Quick Facts
Other Facts
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Population: nearly 30 million
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Life expectancy: 66.6 years
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Unemployment rate: 11.4%
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Population living below poverty line: 25.2%
"We take a community led approach to all of our work to ensure donations are targeted to the most vulnerable people and families.
Importantly for the work we do in the villages, our projects are determined and prioritized by Women’s Community Groups and the Chairmen of Villages to ensure we assist those families who are most in need".
Lou Nulley
CEO, REACH for Nepal Foundation
Recent Case Studies
Village Sustainability Project in Baraha Danda, Tanahun
We have been working with community leaders and have supported more than 50 families who were most in need of assistance living in the poorest villages and not able to afford regular meals or education for their children.
We have provided many of these families with goats and shelters so that they could generate an income through the breeding of goats and provide food and education for their children.
In delivering these targeted projects, we have also been able to identify and respond to specific individual family needs, including the recent installation of doors and windows to protect a family from the weather. These ‘follow-on’ projects ensure vulnerable families have their critical and basic needs addressed.
Disaster Response
During various disasters such as flash monsoons, floods, earthquakes, pandemics, and other natural events, REACH for Nepal has responded to community call-outs by providing assistance to families in distress. Forms of assistance provided in the past include:
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Immediate cash support to families who have lost loved ones during floods in the Gandaki Province to access food and essential needs.
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Distribution of tarps for setting up temporary shelters for families who have lost their homes.
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Emergency food supplies provided to multiple families in villages affected by earthquakes and flash flooding
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Provision of grocery lifelines to multiple villages for a month at a time during the recent pandemic.
Our Village Sustainability & Disaster Response Projects
over recent years
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In 2020/21 – 4 families received shelter kits and disaster relief payments and 452 households accessed direct COVID-19 assistance (either livelihood support package or in emergency food supplies)
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In 2021/22 – 6 households received village sustainability project grants, which enabled them to start earning an income and send their daughters to school.
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In 2022/23 – 9 households (6 female & 4 male attending school in those families) received village sustainability project grants, which enabled them to start earning an income cycle to also send their daughters to school.
