Development projects in Nepal

Developing and advocating for the mental health care an child-friendly teaching in schools in Salyan and Kailali.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2013 → Dec 31, 2014

Coverage

Salyan, Kailali

To improve the quality of life of the target population of the selected municipalities through sustainable agricultural development

Organization

Office for Government Policy Coordination

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2024 → Dec 31, 2029

Coverage

Bardiya, Lumbini

Improving safe hygiene environment accessibility for local residents and enhancing continuous hygiene management capabilities.

Organization

Office for Government Policy Coordination

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jul 7, 2025 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Saptari, Madhesh

To bring pandemic preparedness experts, stakeholders and decision-makers in the region to a three day event in Nepal that will include a workshop, fieldwork, and a tabletop exercise

Organization

Department of State

Budget

USD 17K

Timeline

May 16, 2016 → May 16, 2017

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

Lo Gekhar is widely considered to be the oldest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Mustang. This project involves the documentation of the site and surrounding landscape, promotes inclusive socio-economic growth and builds capacities of local institutions and communities to mitigate disaster risks.

Organization

Department of State

Budget

USD 285K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2019 → Sep 30, 2023

Coverage

Mustang, Gandaki

Traditional public stepwells, or hitis, have provided water to communities in the Kathmandu Valley for over 1,500 years. This project involves the conservation and reactivation of a section of the stepwell network to restore its socio-cultural significance and support modern communities adversely impacted by mounting water insecurity.

Organization

Department of State

Budget

USD 275K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2023 → Jun 30, 2026

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

To reduce vulnerability of children and communities to earthquake risk in 5 schools of Rupandehi district through preparedness and retrofitting measures.

Organization

openmindedly

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2014 → Dec 31, 2014

Coverage

Rupandehi, Lumbini

The proposed project aims to strengthen Nepal’s tuberculosis (TB) response through an integrated, community-driven approach focused in Madhesh Province, one of the country’s highest TB-burdened regions. Building on CARE Nepal’s long-standing experience in health systems strengthening and partnerships with the Global Fund and local governments, the project will improve TB prevention, detection, treatment, and governance. Over three years, the partnership will enhance service delivery in health facilities, mobilise frontline health workers and community volunteers, and promote community engagement to reduce stigma and increase treatment adherence. The programme will also leverage CARE’s proven tools such as the Community Health Score Board (CHSB), Social Analysis and Action (SAA) approach, and the HEAL Hub digital platform to improve accountability, empower communities, and scale digital and AI-enabled innovations for TB detection and adherence monitoring. By embedding resilient health systems and linking TB care with early warning mechanisms, nutrition, and livelihoods, the project will contribute to sustainable, equitable health outcomes and strengthen local governance through the institutionalisation of the TB-Free Municipality initiative in line with Nepal’s national TB strategy.

Organization

CARE International UK

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 12, 2026 → Dec 31, 2028

Coverage

Madhesh, Nepal

Morang Association of the Blind (MAB) will provide organizational management training, and advocacy and lobbying skills training to their membership. MAB will also provide musical training and vocational training like mushroom production and goat rearing. The intention is for the trainees to apply for local government money to start working after training.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2016 → Dec 31, 2016

Coverage

Morang, Koshi

Breaking Barriers has two main objectives: 1. to improve the situation of adolescent girls in SRHR, this includes both building knowledge and empowering girls to know and claim their rights and creating a supportive environment through awareness raising and / or technical support in the provision of girl-friendly services with families, village communities, local government, schools and health facilities. 2. to strengthen the capacity of young girls to confidently advocate for their needs (SRHR but also others) in their communities, to gain agency, decision-making power and influence at the local level. In addition, capacity building of the local project executing agency is prioritised in order to increase sustainability.

Organization

GIZ Nepal

Budget

USD 1.1M

Timeline

Sep 1, 2024 → Aug 31, 2027

Coverage

Dolpa, Karnali

Empowered self-advocacy of PWDs, Increased income of PWDs, Expansion of disability inclusive TVET in Nepal장애인의 자기 옹호 강화, 장애인의 소득 증가, 장애포괄적 직업훈련 확산

Organization

Office for Government Policy Coordination

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Mar 21, 2024 → Dec 31, 2026

Coverage

kabhrepalanchok, Bagmati

Persons with mental health condition are not receiving mental health services and are facing stigma and discrimination. The project will contribute towards provision of mental health services in communities in Bagmati and Gandaki Province by sensitizing duty bearers through stories on mental health from the communities and hold them accountable and responsive towards the need of prioritizing mental health. Furthermore, communities will be made aware about addressing stigma and discrimination.

