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How
Canopy Nepal is making a difference :
The organisation is addressing the
weaknesses in Nepal’s education system
by encouraging creative thinking and
lowering dropout rates through projects
and mentorship, by Rishika Dhakal
(kp 09/09/2024)
Government
pushes for tough ethics code for
officials, I/NGOs : Seeks to check their
activities. Affidavits for
constitutional posts to ensure
accountability, by Anil Giri (kp
02/08/2024)
NGO-sponsored
meals kill House committee’s appetite
for deliberations : Ex-minister Ramesh
Nath Pandey calls for ending the
influence of external elements in
lawmaking (kp 17/06/2024), Parliament
Secretariat
prohibits
support from
NGOs/INGOs
(kh
18/06/2024)
‘ENOUGH’
campaign to end child malnutrition,
hunger launched : The three-year
campaign will focus on some key areas,
including access to nutritional food and
supplements for children in schools and
communities (kp 31/05/2024)
'Political
will and concerted efforts can lead to
tangible progress towards zero hunger',
interview with Bettina Iseli, Chief
Program Officer at Deutsche
Welthungerhilfe (rep 16/03/2024)
A
Journey from New Jersey to Karnali,
by Maggie Doyne (rep 24/02/2024)
Nepal
Red Cross gets legitimacy after five
years (kh 10/01/2024)
Making
procurement in INGOs fairer, by
Mohan Rai (nlt 03/01/2024)
Global
aid visions and local realities : We
must understand that INGOs treat the
symptoms but not the disease, by
Subash Pandey (kp 04/12/2023)
From
Germany with love: Dr Arne Drews’ relentless
support to Nepal’s public health facilities :
The German doctor has been supporting Nepal
through Nepalmed for the last 23 years. When he
sees his initiative has helped to change the
situation in Nepal’s hospitals, it fills his
heart with immense joy, by Mahabir Paudyal
(nlt 09/09/2023)
She
came, she saw and helped women conquer the
malaise : An inspiring story of Shirley Heywood,
a British doctor, who contributed to saving
lives of women from preventable disease of
obstetric fistula in Nepal’s Karnali region,
by Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 09/09/2023)
Nepal's
Overcrowded NGOs, by Hari Prasad Shrestha
(kp15/04/2023)
Governing
NGOs right : Reports of unethical operations
have damaged the public perception of the NGOs,
by Vivek Sharma Dhakal (kp 23/03/2023)
The
best choice I made in life: How Rotaract changed
me : Rotaract is one of the best platforms for
personal and professional growth and community
interaction to understand society better, by
Shristi Tripathi (nlt 16/12/2022)
Toni
Hagen’s daughter following her father’s
footsteps (kh 08/12/2022)
NGOs
in development initiatives: Need for
transparency, accountability, by Manohar
Karki (ht 23/09/2022)
NGOs
charged of concealing information (kh
17/09/2022)
Agencies
working in health, gender sectors in Nepal fall
short on gender equality : Only a third of
Nepal’s non-governmental organisations sampled
are led by women and have gender parity in
senior management, new report shows, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 12/08/2022)
The
woman who gives a new lease of life to
children of the incarcerated : In the
last two decades, Indira Ranamagar’s
organisation PA Nepal has provided more
than 2,000 children of incarcerated
parents with a safe environment to grow
up in, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp
05/07/2022)
He
once was lost in hospital labyrinths. Now he’s
showing others way, selflessly : Bereaved after
his wife’s death, Kailash Shah, 73, finds ‘inner
peace’ in helping out the needy at Patan
Hospital—a work he does for free, by Anup
Ojha (kp 19/05/2022)
National
Volunteering Policy: A must for a resilient,
just and inclusive nation, by Simone
Galimberti (ht 25/03/2022)
Supporting
Nepal’s health: Dr Arne Drews shares how
Nepalmed Foundation is helping to enhance
Nepal’s health care system
“I decided to do something real for the
colleagues in Nepal, who tackle problems of poor
health, nutrition and poverty” (nlt
21/03/2022) (interview)
Director,
ActionAid Nepal : ‘SDG is not just a simple goal
or a project. It’s a huge commitment of the
nation which ultimately makes the development
sustained where everyone can enjoy their rights
with full dignity.’ (interview) (nlt
03/03/2022)
INGOs
in Nepal: What they do, what they want to
achieve : INGOs work in close coordination and
