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INF’s leprosy work includes a range of community health projects reaching people in parts of Nepal where access to hospital care is limited....

21 October, 2025

Monsoon season has had a sting in its tail, with heavy rain in the first weekend of October causing floods and landslides that have claimed at least 47 lives. Eastern Nepal...

08 October, 2025

Dr Shirley Heywood, a British gynaecological surgeon who works with INF in Surkhet district, has been awarded an MBE for services to women’s health in Nepal. Shirley specialises in women with...

08 October, 2025

Monsoon season in Nepal has taken a meandering path so far this year. Some parts of the country are still experiencing a severe and prolonged drought. Madhesh province, in the eastern...

01 August, 2025

We are delighted that Matthew Hanning has joined INF UK as our new Chief Executive. Over the past couple of weeks, Matthew has been starting to get to know colleagues and...

04 June, 2025

The Trustees of the International Nepal Fellowship UK are delighted to announce the appointment of Matthew Hanning (pictured above) as CEO of the charity with effect from 19th May 2025. Matthew...

18 February, 2025

Manu, an 18-year-old from Salyan district in western Nepal, was left paralysed below the waist by a tragic accident when she fell from a cliff while collecting food for her...

06 December, 2024

Amrita found help from INF in her darkest hour. In July 2024, a powerful landslide swept through her home village outside Pokhara, destroying her house while she and her children...

03 December, 2024

We are delighted to announce that Dr Ian Smith has become the new Chair of the INF UK Board of Trustees. Ian brings a wealth of experience of Nepal and international...

11 November, 2024

Heavy rain during the last few days of September caused many fatalities and widespread damage across Nepal. Our partner Asal Chhimekee Nepal (ACN) helped 410 families and 300 new mothers in...

30 September, 2024

Niraj is an 8-year-old boy whose foot was severely burned as an infant by an open fire in his family home. He has now found his smile again after an...

19 September, 2024

Message from John Reynolds, CEO of INF UK: I have received the sad news that Dr Val Inchley OBE died suddenly in the early hours of Wednesday morning (21st August 2024). [caption...

22 August, 2024

As monsoon rains continue to cause landslides and floods in Nepal, regular news reports cover new natural disasters, including recent incidents in and around the Kathmandu valley. However, the focus of...

09 August, 2024

Landslides and floods in Nepal have caused death and destruction in several districts over the past few days. [caption id="attachment_9153" align="alignright" width="300"] Landslide in Rukum[/caption] A monsoon-related update from our partner Asal...

19 July, 2024

A one-year project helped 155 young people from disadvantaged communities train as electricians, plumbers, and in hospitality. Here are snapshots of the difference made in the lives of Nishan, Anjana, Narayan,...

31 May, 2024

Since opening last year, the new leprosy ward at Green Pastures Hospital has transformed the treatment and care of leprosy patients in western Nepal. The Eileen and Betty Centre is a...

19 April, 2024

A new facility to support the rehabilitation of leprosy patients has opened at Green Pastures Hospital, thanks to the generosity of INF/UK supporters. Adjoining the Eileen and Betty Centre, this outdoor...

28 March, 2024

Siraha district has many poverty-hit, lower-caste communities in the eastern part of the Terai plains near Nepal’s border with India. A project delivered by Group of Helping Hands (SAHAS) Nepal is...

28 March, 2024

INF will feature as the BBC Radio 4 charity appeal of the week on Sunday 18th February. Our appeal will be presented by Anne Wafula Strike (pictured above), a Paralympian and...

12 February, 2024

EKFS produced a video about the international health award won by INF Nepal and read more about award-winners Dorothy and Tham Bahadur. Dorothy Das [caption id="attachment_8748" align="alignright" width="300"] Dorothy Das (© EKFS/Simone...

20 October, 2023

INF Nepal has been awarded a prestigious international health award for its work on leprosy. The Else Kröner Fresenius Award for Development Cooperation in Medicine has been awarded to INF Nepal’s...

20 October, 2023

The damaging effects of climate change are impacting many people’s lives in Nepal. As the climate crisis intensifies, people in Nepal face the threats of increasingly severe and unpredictable weather. In...

16 October, 2023

Leprosy has been a key pillar of INF’s healthcare services in Nepal since its inception in the 1950s. INF Nepal’s Shining Hospital in Banke district is an important location for this...

16 October, 2023

The emergency response to this year's monsoon season has sprung into action, as people across the country recover from natural disasters that blighted Nepal during August. Asal Chhimekee Nepal (ACN) is helping about 3,500 people...

05 September, 2023

Last year we spoke to Nisha, from a lower caste family in the Siraha district of Nepal, before the start of a project helping teenagers transform their communities and develop...

28 June, 2023

Wheels for Nepal took place at Green Pastures Hospital earlier this month (5-9 June 2023). In total, 155 people with disabilities received wheelchairs. Thank you to all our supporters who helped...

28 June, 2023

Over 100 people with disabilities have received rehabilitation in the first six months of INF Nepal's new three year Access and Inclusion Project. This includes counselling, physiotherapy and occupational therapy,...

26 June, 2023

The district of Bajura in western Nepal has been hit by several earthquakes and aftershocks over recent months. An earthquake in early May 2023, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, damaged...

02 June, 2023

Wheels for Nepal is a five-day camp at Green Pastures Hospital that will provide 165 wheelchairs for people with disabilities living across western Nepal, helping them to regain their independence...

23 May, 2023

Hikmat, aged 24, used to work as a minibus assistant in Surkhet. Last year he was in a minibus accident and both his legs were fractured. He was immediately taken...

06 April, 2023

The new leprosy ward at Green Pastures Hospital is now open and welcoming patients, as INF continues to build on our 70-year history of serving people with leprosy. John Reynolds, CEO...

24 March, 2023

INF’s IDEAL project in rural Bajura works in communities which have very limited road, communication and health services. Dhana (aged 35) lives in a village which is two days’ walk from...

01 March, 2023

Sabina is aged 24 and lives in Bardiya district. Although she was receiving treatment for leprosy, her husband left her so she moved back to her parents’ house with her...

28 February, 2023

The impact of the 2022 monsoon season in Nepal included thousands of people who had their homes and crops damaged when the Koshi river burst its banks, affecting districts including...

28 February, 2023

Here is an update from INF Nepal about the Bajura earthquake, which affected people living in INF project areas on 24th January 2023: On Tuesday 24th January, a devastating earthquake with...

25 January, 2023

Mike Smith, an ear surgeon who has been connected to INF since the 1980s and spent 17 years in Nepal, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year...

17 January, 2023

Following the Yeti Airways plane crash in Nepal yesterday (Sunday 15th January), please join us in praying for all those affected by this tragedy. A day of national mourning has...

16 January, 2023

Education is essential to give disadvantaged children in rural Nepal a brighter future. Your support can help improve access to a better quality education in Rukum East, one of Nepal's...

29 November, 2022

As INF celebrates its 70th anniversary, we want to say THANK YOU for everything you have done to contribute towards INF's seven decades of service in Nepal. On 17th November 1952,...

16 November, 2022

Today we mourn the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and pray for her family in their grief. Her life of Christian witness and steadfast faith has been an example...

09 September, 2022

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18 August, 2022

With the Covid-19 pandemic having caused so much disruption to children’s education in Nepal, the timing of our new partnership with Group of Helping Hand (SAHAS) Nepal has become even...

20 May, 2022
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