Adapting to climate change in Bajura

This year sees the launch of our first partnership with a project specifically designed to address the impacts of climate change on the most disadvantaged people in Nepal. Taken from the...

27 April, 2021

Helping Kalikot cope with disaster and improve livelihoods

The disruption caused by the Covid pandemic to our partners’ work in Nepal was probably most acute for new projects which were getting established in early 2020. This was the...

01 April, 2021

Creating unity (and a cleaner village) in Bajura

Ninety self-help groups have been established by INF Nepal’s Inclusive Development, Empowerment and Livelihood (IDEAL) project in Bajura, to enable cohesive, community-led action which is sustainable for the future. To improve...

08 March, 2021

Ear Centre continues to break new ground

To mark the WHO’s World Hearing Day 2021, here is an extract from our latest Today in Nepal magazine, where ear surgeon Mike Smith gave an update on what the...

03 March, 2021

Durga finds support through telehealth call

During the Covid-19 pandemic, a call from the telehealth service run by Green Pastures Hospital to check up on former patients identified that Durga was suffering at home with a...

23 February, 2021

Medical Charity Fund helps Shasha

Shasha, aged 3 from Gorkha district, cut her legs while playing. Her parents tried to help heal her wounds with local herbs but she then developed blisters all over her...

11 February, 2021

Green Pastures adapts for the coronavirus pandemic

Healthcare is one of the main sectors that has had to make significant changes since the coronavirus pandemic first reached Nepal in March. Our partners in Nepal have made many adaptations...

22 December, 2020

Unlocking fullness of life in Surkhet

For disabled people in Nepal today, rejection and exclusion can be an everyday reality. They live with discrimination, lack of opportunity and are often viewed as being cursed. This results in drastically...

18 November, 2020

Food relief helps families survive in pandemic

Arjun and his family were some of the 3,000 people living in Nawalparasi who received food packages from Asal Chhimikee Nepal (ACN) following the initial Covid-19 lockdown. Arjun’s income as a...

03 November, 2020

Responding to monsoon devastation

Nepal’s 2020 monsoon season has brought floods and landslides to several districts. As well as causing loss of life, these natural disasters have also damaged homes and severely impacted the...

21 September, 2020

Bauddha gets “love and care” at Green Pastures

Bauddha lives in the Morang district of eastern Nepal and was referred to INF Nepal’s Green Pastures Hospital in Pokhara after a fall which damaged his neck and spine. Paralysed from...

17 September, 2020

Renewed independence after spinal injury

Khagisara lost her parents when she was just two. Brought up by her siblings in a remote village in Dailekh district, she was forced to marry aged 13. Her husband...

03 September, 2020

Brij Mohan “hopeless” after return from India

Brij Mohan Kori lives in the Maharajganj Municipality of Kapilvastu, with his wife, two sons aged 15 and 12, and a 9-year-old daughter. He does not have any landholdings or...

22 July, 2020

Helping battle coronavirus in Nepal

Thanks to the initial response to our Coronavirus Appeal we’ve already been able to support various programmes which are helping the most disadvantaged people in Nepal through these difficult times. This...

29 June, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic: update from Nepal

In these most turbulent of times, this page will include updates about the INF family's response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Nepal. Find out more on our dedicated Coronavirus webpage...

25 June, 2020

INF Nepal helps Kaushila and 140 families in Banke

As part of their response to the coronavirus crisis, INF Nepal has provided 140 food packages for people affected by Covid-19 at the request of two rural municipalities (RMs) in...

04 June, 2020

Fistula surgery gives Chandra “a new life”

Since its opening in June 2018, INF’s Fistula Centre in Surkhet has helped many women in desperate need of life-changing surgery to restore their dignity and hope. An obstetric fistula is...

22 May, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic: INF/UK statement

This is a statement issued by INF/UK on Wednesday 12th May 2020, about the coronavirus pandemic in Nepal and how we and our Nepali partners are seeking to respond. Please consider...

13 May, 2020

Breaking new ground in Kalikot

A new community resilience and development project is INF’s first venture into Kalikot, one of Nepal’s poorest districts, situated in mid-western Nepal. Over the next two years this project hopes to...

27 April, 2020

Nepal’s first tornado – 12 months on

On 31st March 2019, people living in the Bara and Parsa districts were hit by heavy winds as Nepal recorded its first ever tornado. Nearly 2,500 houses were destroyed or damaged,...

30 March, 2020

Medical outreach saves Tika from life of pain

Tika was married at the age of 15 and had her first child aged 16. She has had three more children since then and life is hard – her husband...

05 March, 2020

Giving children access to a quality education

Without a quality education, it becomes even harder for Nepali children to break free from the cycle of poverty. However, it can be really difficult to get an education in Nepal...

03 March, 2020

Long-term response to 2015 earthquake

Having helped support communities emotionally, practically and financially in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal on 25th April 2015, we’ve also been supporting our partners such as...

11 February, 2020

Rehabilitation takes Bhakta out of despair

Having injured his spine while working in India, Bhakta returned to Nepal after a brief stay in hospital, with no rehabilitation, support or advice. He recalls those early days as worse...

11 February, 2020