Development projects in Nepal

PATRA, in consortium with Parivartan, has been working in 2 VDCs of Lahrepauwa and Daibung in Rasuwa district since right after the devastating earthquakes of April and May 2015. Parivartan PATRA provided livelihoods and WASH support to the population of 2800 families as part of the Cordaid project. The earthquake project activities were in two phases: 1) emergency response May-November 2015 and 2) reconstruction phase 1 December 2015 to 31 December 2017. This project is phasing out project. This project aims to extend WASH and livelihoods activities in these 2 communities for 1 year to ensure sustainability of the positive impacts achieved in NEO017 and responsible handover, as Cordaid is phasing out. Additional support will also be provided to vulnerable families on agriculture/livestock to increase their income and sustainability. About 540 household from the current resilient project will be technically backstopped in the livelihood sector to ensure they will have quality products, out of which 45 new families (from the Dalit community, women headed household and disadvantaged people) will be added and supported with goat/chicken production and Tunnel farming to support direct economic upliftment for them. An 100 additional households will also be provided with waste water collection and management support to encourage the clean house. These HHs will be used as volunteers to reach to further 400 HHs with the clean house concept. Planned activities include: - Strengthen market linkages and equipping the collection centres with necessary inputs. - Continue increasing goat production and nutrients - Enhance rural poultry - Continue seed production and coordinate demand for local seed - Support to farmer cooperatives - Technical support on tunnel farming and drip irrigation - Promote household Waste Water management and hygiene promotion - Operations and maintenance training for Water User Committees - Water source protection - Maintenance of the training centre

Organization

CAFOD

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

May 1, 2017 → Apr 30, 2018

Coverage

Rasuwa, Bagmati

This project continues Caritas Nepal's work enabling earthquake-affected communities in 4 earthquake-affected Districts of Nepal - Dolakha, Sindhupalchowk, Sindhuli and Kavrepalanchowk - to rebuild safer and dignified lives. Caritas Nepal will support the families and individuals most affected by the earthquake to rebuild their houses, restore access to safe water and sanitation facilities, restore livelihoods and enhance their resilience to future disasters. Caritas Nepal will use a holistic recovery approach that integrates permanent Shelter, Livelihood, WASH, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), school construction support and Protection solutions. Their holistic approach will apply community-driven, people-centred, participatory methods for recovery and reconstruction. Caritas Nepal is working with 5 local partners to implement WASH and Livelihoods components in some districts, and is directly implementing the other activities with communities. The project will continue work implemented in 8 locations (VDCs) during the first year of the project. 6 VDCs (Orang, Bulung, Thokarpa, Kalika, Chandenimandan and Balthali) will continue to receive the full package of Shelter support (including housing grants and technical assistance) and WASH, Livelihood, DRR, School Reconstruction and Protection and Psychosocial interventions. In Baseswar and Hariharpurgadhi VDCs all sectors except for shelter will be supported. In 6 new locations to be covered from mid-2017 onwards, Caritas Nepal will provide shelter technical assistance and limited livelihoods support.

Organization

CAFOD

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2017 → Jun 30, 2019

Coverage

Dolakha, kabhrepalanchok

This 2 year project aims to support the earthquake affected households in 5 VDCs in Sindupalchowk district of Nepal. The 5 VDCs include Bhimtar, Shipapokhare, Bandegaun, Nawalpur and Bhotshipa. The project will target 1350 families for the overall project intervention and out of these families, 780 most vulnerable households will be identified. They will work in Self-Help Groups (SHGs) for Income Generating Activities (IGAs) through entrepreneurship support. The project will apply integrated approach to recover the affected people's livelihoods. The major activities of the project involve rehabilitation of the drinking water supplies, irrigation systems, construction of domestic animal sheds, training farmers on improved practices in crop cultivation, fish farming and livestock management. The interventions will include both on-farm agriculture-based IGAs and off-farm IGAs such as small business entrepreneurship development. The project also plans to introduce innovative techniques in agriculture like tunnel gardening and organic agriculture farming. Agriculture is one of major components of the project which will undertake tasks such as strengthening farmers’ field school management, distributing quality seed, transferring vermi-compost and crop and vegetable intensification technologies, exploring and facilitating marketing of organic products to home-stays and tourist hub or other market places, promoting plantation of economically profitable plants, and encouraging intercropping practices. The project also include skills enhancement and income generating activities and encouraging women's micro-credit groups to link to local cooperatives is also part of the project activities. Households will also be encouraged through hygiene promotion activities to learn and apply improve hygiene practices in water and sanitation and in the use of animal sheds to help improve communities health.