collaboration with government and local
partners. Their activities are guided by
national strategic plans and priorities set by
the government, by Sushil Koirala (nlt
23/02/2022)
Ujjwal
Bikram Thapa is not stopping anytime soon : In
the last seven years, Thapa has helped hundreds
of burn victims get access to medical treatment
and has lobbied with the government and
non-government organisations on behalf of the
victims, by Pinki Sris Rana (kp 02/02/2022)
NMA
distributes warm clothes, health essentials to
200 leprosy affected people (kh 28/01/2022)
National
volunteering corps: A necessity to deal with
emergencies, by Simone Galimberti (ht
10/01/2022)
Volunteerism
: Example of active citizenship, by Simone
Galimberti (ht 06/12/2021)
Why
volunteerism matters for Nepal : As we mark the
International Volunteer Day today, we would like
to offer some considerations and also present an
opportunity for youths to think and contribute
to harnessing the power of volunteerism, by
Baybina Shrestha, Subhasan Bhattarai and Simone
Galimberti (nlt 05/12/2021)
Revolving
fund of Rs 10 mln set up for agriculture and
education (kh 03/12/2021)
Help
extended to Humla residents facing shortage of
rice : Kantipur Media Group, KL Dugar Group and
Summit Air deliver rice to shortage-hit Humla
villages, by Chhapal Lama (kp 27/11/2021)
‘Development
sector complements the government by working in
line with its policies’, interview with
Sushil Koirala, chairperson of Association of
International NGOs (AIN) (nlt 16/11/2021)
New
policy allows social organisations to divert up
to 15 percent budget to disaster response,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/08/2021)
Nepal-based
INGOs appeal to global community for vaccines
(ht 10/07/2021)
International
community comes forward to help Nepal fight
COVID-19 pandemic (kh 20/06/2021)
Tamu
Society UK provides Rs 1.125 million in aid of
COVID-19 patients (kh 11/06/2021)
Chancen
Building in Nepal provides medical aid worth Rs
500,000 to Changunarayan Hospital (rep
09/06/2021)
SOS
Nepal adopting 500 children whose parents died
of COVId-19, by Kunga Hyolmo (rep
04/06/2021)
Provisions
for grants to welfare organisations (ht
26/05/2021)
Social
organisations support with food, medical
supplies (ht 26/05/2021)
Domestic
and international non-governmental organisations
required to divert 5-20 percent of budget to
fight Covid-19 : Such funds can be used to
procure medical supplies and equipment,
distribute relief and run small construction
projects targeting employment for migrant
workers, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/5/2021), Organisations
asked to divert some funds to fight pandemic :
The government has asked domestic and
international relief organisations to divert 5
to 20 percent resources for pandemic relief
depending on the size of their budget, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/05/2021)
Most
INGOs in Nepal yet to work in areas beyond
Kathmandu Valley (rep 18/04/2021)
Nearly
two dozen foreign organisations leaving Nepal :
Many of them are leaving Nepal citing funding
crunch with some awaiting completion of
post-earthquake recovery tasks, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 15/04/2021)
Foreign
organisations face funding crunch due to
Covid-19 : The budget approval for the first
eight months of this fiscal year stands at
just Rs3.5 billion against Rs12.19 billion
during the same period last fiscal year, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/04/2021)
Council
to monitor all projects run by Nepali
non-governmental bodies (kp 13/03/2021)
New
KMC law to regulate NGOs (ht 06/03/2021)
cid
attack survivor Muskan Khatun wins 2021
International Women of Courage Award (rep
05/03/2021)
Sapana
Rokka Magar faces harassment; police working to
arrest the accused (rep 15/02/2021)
Social
Welfare Council’s role in partner organisation
selection may invite conflict of interest,
organisations say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 12/12/2020)
New
eyes and ears : There is much to do before
Nepali society appreciates the likes of
Sapana Roka Magar, by Pramod Mishra (kp
03/12/2020)
582
helpless people rescued from street in Chitwan
(kh 30/11/2020)
Nepal’s
Sapana Roka Magar among BBC’s 100 inspiring
women (rep 24/11/2020)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City to remove free food
distribution from Khula Manch : Voluntary
