Humanitarian
In April this year, there was an earthquake focused in the far west of Nepal in the Bajura districts. Soon after, ADRA’s Pankaj Bhattarai joined UNFPA and Nepal Red Cross Society to assess the damage. “Doti and Bajura residents are at risk because they are staying in the houses already weakened by past earthquakes. It […]
Krishi Hat Bazar Holeri, Runtigadi-07 Rolpa – A collaborative marketing initiative of GOAL-II project with the local government
ADRA Nepal in partnership with RUDAS Nepal has been implementing GOAL-II project from July 2019 – June 2024 in Runtigadhi Rural Municipality of Rolpa district. The main objective of project is to empower women and increase income of poor and vulnerable people in Runtigadhi Rural Municipality through improved access to business development services, input and […]
Improving Milk and Livestock Care with the TERAI Project
ADRA Asia joins us for a Monitoring Visit How do we increase the milk supply and subsequently the income of smallholder dairy farmers? How do we meet the increasing demand for milk? These are some of the issues that we are addressing through our TERAI project which is working at the local, provincial, and national […]
ADRA Nepal’s Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Service
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, ADRA Nepal, in coordination with the Family Welfare Division of the Nepal government, implemented a strategy to deploy MoCoVs (Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Service) vans across all eight districts of Madhesh Province. The concept of MoCoVs originated in 2021 as a response to the pandemic. ADRA Nepal conducted a […]
POWER II Project Annual Review and Reflection Workshop
A two-day consortium-level annual review and reflection workshop of the POWER II project was recently completed in Butwal, Rupandehi with the goal of reviewing and sharing the progress, best practices, lesson learned, and challenges from July 2022 to April 2023. Project reviews are an essential part of our project management process and partnership working. A […]
ADRA Hosts Nepal’s First Women’s Health Conference
ADRA was honoured to host the first Women’s Health Conference in Nepal, which was organized by the Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population, Health Services and Family Welfare Division (FWD). In 2022, ADRA approached the FWD with the idea and worked with them to develop it and bring it to fruition. The FWD […]
Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgeries
ADRA, in collaboration with Open Heart International, provided pelvic organ prolapse surgeries for marginalized and vulnerable women from Madhesh and Koshi Provinces. This week our partners and donors, Open Heart International, have been carrying out pelvic organ prolapse* surgeries as part of our WHaSS project. Fifteen volunteers made up of 1 Uro-Gynae surgeon from the […]
Two Inspiring Australians Returning Home to Nepal
When Neroli Seberry greeted the hotel owner and staff where she was to be staying, there were huge hugs and excitement from both sides. It has been four years since her last visit to Nepal, but aside from the break, she has been there nearly every year since 1996 when she joined a group from […]
TERAI Project Inception Workshop
ADRA Nepal successfully organized a national-level Project Inception Workshop for The Enhanced Rural AI (TERAI) Project for Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Nepal* at Hotel Yak and Yeti on 14th March 2023. This four-year project is funded by Jersey Overseas Aid and implemented by ADRA Nepal in partnership with Forum for Rural Welfare and Agricultural Reform […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 in Rolpa and Pyuthan
Bringing women and other marginalized groups into technology results in more creative solutions and has greater potential for innovations that meet women’s needs and promote gender equality. “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.” Hence, the 113th International Women’s day […]