Organization

CAFOD

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

May 1, 2016 → Jun 30, 2018

Coverage

Nawalparasi East, Gandaki

Five UK development and Humanitarian agencies: Action Aid, Christian Aid, CAFOD, Oxfam GB and Tearfund have been collaborating since 2012 to research our experiences of Partnership working in humanitarian responses and to develop policy and advocacy positions to promote partnerships approaches throughout international and humanitarian systems. This fourth piece of research will build on the previous body of evidence and contribute towards the drive towards localisation by: Conducting an in-depth study of the Nepal earthquake response to explore how the humanitarian system can move towards a more collaborative approach between national and international humanitarian organisations in an acute fast-onset crisis. This is based on the assumption that the expectations of national governments will increasingly be to ensure that the humanitarian response is locally-led and of high quality, as it was in Nepal; this is indicative of the new norm within the humanitarian sector. This research will also consider how best to contribute to the development of preparedness measures (potentially through a preparedness agreement, or other framework) with an increased role for national and local organisations in Nepal and other countries.

Organization

CAFOD

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

May 1, 2016 → Dec 31, 2016

Coverage

Nepal

In the aftermath of the 2015 earthquakes, CAN is seeking to respond to a request from communities in the GaunKharka VDC of Nuwakot District near Kutumsang in the Helambu region of Nepal to replace and rebuild the Shree Himalayan Primary School and the Birendra Secondary School, which were destroyed in April 2015. Our ambition is to work in partnership with local communities to rebuild new sustainable schools, providing high quality school learning facilities with sound earthquake resistant features. The project is closely working with the School Management Committees (SMCs) to strengthen their capacity in financial and school management and O&M of schools and water supplies. Along with the construction of the school buildings the Project is also supporting to rehabilitate water supply systems to both the schools, construction of latrines for boys, girls and teachers; increasing awareness on improved hygiene practices around water and sanitation and increasing schools and communities resilience to future disasters through DRR.

Organization

CAFOD

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2016 → Mar 31, 2018

Coverage

Nuwakot, Bagmati

One of the planned Nepal Programme Outcomes is that partners have improved capacity to manage humanitarian programmes. CAFOD has committed to provide technical expertise and support to partners in the areas of WASH, as part of our commitment to capacity strengthening and ensuring programme quality. We will provide this technical through deployment of WASH Emergency Response Officers who can work with our partners to improve WASH programme quality.

Organization

CAFOD

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 1, 2015 → Apr 30, 2018

Coverage

Nepal

One of the planned Nepal Programme Outcomes is that partners have improved capacity to manage safe and dignified humanitarian programmes. CAFOD/Trocaire has committed to provide technical expertise and support to partners in the areas of Protection Mainstreaming/Accountability (and others if needed), as part of our commitment to capacity strengthening and ensuring programme quality.

Organization

CAFOD

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2016 → Jul 31, 2018

Coverage

Nepal

As a result of the devastating earthquakes in 2015, many families in Gorkha District are still living in temporary shelters, such as tents, whilst their homes are being rebuilt. A sudden change in weather conditions since the evening of 8th January has affected life in the earthquake-affected villages of the Gorkha Region. Temperatures dropped to around -10°C at night. People there have witnessed snowfall and hailstorms since that evening due to a rain producing weather system from the Arabian Sea. This additional emergency has been called after recent snowfall, hailstorm and intensive cold. Government called us to help in providing additional warm clothes and blankets, to families who have already received the standard winterisation package being provided in all high-altitude areas. The project’s main goal is to protect peoples’ health and to keep them safe by distributing warm clothing and blankets to 3000 earthquake-affected families who are living in temporary shelters in Barpak, Gumda and Laprak VDCs.

Organization

CAFOD

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 12, 2016 → Feb 11, 2016

Coverage

Gorkha, Gandaki

The DEC phase 2a project in Nepal is running from November 2015 to April 2017, with two partners, CRS and Caritas Switzerland. As part of the project planning CAFOD has committed to provide technical expertise in the areas of DRR and Protection Mainstreaming/Accountability (and others if needed), in order to ensure programme quality. The Protection Mainstreaming/Accountability support is planned, budgeted and captured under OA project NEP021. The commitments to date are for CAFOD's DRR Technical Adviser to lead the project planning workshop with CACH and its local partner CEDCF on the DRR components, to provide input on the project design, help recruit a national DRR consultant, and to help capture lessons from the pilot phase, and recommendations to take forward into the later stages of the work.

