nepal”
Environmental Education 30 Under 30 Award
September 23, 2021
Sunita Bhandari, Sustainability Coordinator
Tech Startups
July 28, 2023
"SmartWorks Technology, BlinkNow Foundation join forces to prepare rural Nepalese students for technology careers"
Global News Wire
June 23, 2023
"Participatory Guarantee Systems help global small farmers stay afloat"
Impact Entrepreneur
May 17, 2023
"Unleashing Dreams to Help Students Create Social Impact"
First for Women
May 14, 2023
“What Does It Mean To Be a Mom? Maggie Doyne, Who Helps Care for 70+ Kids, Expanded the Definition”
Inspiring Woman of the Year Award
May 2023
Maggie Doyne
Nepali Times
April 27, 2023
“Love and loss. Healing and hope. Personal saga of an American teenager who helps to shape the future of Nepali children”
On Air With Sanjay
April 2023
On Air With Sanjay #294 - Maggie Doyne
U.S. Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill's Heroes Award
January 2023
Ruth Dekker, Chief of Staff
Green and Healthy Schools Award
Kopila Valley School
Communicator's Award
Print Content-Causes & Awareness, BlinkNow
2022
Happinez
November 22, 2022
“Maggie Doyne adopteerde 50 kinderen: deze lessen kun je van haar leren”
The British College, Kathmandu, NP
September 16, 2022
Maggie Doyne, Keynote Speech - TBC Women In Business 2022
Zayed Sustainability Prize
February, 2023
Kopila Valley School
The Telly Awards
Non-profit, not-for-broadcast division, Bronze Winner, BlinkNow
2021
Floortje Back To The End of the World
“Floortje Dessing reist naar Nepal voor het bijzondere verhaal van de 28-jarige Amerikaanse Maggie Doyne.”
2019
Town & Country
August 29, 2019
“Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Just Featured an Amazing Organization on Their Instagram Account”
Nepali Times
May 24, 2019
"Starting Nepal's Green School Movement"
Inhabitat
April 10, 2019
“Rammed earth Kopila Valley School is the “greenest school in Nepal””
2016
Floortje Dessing: To the End of the World
January, 2016
A Dutch television program
2015
2015 CNN Hero of the Year Maggie Doyne
November 17, 2015
“2015 CNN Hero of the Year Maggie Doyne helps women, children in Nepal"
Press Release
CNN Heroes
April 13, 2015
“2015 CNN Hero Maggie Doyne: How babysitting money planted a seed to help Nepali kids blossom”
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
February 11, 2015
“The Most Amazing Woman in the World: Maggie Doyne!”
2014
New York Times
March 6, 2014
“A Silent Killer of Women – Suicide”
Unsung Hero of Compassion Award
Maggie Doyne
2013
Christian Science Monitor
August 12, 2013
“Maggie Doyne went from high school graduate to surrogate mother of 40 in Nepal”
FORBES
May 9, 2013
“Meet Maggie Doyne, Forbes Excellence in Education Winner, Mommy to 40”
2012
FORBES
December 17, 2012
“30 under 30 Social Entrepreneurs”
2011
Huffington Post
June 1, 2011
“HuffPost Greatest Person Of The Day: Maggie Doyne Builds Orphanage And School For Kids In Nepal”
2010
MedAssets Norman Borlog Humanitarian Award
Maggie Doyne
Fast Company
November 4, 2010
“Change Generation: Maggie Doyne, Founder & Director, Kopila Valley Children's Home”
New York Times
October 22, 2010
“When A Child Moves to Nepal”
New York Times Sunday Magazine
October 20, 2010
“D.I.Y. Foreign-Aid Revolution”
2009
Do Something Award
Maggie Doyne
Cosmo
December/January, 2009
Maggie Doyne The Humanitarian