organisations who have been distributing food
wonder how they will now feed the hungry
and want an alternative location, by Anup
Ojha (kp 04/11/2020) [This
shows all the irresponsibility of incompetent
government and administration, that are only
interested in personal power struggles and are
completely indifferent to the people and the
country!], KMC
bars people from serving meals to needy (ht
04/11/2020), Thank
you for saving Kathmandu’s honor by feeding
people: NC leader Thapa (kh 04/11/2020), Good
Samaritans continue to feed poor people at Khula
Manch (ht 04/11/2020), Mayor
Shakya berates volunteers for distributing
‘unhygienic meals’ : Volunteers say mayor’s
remark is baseless; rights activists call city’s
ban on food distribution against people’s right
to life, by Anup Ojha (kp 05/11/2020)
After
government refusal, some foreign non-profits
start diverting fund from cash distribution plan
: As much as $3 million was supposed to be
spent in cash distribution, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 02/11/2020)
Social
Welfare Council, non-profits seek profit regime
: The objective is to ensure that non-profits
sustain themselves as social enterprises
and don’t depend on donors to fund their
programmes, they say, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 11/10/2020)
Social
Welfare Council to stop evaluating projects run
by non-profits : The move is aimed at avoiding
potential conflict of interest, officials
at the council say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 30/09/2020)
SWC
asked to nullify inactive NGOs (ht
30/09/2020)
Social
Welfare Council to introduce anti-money
laundering directive for non-profit
organisations : Financial Action Task Force, a
global rules setting agency, rates the
non-profit sector as vulnerable to money
laundering and terrorist financing, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/09/2020)
International
nonprofits cut aid pledge to Nepal amid Covid-19
pandemic: They have committed Rs 21.62 billion
for the new fiscal compared to Rs 24.79 billion
in the previous, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
03/07/2020)
INGOs
mobilizing a total of Rs 93.61 billion for their
projects (rep 02/07/2020)
MoHP
gets medical assistance worth 45.3 million
rupees (ht 07/05/2020)
Volunteers
delivering fresh vegetables to people's homes at
farm price: Locals said the social work being
done by the youths had provided them much relief,
by Durgalal KC (kp 29/04/2020)
International
NGOs likely to slash funds for Nepal as pandemic
affects developed world, stakeholders say: The
country has received Rs12 billion as of the
third quarter of this fiscal year, according to
Social Welfare Council, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 27/04/2020)
Activists
running food distribution campaign in Valley
amid lockdown (rep 27/04/2020)
In
this together: Volunteers and staff of local
community-based organisations will be the key to
halting the spread of this pandemic, by
Jagan Chapagain (kp 26/04/2020)
Instead
of letting veggies rot, this trader is
delivering it to the needy for free, by Anup
Ojha (kp 26/04/2020)
Red
Cross Movement to back Nepal in crisis (ht
25/04/2020)
One
Heart Worldwide provides health equipment to
Udayapur district (rep 24/04/2020)
Helping
the helpless during lockdown: Small-scale relief
efforts in Nepal target the neediest during the
COVID-19 crisis, by Marty Logan (nt
24/04/2020)
200
people are fed for free everyday at Bauddha,
by Dukpa Lama (rep 22/04/2020))
Government
allows foreign NGOs to divert 20 percent of
their project budget in Covid 19 preparedness
and response: The Association of International
NGOs says it had requested the government to
allow more flexible spending due to the severity
of the crisis, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
04/04/2020), Domestic
and international NGOs start diverting funds
towards anti-Covid 19 programmes: Social Welfare
Council has allowed the non-governmental sector
to procure medical equipment and run relief
programmes, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/04/2020)
Kantipur
Media Group halts fundraising drive after
government decision to channel all funds through
the state: Following the government's decision,
all donations are being returned to their
contributors, said the media group management
(kp 25/03/2020) [???]