Organization

CAFOD

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 1, 2015 → Mar 31, 2016

Coverage

Nepal

CAFOD will be supporting partners CRS and Caritas with strengthening the protection mainstreaming components of the project (through training workshops and mentoring), and in reviewing lessons and recommendations from the winterisation and shelter training project activities.

Organization

CAFOD

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Aug 1, 2015 → May 31, 2016

Coverage

Nepal

Increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights, Increase access to SRHR resources, information and services, Transform social norms, Catalyse changes in, and implementation of, policies and laws, Build stronger, more inclusive movements for SRHR

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 100K

Timeline

Mar 1, 2026 → Feb 28, 2029

Coverage

Nepal

Increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights, Transform social norms, Catalyse changes in, and implementation of, policies and laws, Build stronger, more inclusive movements for SRHR

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 85K

Timeline

Feb 1, 2026 → Jul 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Increase access to SRHR resources, information and services

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 58K

Timeline

Apr 15, 2026 → Apr 14, 2028

Coverage

Nepal

Increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights, Increase access to SRHR resources, information and services, Catalyse changes in, and implementation of, policies and laws

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 101K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Jun 30, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights, Transform social norms, Build stronger, more inclusive movements for SRHR

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 99K

Timeline

Dec 15, 2025 → Dec 14, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights, Increase access to SRHR resources, information and services, Transform social norms, Catalyse changes in, and implementation of, policies and laws

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 96K

Timeline

Dec 15, 2025 → Dec 14, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights, Catalyse changes in, and implementation of, policies and laws, Build stronger, more inclusive movements for SRHR

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 97K

Timeline

Nov 1, 2025 → Apr 30, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Increase access to SRHR resources, information and services, Build stronger, more inclusive movements for SRHR, Increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 644K

Timeline

Aug 1, 2025 → Jul 31, 2028

Coverage

Nepal

Strengthening grant. | Primary theme: Access to SRHR services for poor, vulnerable and marginalised groups | Secondary theme: Gender-based violence

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 254K

Timeline

Nov 15, 2024 → May 14, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights, Increase access to SRHR resources, information and services, Transform social norms, Catalyse changes in, and implementation of, policies and laws, Build stronger, more inclusive movements for SRHR

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 247K

Timeline

Nov 1, 2024 → Apr 30, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Gham Power will install an integrated solar PV and dual chemistry battery power supply system on a site in the Kathmandu valley to trial innovative new power control and monitoring systems. Swanbarton, leaders in energy storage and microgrids, will provide innovative battery control technology. HiT Power Limited will provide an advanced switch and a seamless grid-forming power conversion system. Scene Connect will provide an advanced distribution network monitoring solution. Practical Action Consulting will assess the solar PV and energy storage market, carry out a gender audit and write an action plan to promote training and development to meet targets for gender and social inclusion, and study the impact of the growth of the clean energy sector on recruitment and employment in the workforce.

Organization

Department For Science, Innovation And Technology

Budget

USD 866K

Timeline

Sep 1, 2022 → Aug 31, 2024

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

The project aims to demonstrate discontinuous cost savings in upgrading transmission and distribution capacity via the application of capacity-enhancing coatings to overhead lines.

