Nepal
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06 April 2011
Village volunteers and a healthier Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal: "In the last 15 years, we have managed to reduce child mortality by two-thirds... it can be credited the role played by the Female Community Health Volunteers."  Read article
23 February 2010
Nepal stands still for climate change awareness by Karma Loday, UNV Support Officer, Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Nepal: Nepal stands still to raise awareness of climate change Read article
03 February 2009
IVD with the underprivileged in Nepal
Kathmandu, Jhapa and Damak, Nepal: As well as a street cleaning campaign, UNV cooperated with UNESCO and local NGOs in Kathmandu to distribute books to orphan children. There were also events in the Bhutanese refugee camps of eastern Nepal. Read article
02 February 2009
Volunteers on the streets of Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Nepal: In Kathmandu, a big street cleaning campaign was organized and held in cooperation with Government bodies, local and international NGOs and groups of street children and youth. This event was with the specific purpose of raising awareness on environmental issues as well as for a general aim of promoting volunteerism. Read article
05 June 2007
Female volunteers reduce child-mother mortality in Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal: The National Survey of Female Community Health Volunteer (FCHV) has revealed that active mobilisation of female health volunteers has helped reduce child and maternal mortality through the Vitamin A, de-worming tablets, polio vaccination and other campaigns. The country is also marking 20 years of FCHV's Service Day today. Read article
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Children Welfare Concern Society (CWCS)
Children Welfare Concern Society (CWCS) aims at preserving the children and their rights, children who have been suffering from natural disaster or conflict, lost their parents or live in poverty. The organization's focus is on the children’s rehabilitation and education, as well as on women's empowerment. Visit site
Volunteer Aid Nepal (VAID NEPAL)
Volunteer Aid Nepal (VAID NEPAL) os a non-government, non-profit development organization, focusing its activities on the progress of disadvantaged, marginaliyed and poorly educated people in Nepal. By organizing local resources, VAID NEPAL functions as facilitator for sustainable development. Visit site
Volunteers Initiative Nepal (VIN)
Volunteers Initiative Nepal (VIN) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to empower marginalized communities, with a focus on women and children, through enhanced educational programmes and whole community training to achieve democracy and raise economic productivity. It offers various volunteering programmes all year around. Visit site
07 January 2008, 23:51
KathmanJew: Volunteering in Fair Trade
"Your plan is upside down. Just donate a couple of dollars a month to a [charitable] organization," said the Bangladeshi owner of my local Internet cafe, when he heard I was abandoning my university studies to volunteer in Nepal. Read entryA workshop on voluntarism and MDGs was led by the secretary of the National Planning Commission in Nepalgunj. Fifty participants from the District Development Councils, three NGOs, and volunteers from the government's volunteer arm, the National Development Volunteers Service (NDVS), attended the successful event. Read entry
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