Organization

Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

Budget

USD 171K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2021 → Dec 31, 2022

Coverage

Bagmati, Gandaki

To support the continuation of work begun under a previous Ambassadors Fund grant to restore the Patan Royal Palace, one of South Asias most intact historic urban royal ensembles. Major earthquakes in 1833 and 1934 and decades of neglect and disuse have left their mark on the palace, most of which dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. This phase includes the restoration of the late 18th-century Bahadur Shah palace wing.

Organization

Department of State

Budget

USD 205K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2011 → Sep 30, 2012

Coverage

Lalitpur, Bagmati

The April 2015 Nepal Earthquake caused extensive damage to historic monuments within Nepals Kathmandu Valley World Heritage site. This project involves the structural assessment and restoration of damaged monuments in Kathmandu Durbar Square restored previously with AFCP support.

Organization

Department of State

Budget

USD 200K

Timeline

Sep 1, 2015 → Jul 31, 2017

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

1. Deliver comprehensive Life Skills Education delivered to 5,400 adolescents in Grade 8 in 30 government secondary schools 2. Facilitate the development of Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms in 10 Wards of Pokhara Metropolitan City 3. Provide training, technical support and investment to establish Adolescent-Friendly Services in 10 urban Primary Health Centres

Organization

Kidasha

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Aug 15, 2019 → Jul 31, 2021

Coverage

Kaski, Gandaki

The last project to be undertaken in 2012 was to Nepal where the objective of this project was to build a new home for about 80 to 100 children (boys and girls), a primary school and a small clinic in Mahottari, Central Region, Janakpur Zone, Dhanusa District, Nepal.

Organization

openmindedly

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2012 → Dec 31, 2012

Coverage

Dhanusha, Mahottari

The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve sustainable forest management; increase benefits from forests and contribute to net Greenhouse Gas Emission (GHG) reductions in selected municipalities in Province 2 and Province 5 in Nepal.

Organization

World Bank Trust Funds

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Apr 1, 2019 → Jan 16, 2027

Coverage

Madhesh, Lumbini

Improvement of water supply in Pokhara, Nepal

Organization

Ministry Of Foreign Affairs In Japan

Budget

USD 42.6M

Timeline

Feb 15, 2017 → Feb 15, 2022

Coverage

Kaski, Gandaki

Elives project is implemented in Bara, Rautahat, Sarlahi and Mahottari districts. These districts rank lowly in the overall Human Development Index (HDI) as well as in Human Poverty Index (HPI). In spite of potential in goat and vegetable sub-sectors, productivity remain low in these districts. Private sector service providers are largely absent outside of the district head quarters and towns making it practically impossible for poor households to take advantage of commercial agricultural opportunities. There are weak links with key value chain actors, such as input suppliers, service providers and output buyers. Smallholder farmers are unable to make informed decisions due to lack of information on technology and markets. Project interventions will support government's effort to reach to smallholder farmers in commercial livestock and agricultural development through local capacity building and strengthening market linkages.;

Organization

Adra-Uk

Budget

USD 1.5M

Timeline

Apr 15, 2015 → End not reported

Coverage

Mahottari, Rautahat

To provide appropriate, winter-proof transitional shelter for people in Nuwakot district (including older people households) whose homes were destroyed or badly damaged by the earthquake through the provision of a pack of shelter materials, tools, blankets, a cash grant and orientation and information on how to winterise the shelter using locally available materials.

Organization

HelpAge International

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Sep 30, 2015 → Jan 29, 2016

Coverage

Nuwakot, Bagmati

Since the late 1960s, the Kaiser Mahal has been home to the Kaiser Library, one of Nepals oldest libraries. This project, which involves emergency stabilization of the south wing of the building and the protection of books, maps, manuscripts, furnishings, and other objects in the library, directly supports the U.S. embassys efforts to strengthen U.S. cooperation with the government and people of Nepal on disaster risk reduction and response.