Organization

Department For Science, Innovation And Technology

Budget

USD 464K

Timeline

Jun 1, 2024 → Feb 28, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

Project GANESHA focusses on development, manufacture and implementation of an innovative battery module solution for powering Nepal rural-based small passenger vehicles and off-grid low-power home energy systems. Solar-power installations will be constructed to pilot our innovation in two seperate rural-Nepal pilot sites with marginal-/zero-power access. Our consortium including three-UK and two-Nepal organisations, was formed to assist solution-development for commercial challenges faced by the Nepal Electric Vehicle Institute (NEVI) in achieving its ambition to provide Nepal-wide zero-carbon public-transport/power access. NEVI were established in the mid-1990s when growing urban-population densities led to exponential-increase in urban-internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle registrations/polluton. NEVI were pioneers in retrofitting Nepal-ICE-rickshaws to EV, and developing battery-solutions to power these vehicles. It rents batteries to marginalised-/low income-communities through its its affordable model, to facilitate their independant-income-generation (60% of its work-force being female). Limitations of Nepal's rural-/urban-location power grid/distribution restrict EV-rollout across the country. NEVI are forced to depot-recharge EV-rickshaws during night-periods when power-demand is low and risk of powercuts are minimised. Limited depot-space and grid-power restrictions limit EV-rickshaws numbers NEVI can provide each location's public-transport market. NEVI wish to access solar-power to charge vehicle battery packs and envision a removable solution simlar to products currently marketed in India and Sub-Saharan Africa to expand its service to rural-communities where solutions are most needed (aligning with its original mission). However, current module-products are recharged at low C-rates and require large capital-investment. To supply a public-transport EV-fleet NEVI would require large module-stocks and high-area solar-arrays. Our projects innovation/case study-sites resolve this dilemma. A new module will be designed, manufactured, and mobilised incorporating PAK-Engineering Ltd's robust-/lightweight-heat exchanger technology. PAK's system facilitates high C-rate charging and design-versatility enabling PAK to adapt/optimise its function to suit multiple environmental-conditions. EPT Ltd will design module-incorporated state-sensor/communications technology so module-function is optimised, and location tracked when in use. Gamma-Meon Ltd will design, adapt and incorporate a specilised payment systems platform that EV-rickshaw operators and users will use to access NEVI services. Our solution will reduce mentioned-capital investment-requirments, and enable rollout to two rural-communities with marginal-/zero-power access in project-timescales. NEVI via partneship with Nepal-famed gender/social-equity pioneer 3 Sisters Trekking Group will construct two rural-solar arrays for charging our-modules, for powering 8-10 EV-vehicles adapted to location-conditions, and provide home-energy-kits for lighting and small-device charging for imroving life-quality in these locations.

Organization

Department For Science, Innovation And Technology

Budget

USD 848K

Timeline

Apr 1, 2024 → Mar 31, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

Harvesting hydrokinetic energy from running river water presents a highly attractive addition to the existing renewable energy sectors. Critically, and unlike most other renewables, this technology guarantees a predictable and consistent energy output which can contribute to the baseload power requirements of its energy off-takers. AEL has developed an innovative hybrid technology which couples run-of-river hydrokinetic generation with solar - the Floating Instream Tidal and Solar (FITS) power plant. FITS technology has been specifically optimized for river deployments, and is scalable to enable both energy access and utility scale power generation. This project will deliver the first fully developed FITS pilot, supplying constant renewable power to an off-grid community in rural Nepal. The electricity supplied will be used to provide lighting and cooking facilities to households in the community, and will additionally power water filtration and pumping equipment, providing access to clean water for drinking and water for agricultural industry.

Organization

Department For Science, Innovation And Technology

Budget

USD 867K

Timeline

Mar 1, 2023 → Dec 31, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

Increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights, Increase access to SRHR resources, information and services, Transform social norms

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 253K

Timeline

Nov 15, 2024 → May 14, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights, Increase access to SRHR resources, information and services, Catalyse changes in, and implementation of, policies and laws

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 95K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2024 → Sep 30, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

Increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights, Transform social norms, Catalyse changes in, and implementation of, policies and laws

Organization

AmplifyChange

Budget

USD 233K

Timeline

Nov 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

DEC Nepal Appeal Phase II

Organization

CARE International UK

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 1, 2015 → Apr 30, 2017

Coverage

Nepal

DEC Nepal Earthquake

Organization

CARE International UK

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 25, 2015 → Oct 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

This project aims at strengthening science-based policy-making for increased impact towards the Sustainable Development Goals by assessing key environmental issues and providing focused outlooks. It attempts to identify environmental challenges and opportunities for sustainable development, while strengthening the science-policy interface to support regional, national and local governments, the business sector, and civil society including non-governmental organizations and local community groups (women, men and children). The project’s approach will be integrated, inclusive and evidence-based, ensuring scientific robustness and credibility, policy-neutral legitimacy and enhanced transparency. Informed decision- and policy-making on today’s key environmental matters at regional, national and local scales should be based on the sound scientific assessment of the state of the environment, in conjunction with the driving forces, trends in pressures and their environmental impact, while providing policy response options and solutions for governments and other stakeholders. While we near the end of the second decade of the Twenty-First Century, governments and principal stakeholders often still lack adequate capacity and robust knowledge in the fields of data collection, information, analysis, scientific assessments, and science-based policy options. Often, the lack of access to sound scientific data, clear information and robust knowledge continues to hamper decision-making by policy-makers and relevant stakeholders. This project is meant to tackle this challenge for a set of specific and selected environmental themes as requested by governments and stakeholders during the past few years.

Organization

UN Environment Programme

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 18, 2019 → Dec 31, 2025

Coverage

Nepal