Nepal Earthquake kills more than 150 in western districts
A devastating 5.6-magnitude earthquake rocked western Nepal just before midnight on Friday 3rd November, killing over 150 people and leaving many more without...
04 November, 2023
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Video: award winners in profile
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...
20 October, 2023
International health award for INF’s leprosy work
INF Nepal has been awarded a prestigious international health award for its work on leprosy. The Else Kröner Fresenius Award for Development Cooperation in...
20 October, 2023
Responding to climate change in Nepal
The damaging effects of climate change are impacting many people’s lives in Nepal. As the climate crisis intensifies, people in Nepal face the...
16 October, 2023
Leprosy care in Banke
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...
16 October, 2023
Monsoon 2023 update from Nepal
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...
05 September, 2023
VIDEO: Nisha avoids early marriage
Last year we spoke to Nisha, from a lower caste family in the Siraha district of Nepal, before the start of a project...
28 June, 2023
VIDEO: Wheels for Nepal report
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...
28 June, 2023
Surkhet support for people with disabilities
Over 100 people with disabilities have received rehabilitation in the first six months of INF Nepal's new three year Access and Inclusion Project....
26 June, 2023
Earthquake damages school in Bajura
The district of Bajura in western Nepal has been hit by several earthquakes and aftershocks over recent months. An earthquake in early May 2023,...
02 June, 2023
Giving freedom through Wheels for Nepal
Wheels for Nepal is a five-day camp at Green Pastures Hospital that will provide 165 wheelchairs for people with disabilities living across western...
23 May, 2023
Helping patients with essential needs
Sarwagin Sewa Samaj (SSS) is a small church-based ministry led by volunteers, serving the poorest patients and their carers at Bheri Zonal Hospital. The...
26 April, 2023
Vocational skills for young adults
A new project by ACN is helping to improve the employment opportunities for young people living in the districts of Kaski, Parbat and...
25 April, 2023
A centre to “bind us in unity”
Siri Nepali is a leader of Sarankot Church, located in a hillside village around 4km outside Pokhara. The church was planted about 20...
17 April, 2023
VIDEO: Naya Gaun pastor on plans for Community Service Centre
An example of significant church growth in Nepal is found at Naya Gaun Church in Pokhara. Naya Gaun was formed in 1987 with...
17 April, 2023
Hikmat’s journey back to mobility
Hikmat, aged 24, used to work as a minibus assistant in Surkhet. Last year he was in a minibus accident and both his...
06 April, 2023
VIDEO: New leprosy ward opens for patients
The new leprosy ward at Green Pastures Hospital is now open and welcoming patients, as INF continues to build on our 70-year history...
24 March, 2023
Potatoes help feed Dhana’s transformation
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...
01 March, 2023
“Thankful to Green Pastures for the care and support”
Avi is a 12-year-old boy who has been living with cerebral palsy since his birth. Avi is from Baglung district but his mother...
28 February, 2023
Leprosy surgery helps Sabina
Sabina is aged 24 and lives in Bardiya district. Although she was receiving treatment for leprosy, her husband left her so she moved...
28 February, 2023
Rebuilding livelihoods after Koshi floods
The impact of the 2022 monsoon season in Nepal included thousands of people who had their homes and crops damaged when the Koshi...
28 February, 2023
Bajura earthquake hits INF working area
Here is an update from INF Nepal about the Bajura earthquake, which affected people living in INF project areas on 24th January 2023: On...
25 January, 2023
Ear surgeon Mike Smith awarded OBE
Mike Smith, an ear surgeon who has been connected to INF since the 1980s and spent 17 years in Nepal, has been awarded...
17 January, 2023
Nepal plane crash: call for prayer
Following the Yeti Airways plane crash in Nepal yesterday (Sunday 15th January), please join us in praying for all those affected by this...
16 January, 2023
Light their Way appeal: Education in rural Nepal
Education is essential to give disadvantaged children in rural Nepal a brighter future. Your support can help improve access to a better quality...
29 November, 2022
70 years of service in Nepal
As INF celebrates its 70th anniversary, we want to say THANK YOU for everything you have done to contribute towards INF's seven decades...
16 November, 2022
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: Our Tribute
Today we mourn the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and pray for her family in their grief. Her life of Christian witness...
09 September, 2022
A story of monsoon survival – but crops destroyed
The 2022 monsoon season caused widespread devastation in Nepal. More than 200 people died as a result of monsoon, most of whom perished in...
18 August, 2022
New leprosy ward named the Eileen and Betty Centre
The new leprosy ward being built at Green Pastures Hospital will be named the Eileen and Betty Centre, in honour of two women...
14 July, 2022
Education project helps keep Sarita studying
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...
20 May, 2022
Medical camps make community impact
INF Nepal’s new project to run medical camps for people with disabilities in remote districts has made some important progress over recent months....
10 May, 2022
Aasha finds leprosy treatment at Green Pastures
Aasha was six years old when her family first noticed blisters on her legs. She was taken to a nearby health centre where...
22 April, 2022
Acute trauma service launched to prevent disability
Green Pastures Hospital continues to develop its services for Nepali people. Last year an Acute Trauma Care service was created to prevent disabilities...
24 January, 2022
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)....
21 January, 2022
Community shop gives hope to Kalikot family
Gorkila lives in a remote village in Kalikot with her husband, four children, and a brother in law. Her husband works as a...
19 January, 2022
Dhani receives free wheelchair and rehab
INF/UK supporters donate about a third of the international support for patients who are unable to afford their treatment at Green Pastures Hospital...
19 January, 2022
Yamuna grateful for leprosy care at Green Pastures
INF Nepal’s Green Pastures Hospital (GPH) in Pokhara continues to provide high-quality treatment and rehabilitation to reduce disability caused by leprosy in western...
19 January, 2022
Medical camps reach people with disabilities
Living with a disability is especially difficult for people in Nepal’s remote communities. INF Nepal’s new Community Medical Outreach project is improving the...
10 December, 2021
Kopila helps children learn during school closures
Kopila has been working as a tutor to help children continue their studies while schools have been closed, as part of the Covid...
22 October, 2021
Vegetable farming brings fresh hope in Bajura
INF Nepal continues to provide opportunities for people in Bajura to help themselves out of poverty. Pansa joined one of the 90 self-help groups...
13 October, 2021
Fistula surgery saves Kumari from 50 years of despair
Thanks to INF/UK supporters, more women suffering from incontinence caused by an obstetric fistula (caused by complications during childbirth) are discovering life-changing treatment...
13 October, 2021
Green Pastures staff give Dipesh “support, care and encouragement”
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, INF Nepal has continued to provide access to healthcare for those who would otherwise be unable to afford essential...
29 September, 2021
Repairing houses destroyed by Rolpa fire
In March 2021 a forest fire broke out in Rolpa district, and within a few days it destroyed 37 homes and 11 cow...
13 August, 2021
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...
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...
10 August, 2021
Monsoon response reaches Manang
With Nepal still reeling from the devastation caused by Covid, floods and landslides are now destroying homes, communities and livelihoods in many districts. The...
27 July, 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...
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...
24 June, 2021