Peace
Corps temporarily evacuates volunteers (ht
21/03/2020)
Council
instructs nonprofits to report financial details
through software: Representatives of
non-government organisations say they welcome
the Social Welfare Council’s move so long as it
is not aimed at controlling them, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 12/03/2020)
Int’l
NGOs aid disbursement to Nepal almost doubled
last fiscal: The amount was nearly double of
what they spent in the previous fiscal year, a
Finance Ministry report shows, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 10/03/2020)
Social
Welfare Council to develop indicators to
scrutinise NGOs’ funds: The proposed measure is
aimed at complying with anti-money laundering
and terrorism financing standards set by the
Financial Action Task Force, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 23/02/2020)
Social
Welfare Council powerless in controlling high
administrative cost of foreign NGOs: The
administrative costs were as high as 65 percent
in some projects, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 28/01/2020)
New
policy for foreign non-governmental
organisations aims to address concerns raised by
India and China: The policy will discourage
organisations from running programmes that can
hamper Nepal’s relations with neighbouring
countries, Social Welfare Council officials say,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/01/2020)
NGOs
rush to Social Welfare Council after district
offices refuse to renew registration: While
government agencies say they want to check
unethical activities, social organisations see
it as a bid to control them, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 18/12/2019)
Social
Welfare Council tightens noose on local NGOs:
Officials say the new provisions are aimed at
discouraging local groups from engaging in
activities related to religious conversion and
inviting social disharmony, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 03/12/2019)
With
new legislation in the works, Nepal’s civil
society organisations fear tighter control: The
KP Sharma Oli administration has been repeatedly
criticised by national and international rights
bodies for trying to curb dissent through laws
and policies, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
23/11/2019)
Provinces
set to finally get a role in regulating national
and foreign non-government organisations: Social
Welfare Council has drafted a coordination
mechanism policy among the three tiers of the
government, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
08/11/2019)
Non-government
organisations concerned over a new law to
regulate them: The move to authorise Home
Ministry to draft the law could be part of the
bid to introduce stringent provisions, groupings
of social organisations say, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 03/11/2019)
Bill
Gates Foundation-supported nutrition project to
kick off today (rep 01/11/2019)
Lower-income
group benefits from clothing banks in Birgunj:
The service has been set up by three different
social organisations in the city, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 28/09/2019)
German
NGOs keen about extending support to technical
education in Nepal (kp 14/09/2019)
Administrative
costs of international NGOs cross the threshold
set by Social Welfare Council: As foreign
organisations find it challenging to keep admin
cost below 20 percent, there is no legal
provision to penalise them, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 08/09/2019)
More
than half of Nepal’s total NGOs are in Province
3—and most of them are in the Capital: There are
concerns whether Kathmandu-based non-government
organisations are properly implementing
programmes in targeted areas, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 29/08/2019)
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INGOs wind up Nepal operations: Social Welfare:
Council; Drop in availability of funds and
departure of organisations that entered Nepal
after the 2015 earthquakes have been considered
as major reasons, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 20/08/2019)
New
policy aims to bar foreign NGOs from financing
religious and political institutions: The
decision was taken to discourage religious
conversion which could harm religious harmony,
officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/06/2019)
NGOs
filling gaps left by govt in post-tornado
