Ginette was a world famous high altitude mountaineer. She completed  the "Seven Summits" and was the first woman to climb Kangchenjunga. Sadly, she died in an avalanche whilst  climbing Dhaulagiri in 1999. Her friends and family wanted to set up a lasting memorial in her name. and asked SHIVA Charity to help. The Ginette Harrison School was founded in 2001 in a poor farming area in the Rabi -Opi Valley, near Banepa. However, after four years, under pressure from Maoist terrorists (who had threatened to blow up the building), a new and bigger school was built nearby, with more classroom space, and better equipment and facilities for the students and staff.