Covid-19 update from Nepal (21st January 2022)
Here is an update from Krishna Adhikari, Executive Director of INF Nepal, about the current Covid situation in Nepal (on 21st January 2022). His email also covers the ways in...
21 January, 2022
Mask bank improves Covid protection in Bajura
With the risk of Covid transmission still a concern in Nepal, our partners are coming up with new ways to help protect people. In rural Nepal, many people are not wearing...
13 August, 2021
Coronavirus update: second Covid wave in Nepal
Coronavirus updates from Nepal: The second wave of Covid-19 cases in Nepal began to impact the country in April 2021, and has quickly become more widespread and severe than the...
10 August, 2021
Gas cylinder helps disabled parents in lockdown
Santa Bahadur and his wife are both visually impaired. Living in a rented house in Pokhara with their two children, life has become very difficult during the second wave of...
15 July, 2021
Struggling to provide during Covid lockdown
As Nepal went into lockdown once again when the second wave of Covid-19 engulfed the nation, Bina* faced her worst fears - struggling to provide for her disabled son. For a...
24 June, 2021
Covid-19 response in Nepal: second wave update
As the coronavirus pandemic has swept the globe nowhere has been immune to pain and suffering. Nepal was hit by a first wave during 2020, including a four-month nationwide lockdown. A...
07 June, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: INF responds as Nepal devastated by coronavirus
A Birmingham charity is appealing for help as Nepal becomes one of the world’s coronavirus hotspots. International Nepal Fellowship (INF), a charity based in Selly Oak, is responding with urgently needed...
27 May, 2021
Coronavirus in Nepal: the role of INF/UK and our partners (May 2021)
A second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is devastating Nepal, as the crisis seen in India has ripped across the region. More than a quarter of the country’s districts are reporting...
20 May, 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
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
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
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
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
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