Welthungerhilfe Nepal

In October 2025, Ilam district was hit by floods and landslides, causing 37 deaths, 1 missing, and widespread destruction of homes, infrastructure, and livelihoods across eight municipalities. Thousands were displaced, lacking shelter, food, health, and sanitation, while agriculture and food stocks were destroyed, increasing food insecurity and disease risk. This project targets 350 vulnerable households, including women, Dalits, and Indigenous groups, providing emergency food, shelter items, warm clothing, and hygiene kits, with post-distribution monitoring and community engagement to ensure timely relief and accountability.

(1) Micro level (community): The project supports WASH services in five municipalities of Saptari and Siraha districts, Madhesh Province, covering 180,367 people (37,767 households). It targets marginalized and vulnerable households, WSUCs, sanitation workers, students, teachers, and CBOs. Beneficiaries will gain from climate-resilient water supply schemes, capacity building for WSUCs and water boards, functional faecal sludge and waste management facilities, school WASH improvements, and local enterprise promotion. (2) Meso level (province & local): Five local administrations with elected representatives and technical departments are targeted. Primary targets include provincial representatives, officials from MoEIWS, MoHP, MoEC, MoFE, local government representatives, DWSSM, and district CAN. Interventions include capacity building, technical support (e.g., WASH Act implementation, NWASH MIS, guidelines, advocacy), and knowledge products for planning and resource mobilization. Secondary targets are other municipalities in the province. Direct: 130 officials, 50 private actors; indirect: 200 officials, plus broader provincial stakeholders.(3) Macro level (national/federal): Provincial and federal officials, elected representatives, parliamentarians, and development partners are targeted. WASH officials, MoWS, DWSSM, and civil society actors will benefit from knowledge products, technical support, and standards development. Direct: 55 officials, 50 civil society actors; indirect: 100 officials and civil society actors, plus the national population through policy, guideline, and investment initiatives.

Nepal’s mountain food system faces severe challenges due to loss of agrobiodiversity, out-migration, feminization of agriculture, low productivity, and growing climate risks. Poor diets, gender barriers, and weak local solutions further limit resilience.Target Group & Area: 2,000 households in three municipalities of Bajura and Mugu.Overall Objective: Empower women smallholders and CSAs to build resilient local food systems. Key Outputs:Enhanced capacities on agrobiodiversity, climate-resilient, and nutrition-sensitive practices.Strengthened local markets for safe and nutritious foods.Empowered CSAs and networks advocate for the right to food. Partners: LI-BIRD, KCDC, FWEAN.

Overall Objective: Contribution to improved livelihoods in local food systems for resilient communities in Jajarkot and Rukum West Districts. Project Objectives/ Outcomes: 1,750 earthquake affected households in Jajarkot and Rukum West have improved their food and nutrition security, and the civil society and local governments promote climate resilient and nutrition-sensitive agriculture and economic resilience programsIndicators: The targeted households (1,750) have at least 10 months of food sufficiency in their house by the end of the project. (MAHFP)70% (210 out of 300) of trained women and youth households increase their annual cash income by 20% by the end of the projectClimate resilience is anchored in the local development plans and the share in the budget is at least 5% by the end of the project

Enhance food security in India, Malawi, Nepal, and Uganda through scalable digital innovations. The Project aim to digital literacy, scaling quality data collection to train AI for the Child Growth Monitor app, expand access of farmers to Digital Agriculture Solutions through leveraging synergies across technology advancements, AI, collaborative content creation, and business model testing, as well as facilitating cross-country exchange sessions. The project aims to reach 13,050 children under the age of 6 yr, 460,000 smallholder farmers through our implementing partners: ACE, FUM, CSONA, PALM, Li-Bird and DSC

Overall Objective: The economic stability and decent income generation of vulnerable young people have improved through profitable employment or self-employment, resulting in increased food and nutrition security.Outcome (Project Objective):Young vulnerable people use the acquired (labour) market relevant competencies and the provided access to necessary resources & labour market linkages to secure (self-) employment opportunities.