reconstruction (rep 01/06/2019)
Govt
to regulate NGOs, says Baskota (ht
06/05/2019)
NGOs-turned
microfinance
asked to deposit fund into state coffers:
Auditor general’s report says Rs 1.36 billion
has not come to the national treasury, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/04/2019)
Authority
to register, monitor I/NGOs’ activities proposed,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 20/04/2019)
Foreign
NGOs
are receiving more funds than they show to
authorities: Officials attribute the trend to
non-implementation of policies, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 15/04/2019)
Rai
woman educating Chepang children in Chitwan,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 30/01/2019)
Tourism
board
to scrap deal with Michael Kobold if fire trucks
don’t arrive by March: In private emails raising
funds for the fire truck expedition, the German
watchmaker admitted that the project was a
commercial venture, not a charity as he’s been
advertising to the Nepali people, by Tsering
D Gurung and Pranaya SJB Rana (kp 10/01/2019), Pattern
of immigration fraud and employee abuse / Using
two passports, Michael Kobold evaded Nepali visa
regulations, by Tsering D Gurung and Pranaya
SJB Rana (kp 11/01/2019)
Commission
suggests central govt oversee INGOs (kp
06/01/2019), Federal
govt must oversee INGOs (rep 07/01/2019)
Integrity
policy gathers dust at PM’s Office, by Anil
Giri (kp 26/12/2018)
Sweeping
(away) generalisations: The mindset that looks
upon all NGOs with suspicion must be challenged,
by Dipendra KC (kp 27/12/2018)
Group
wants
INGOs denied funds meant for Nepal: NGO
Federation says global organisations spend much
of the funds on administrative purposes, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/12/2018)
Government
vows to address NGOs’ concern on registration,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/11/2018)
NGOs
resist pressure to register at local level,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/11/2018)
SWC
fails to monitor I/NGOs, by Rewati Sapkota
(ht 27/11/2018)
Man
establishes health center in remote village in
memory of late sister, by Sher Bahadur Jero
(rep 29/10/2018)
Billionaire
builds power plant in Rukum village, by Hari
Gautam (kp 26/10/2018)
Talks
further
delay integrity policy draft: An official
working on the draft proposal says, we shall
revise the draft after we discuss withthem. We
are not sure when we would receive the final
approval from the political leaders (kp
12/10/2018)
Minister
tells NGO to remove Bible verse from hospital,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 28/09/2018)
Following
criticism, govt softens approach to I/NGOs
(rep 05/09/2018) [Experience
shows that such a declaration of readiness for
dialogue does not mean anything in Nepal.
Especially the conditions for the national NGOs
have to be normalized immediately!]
NGO
funds outweigh grants to government, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/08/2018)
I/NGO
funding scrutiny on anvil, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 19/08/2018)
Activist
honoured for helping cause of landless Dalits
(kp 16/08/2018)
Centre
to limit number of foreign volunteers: According
to the ministry, foreign volunteers in the
country are lending their expertise in the
fields, such as occupational therapy, youth
activity programmes (kp 13/08/2018)
National
integrity policy: Centre mulls review after
flak; NGOs and INGOs seek amendments to some
articles of the draft policy (kp 10/08/2018)
709
foreign
volunteers in Valley: Almost half of foreign
workers currently in Nepal are based in three
districts of Kathmandu Valley (kp
05/08/2018)
Three
groups educate 440 illiterate women in Palata,
by Tularam Pandey (kp 04/08/2018)
Chinese
organisations: 26 NGOs set to make forays into
Nepal, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 31/07/2018), 30
Chinese NGOs all set to work in Nepal, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 31/07/2018)
Will
block ill-intended aid money: PM Oli (kp
29/07/2018)
UN
rapporteurs
question intent of Integrity Policy: In doubt:
Reporting requirements; restriction of scope of
activities; and access to funding, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 27/07/2018), PM
vents ire on foreign missions, I/NGOs for
‘unwarranted interest’ in Integrity Policy
(rep 27/07/2018) [They
have no right to a say and shall simply pay to
the authoritarian government!]
