Teaching Skills, Computer Skills, Social Work Skills, Organization

Bonnie Thapa Rai

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Apartment 10

Richmond, VA 23228

804-***-**** (Cell)

804-***-**** (Home)

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Information:

Name: Bonnie Thapa Rai

Date of Birth: 11 December 1968

Marital Status: Divorced with two children

Educational Qualification:

1) Bachelors Degree, in Arts – 2002

Patan Multiple Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal

Majors: History and English

2) Higher Secondary School – passed in 1991

Kalimpong Girls High School, West Bengal, India

Subjects studied: Political Science, Economics, History

Work Experience:

1) Volunteer teaching at Summer Bell Camp at NFB headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland (August 2007 and August 2008)

2) Treasurer, National Federation of the Blind, Richmond Chapter (2006 – 2008)

Responsibility: Receive, record, and disburse donations. Prepare reports presented at monthly member meetings.

3) English and Creative Skills Teacher for Primary Students

Kirtipur Madhyamic Vidyalaya [Kirtipur High School], Nepal

(23 May 1994 – 28 September 2005)

Responsibility: teaching English, music, singing, acting, and arts and crafts to first through fifth graders

4) Founder and President (1998 – 2005)

Nepal Fellowship for the Handicapped

Founded in 1998, formally registered with the Government in 2002.

Responsibility: Discover problems, teach survival skills, find jobs and job training, teach entrepreneurship, teach Braille and provide Braille materials for 45 blind and handicapped members. Organize monthly get-together to give members a forum to share ideas and make friends. Provide medical care through financial help and referrals to hospital doctors for free check ups.

5) Vice Treasurer of Nepal Association of the Blind (1992 – 1993)

Responsibility: Assist the Treasurer with financial records, donations, and expenditures.

6) Board member, National Federation of Disabled Nepal (1993 – 1994)

Skills Training:

Daycare Training

Downtown YMCA

Richmond, Virginia (05 July 2006 – 03 August 2006)

Computer Skills (computer orientation, email, Internet)

English Skills (English as a Second Language)

Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired

Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired

Richmond, Virginia (20 February 2006 – 26 May 2006)

Teaching Skills (teaching elementary students)

Nepal Association of the Blind

Kathmandu, Nepal (December 1998)

Community Church Based Rehabilitation (training on how to organize a charitable organization)

International Fellowship for the Handicapped

Madras, India (01 February 1997 – 29 February 1997)

Electronic PABX (operator) and Receptionist Training

United Mission to Nepal

Kathmandu, Nepal (March 1993)

Other Skills:

Typing skills (some Microsoft Word, general typing, emailing with JAWS Software System, Braille typing)

Cane chair making

Knitting

Personal References:

1) Pastor Guy Holloway

Grace Community Baptist Church.

2400 Pump Road, Henrico, VA 23233

Phone: 804-***-****

2) Felicia Williams, Field Counselor

Department of Blind and Vision Impaired, Headquarters,

401 Azalea Ave., Richmond VA 23227

Phone: 804-***-****

3) David Young

Associate Director, Digital Strategies

International Mission Board

3806 Monument Avenue

Richmond, VA 23230

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