Organization

Department of State

Budget

USD 400K

Timeline

Sep 20, 2017 → Sep 30, 2019

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

To support the documentation of the 17th-century Kartik Nach, a month-long dance originally commissioned for and performed at the former Patan Royal Palace. The dance showcases Nepals ethnic diversity, yet with the last full performance of the dance in 1949 only a very few performers survive who understand the dance in its entirety. This project includes the comprehensive documentation of the Kartik Nach and the transmission of the tradition through training workshops.

Organization

Department of State

Budget

USD 75K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2011 → Sep 30, 2012

Coverage

Lalitpur, Bagmati

The purpose of this project is to conduct capacity building programs within local communities in the Chitwan-Parsa protected area complex of the Terai Landscape, Nepal. Project activities will include: 1) implement a community-based elephant monitoring system, which will include an inception workshop, formation and training of rapid response teams in four buffer zone user groups, data collection and management of the data in a database maintained at NTNCs Biodiversity Conservation Center at Chitwan National Park; 2) establish a community-based early warning system using elephant data collected by the rapid response teams which will be disseminated to communities via loudspeakers, a mobile phone/group SMS alert, and an FM-radio program; 3) conduct awareness campaigns, which will include local-language poster and brochure development and distribution, a short documentary film on human-elephant co-existence, awareness camps in communities with high risks of HEC, school elephant conservation education programs, and weekly FM-radio elephant conservation programs; 4) increase tolerance of local residents for elephants by the creation of an emergency relief fund to provide financial relief to victims of death, injury, property, crop, or livestock loss caused by wild elephants, and by the provision of a crop insurance scheme. This project, to be implemented jointly by NTNC and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation along with the local buffer zone management committees, will benefit both local communities as well as wild elephants by informing locals of elephant movement, status, and causes of conflict, encouraging communities to take responsibility for HEC-mitigation measures and reduce animosity towards wild elephants by providing emergency relief funds in the event of crop loss and property damage.

Organization

Department of the Interior

Budget

USD 56K

Timeline

May 7, 2015 → Jun 30, 2016

Coverage

Parsa, chitawan

Development of palliative care services at Green Pastures Hospital, Pokhara.

Organization

EMMS International

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Sep 1, 2018 → End not reported

Coverage

Kaski, Gandaki

Oxfam together with Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC), and with research by Dr. Navin Rai, examined the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) and FMO’s (Dutch Development Bank) implementation of its Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) commitment at the Upper Trishuli-1 hydroelectric project at Rasuwa Nepal. IFC is the lead arranger of the debt package for the UT-1 hydroelectric project involving eight other lenders among them the Dutch Development Bank, FMO. The financing is provided to the privately-owned Nepal Water and Energy Development Company (NWEDC) that is majority owned by the Korean Southeast Power Corporation. The research assessed and compared the extent to which the NWEDC’s interpretation of FPIC aligns with best practice andthe Oxfam definition of FPIC,and whether NWEDC behavior and process aligns with FPIC requirements as defined in IFC’s performance standards 7 on indigenous peoples. IFC’s performance standards 7 on indigenous peoples will be the primary standard againstwhich FPIC implementation will be evaluated, since FMO has adopted IFC’s performance standards. This research provided communities with the opportunity to express their views on how agreement-making with communities has taken place, how consent has beenreached, and how FPIC has been implemented. Documenting and sharing lessons learned with stakeholders nationally and globally is key in improving the situation for the affected communities of the Trishuli dam, as well as FPIC practices in Nepal, and around the world. This report follows and builds on research, carried out by LAHURNIP in 2017, in Rasuwa District. This research highlighted key concerns from communities related to inadequate consultation and engagement in decision making. In 2018 in a three-month period, an FPIC process took place, even though we can challenge the fact that the Free and Prior components were already violated, as land was acquired already back in 2011 and 2012. The need for Phase IV of the Advocacy Program (April 2025 –March 2026) stems from the notable progress achieved during Phases I, II, and III. These phases led to significant outcomes, including the inclusion of three additional villages in the IPP, raising the total number of beneficiary villages to 13. They alsoresulted in the development and endorsement of comprehensive IPP guidelines and the establishment of strong, cooperative relationships between the company, project team, and community members. Additionally, each village demonstrated their commitment by designing their own IPP programs and budgets based on their real needs, and the implementation of IPPs began in real field settings in 2024. Despite these accomplishments, there remain critical areas that require further intervention and strengthening. Onepressing issue is the need to increase the overall IPP budget to align with the specific needs of each of the 13 villages, ensuring it effectively reflects the priorities of the communities. Another crucial area is the expansion of the IPP's scope and budget to address the communities' requirements for additional land purchase for relocation support to seven vulnerable communities. Phase IV of the advocacy program will focus on tackling these challenges, further fortifying the program to meet the evolvingneeds of the communities and ensure its continued success.