Drolma
donates Rs 10m to replace tuin crossings (kp
20/07/2018)
Volunteerism
for
development: Nepal can do more to expand
volunteerism across its boundaries and mobilize
youths for wellbeing of needy people, by
Simone Galimberti (rep 14/07/2018)
Foreign
volunteers’
regulation due in a month; The working procedure
would determine the areas where Nepal would
accept volunteers: Officials, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 11/07/2018)
Foreign
minister says govt has no intention to
discourage I/NGOs (rep 11/07/2018)
NGOs
in Rasuwa ignore registration renewal, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 01/07/2018)
INGOs
spending Rs 25b annually outside the govt’s
treasury (rep 01/07/2018)
Danuwar
wins
top US honour: The US Embassy recognises Sunita
Danuwar for her services to survivors and
communities at risk across Nepal (kp
30/06/2018)
Taxation
in INGOs: What's the confusion?, by Yugadi
Luitel (ht 26/06/2018)
PM-led
body sought to regulate I/NGOs: Govt yet to
respond to stakeholders’ suggestion, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 23/06/2018), ‘Halt
moves against civil bodies’ (kp 23/06/2018)
[see statement
by CIVICUS], Drop
restrictive policy on NGOs, says CIVICUS (ht
23/06/2018)
Our
foreign fixation, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep
22/06/2018)
Ministry
retracts decision on NGOs (kp 19/06/2019)
INGOs
are here to complement the government, not to
challenge it, interview with Shibesh Chandra
Regmi, chairperson of the Association of
International NGOs in Nepal (AIN) (kp 18/06/2018)
Communist
government moves to curtail civil liberties: Two
new policies look set to curb dissent, by
Supriya Manandhar (The Record 15/06/2018), Home
minister seeks recommendations from NGO
Federation (kp 15/06/2018), NGOs
threaten nationwide protests (rep 15/06/2018), DAOs
told to seek property details of I/NGO officials
(ht 15/06/2018), I/NGOs
decry government’s decision (ht 16/06/2018),
‘I/NGO
officials not bound to make their asset details
public’ (ht 17/06/2018), Retired
civil servants barred from working for I/NGOs
(rep 18/06/2018)
Wilful
amnesia: Current govt must not forget that it
was I/NGOs that prodded the Nepali govt to
remember its responsibilities, by Deepak
Thapa (kp 14/06/2018)
Govt
outlines
measures to monitor I/NGOs: Kathmandu District
Administration Office notifies organisations to
comply with a number of new rules (kp
14/06/2018), Govt
requires I/NGOs to submit employees’ property
details: INGOs federation might move the courts,
by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 14/06/2018)
War
of narrative: Monitoring is important but govt
should not view all I/NGOs as competitors to the
state (kp 11/06/2018)
Cabinet
to receive Integrity Policy within a week: PMO
(kp 08/06/2018), Home
Ministry to monitor activities of I/NGOs (kp
08/06/2018), Govt
preparing to tighten monitoring and regulation
of unruly I/NGOs (ht 09/06/2018), Motive
questioned as govt gears up to monitor I/NGO
operations, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
10/06/2018)
German
couple donates equipment to Tilganga hospital
(ht 25/05/2018)
The
crow and the scarecrow: The government’s new
guidelines for dealings between Nepalis and
foreign donors raises hackles, by Om Astha
Rai (nt 18/05/2018), Nepal
wants funds, but on her own terms, by Olav
Myrholt (nt 18/05/2018). 51
projects flout rules: New study: NGO FEG Nepal
exposes lawmakers’ violations (kp
20/05/2018)
Integrity
Policy draft to be amended: Govt solicits
suggestions from stakeholders including
organisations (kp 07/05/2018)
Whose
integrity
is it anyway? The government must lay to rest
speculations that surround the introduction of
the National Integrity Policy to limit INGOs,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 24/04/2018), Integrity
check:
Prime Minister Oli is famous for cracking jokes.
