Nick Simons, a son of multibillionaire Jim and Marilyn Simons ,was a New York man who, having recently graduated from college, came to Nepal to work in 2002. He fell in love with the country, and returned home with the dream of becoming a doctor for the underserved.
Tragically, Nick’s life ended some months later when he drowned while swimming in Indonesia.Jim and Marilyn Simons came to Nepal to establish a project in their son Nick’s name.
After funding the building of a new Maternity Ward for Patan Hospital in Nepal, they helped develop a new organization that would reach out to rural communities, principally through the training of health care workers for local needs.
In March 2006, NSI was formed from this nucleus. NSI is a charitable company whose Board is composed of distinguished Nepalese professionals. The organization has its headquarters in Kathmandu valley, but works through a network of health care institutions spread across the country.
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