DFAT / Irish Aid

Funding of transport to Nepal in response to COVID-19

The Community Empowerment for Strengthening Local Governance (NEPAL) project, implemented with NGO Sahakarmi Samaj, aims to establish greater transparency and accountability at the local government level to enable poor and marginalised communities to exercise their rights to essential services such as health and education. It will specifically target the Kanchanpur, Kailali, Bardiya, Jajarkot and Dang Districts in Nepal.

The ‘Village Alive 5’ project aims to reduce poverty and bring gender equality, good health and well-being to five Dalit communities in the Terai region of Nepal.

The project will target people with spinal cord injuiries who are employed or self-employed. They will be provided with support and mentorship to address obstacles to their full inclusion in the workforce or to their business' growth and development. Tailored support will be provided to the individuls and the goal is to enable these individulas to develop a sustainable business by addressing needs that have arisen becuase of their disability.

The project sets out to address underemployment in young people in Nepal by providing vocational training to allow them to enter the skilled labour force. Unskilled labourers in Nepal experience harsh and dangerous working conditions with very low pay. Training young peple is a way to address these risks and provide them with the opportunity to access a higher standard of living.

Eco-Soap Bank Nepal recycles and redistributes soap to fight these extreme hygiene paucities whilstsimultaneously providing sustainable, long-term livelihood opportunities for disadvantaged/disabled women. Due to the myriad of deeply rooted livelihood barriers faced by marginalized women, ourexplicit strategy is to employ and train local women for all recycling hub positions. By investing directly in women – making them the agents of change – we strive to make communities healthier, more equal, and more economically secure.