Organization

Oxfam Novib

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Oct 1, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026

Coverage

Rasuwa, Bagmati

Kathmandu#KMDU/2015-2016/002 Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention Project

Organization

DFAT Australian Aid

Budget

USD 29K

Timeline

Aug 31, 2015 → Jun 30, 2016

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

Strengthening Education Policies and Ensuring the Right to Education ?project has been planned by Loo Niva Child Concern Group and Interpedia expert NGOs on child rights and education. The NGOs have previously partnered in the Far-West Dadeldhura district through Concern for Education -projects in 2012-2014 and 2015-2017.Dadeldhura is one of the least developed areas in Nepal where vulnerable groups such as girls ethnic minorities and Dalits face discrimination and have lower access to education. The projec ts have improved the status of education through sensitizing children parents teachers and local authorities on their role in promoting education; strengthening child participation in society; forming and supporting local action groups for supervising and promoting quality education and raising awareness about good educational practices. The projects have also promoted peaceful education and avoiding misuse of schools as an instrument of politics.This project works at local municipal and provincial levels w ith the objective of enabling efforts on realizing the right to education in the new provincial structure of Nepal. In 2015 Nepal ratified a new constitution and the recent federalization process has reformed structures related to education policy shifting decision making to local and provincial levels. The civil society now has an opportunity to strengthen its role in policy-making and to advance the democratization process.The project will work to ensure better educational policies and programs at provinc e No. 7 and two municipalities through training local government leaders and provincial assembly members. For ensuring good practices developed are sustained and spread this phase will focus on empowering and engaging local civil society to ensure the sust ainable redistribution of roles and responsibilities. In addition the project will improve learning achievements and reduce dropouts in two municipalities reaching over 4000 school-going children in 32 schools their families and 60 teachers. The project is in line with Finnish development policy objectives has a strong rights-based approach and focus on gender + reduction of inequality

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Nov 9, 2011 → Dec 31, 2022

Coverage

Dadeldhura, Sudurpashchim

Allotment to Embassy Kathmandu for Sober Recovery Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (SRTRC) and Don Bosco to benefit Tibetan refugees [in Nepal through Sober Recovery Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (SRTRC)]

Organization

Department of State

Budget

USD 25K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2012 → Sep 30, 2013

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

Mitigating human-elephant conflict through a science based approach in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Organization

Department of the Interior

Budget

USD 61K

Timeline

Jun 15, 2012 → Jun 15, 2014

Coverage

chitawan, Bagmati

This project continues the human-elephant conflict (HEC) mitigation work initiated in Bardia National Park, Nepal under USFWS awards F14AP00259 and F15AP00342. The overall goal of the project is to development community stewardship for human-elephant coexistence (HECx) by diversifying livelihood opportunities, strengthening use of HEC mitigation tools such as electric fences and street lights, establishing a value chain approach for unpalatable cash crops, and launching community outreach programs in the eastern sector of the park to increase the tolerance of local communities for wild elephants. Specific project activities include: 1) tourism homestay workshop, training, and promotion in HEC-prone areas; 2) electric fencing and street light provisioning; 3) procurement and training of elephant immobilization equipment to wildlife technicians and mobility support to HEC rapid response teams; 4) scoping study of fire wood species and production of seedlings and plantations; 5) provision of seed money for two agricultural cooperatives in unpalatable crops and business training for farmers; 6) agricultural extension for unpalatable essential oil crops such as mentha, chamomile, and lemongrass; 7) conservation education classes at community schools; and 8) workshop with journalists to broadcast elephant conservation stories. This project contributes to the conservation of wild Asian elephants by supporting and educating local communities sharing the landscape with wild elephants in the Terai region of Nepal. This award is provisionally approved for two phases or years funding, with each phase or years funding dependent upon performance and financial management of the previous phase or years, meeting technical and financial reporting requirements, and availability of ASECF funds.

Organization

Department of the Interior

Budget

USD 48K

Timeline

Jul 5, 2017 → Sep 30, 2019

Coverage

Bardiya, Lumbini