RIDS-Nepal is a NON - PROFITABLE body and the majority of its long-term implementing Holistic Community Development (HCD) projects and field based research projects are financed in partnership with the ISIS Foundation as well as by donations from individuals, charities, communities and INGOs (International Non Governmental Organisations).

VISION

To improve, in partnership with individuals and communities, their living conditions and livelihood through long-term holistic community development projects - planned, designed, implemented and followed-up jointly within their context.

MISSION

To improve people's overall quality and standard of life, through holistic, long-term, integrated rural community development programs. Special focus is given on the poor, marginalised and disadvantaged people and community groups in remote, difficult to reach mountain communities.

OBJECTIVES

Our main objectives are as follows:

1. To improve the overall living, health and hygiene condition through relevant preventative measures such as awareness, education and applied holistic rural development projects.
2. To improve the living conditions through the implementation of context related holistic community development projects (such as defined in the following points).
3. To implement the “Family of 4” concept, light, smokeless stove, pit latrine and drinking water, in whole villages and individual homes.
4. To provide energy services in the form of rural village electrification projects for light (through solar photovoltaic systems or pico hydro power plants) in each homes, and hot water through solar water heaters for community bathing centers.
5. To improve the food and nutrition availability and variety of high altitude mountain communities’ through greenhouses, solar driers and nutrition programmes.
6. To improve quality of life through Non Formal Education (NFE) for out-of-school children and mothers, skill based training of local people for the maintenance of all implemented projects.
7. Through ongoing, innovative new project development, research of applied renewable energy technologies, and projects’ long-term follow-up, data monitoring and recording, long-term impact and changes become understandable and increased appropriate development approaches are possible.

PRIORITIES

1. The poor, marginalised, socially oppressed and underprivileged individuals and communities in remote and mountainous areas.
2. Special attention will be given to women, children and senior citizen.
3. The main working area are the remote, mountainous, difficult to reach and least developed areas such as the districts of Humla and Jumla.in the Karnali zone.

TARGET AREAS

Nepal is one of the least developed and poorest countries in the world. It’s unique geographical, cultural, climatic and environmental conditions, demand new and creative long-term approaches to work in partnership with the local communities in appropriate and sustainable development.

Our current working area is mainly focused on the communities in the upper Humla district, in the Karnali zone, which is the least developed area of Nepal.
RIDS - Nepal is currently working in nine villages in the three Village Development Committees (VDCs), Dhandhphaya, Chaughanphaya and Hepka, which is a half –one day’s walk north of Simikot, Humla, Nepal.

For more details of RIDS – Nepal’s programmes and organisation, or wish to participate in active ways in the projects, please feel free to contact

Mr. Alex Zahnd, Program Director
Phone: 00911126192954
Email: Click here to send a site mail  

Some of RIDS – Nepal’s projects and programmes are also presented on the ISIS Foundation Website: www.isis.bm/foundation.html and on the “Light in Nepal” (LiN) Website http://www.lichtinnepal.ch . Both are some of RIDS – Nepal’s supportive charity organisations.

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