Hopefully, a proposed draft of national
integrity won’t remain just a joke, by
Narayan Manandhar (rep 24/03/2018)
Ten
by
Three to launch plan to support women: the
organisation would be supporting economically
poor women to start businesses besides
supporting them in the supply chain to ensure
sustainable income generation (kp
21/04/2018)
Germans
extend help to develop infrastructure (ht
20/04/2018)
'Plan
Int'l prefers doing soft programs to physical
infrastructure', by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep
20/04/2018)
I/NGOs
in federal Nepal: Their roles and challenges,
by Kapil Joshi (ht 18/04/2018)
Integrity
policy draft draws NGOs’ flak, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 15/04/2018), Bill
to bar judiciary, security agencies from taking
foreign aid (rep 15/04/2018), ‘I/NGOs
should work to meet govt’s objectives’ (kp
16/04/2018), Is
something brewing? Oli government should state
clearly its position on the proposed policy to
control I/NGOs (kp 16/04/2018)
Schoolkids
receive educational material (ht 26/03/2018)
Nepal
Red Cross bypasses SDC to spend Rs 5 billion,
by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 12/02/2018)
Successful
struggles:
They grew up in Maiti Nepal and are now treating
patients, prescribing medication and dressing
wounds in the emergency ward, by Ramu
Sapkota (nt 12/01/2018)
Unbecoming
an aid worker: There was much to observe,
criticise and complain about in the provision of
post-earthquake aid, by Anna S. Gautam (kp
07/01/2018)
Birgunj
youths distributing clothes to poor and homeless,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 27/12/2017)
Colorado
students hike to Mt Everest region offering help
to local communities (ht 25/12/2017)
Diamonds
in
the rough: Volunteerism can be harnessed as a
tool that should be mainstreamed across
Nepal’s entire development spectrum, by
Simone Galimberti (kp 05/12/2017)
Launch
into cyberspace: Access to the internet will
make NGOs in Nepal more reliable, faster and
efficient, by Samaya Lama (kp 03/12/2017)
NGO
federation seeks role in constitution
enforcement (kp 09/11/2017)
Quake
victims feel cheated with Earth Bag homes,
by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 10/10/2017)
The
NGO debate: Role and contribution, by
Manohar Karki (ht 26/09/2017)
SWC
probing NGOs for forceful religious conversion,
by Chhabi Lal Tiwari (rep 17/09/2017)
Reconstruction
by I/NGOs sluggish, by Narahari Sapkota and
Devendra Basnet (rep 01/08/2017) [Such statements should not
be generalised! In heavly affected districts
where government support has not even started
after almost two and a half years, there are
villages where the reconstruction of houses is
almost completed with the help of NGOs and
foreign friends!!!]
Houses
handed over to quake victims in Lamjung (ht
28/07/2017)
Do
donors/INGOs influence policy-making?, by
Prakash Timilsina (rep 21/07/2017)
US
college
students help disabled children (ht
18/07/2017)
INGOs
spent Rs 23b in 22 tarai districts in a year,
by Prakash Timilsina (rep 18/07/2017)
Dhurmus
Suntali
Foundation plans another settlement (kp
06/06/2017)
Govt
to
grant Rs15 million to Pun’s project (kp
02/06/2017)
Yadav
directs
NGOs not to influence vote (kp 21/04/2017)
Inclusion
and
equality: Mind shift; Just as donors have pooled
their strengths to establish Governance
Facility, a similar Facility can be built to
support NGOs committed to fight exclusion,
by Simone Galimberti (rep 17/04/2017)
I/NGOs
told
to follow election code (kp 05/04/2017) [Those providing relief to
earthquake victims before the elections shall be
arrested????], I/NGOs
asked to halt work until elections, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 08/04/2017) [Yes, earthquake victims
don't need help!?]
Volunteering:
Young
and helping; Volunteers visit Nepal for many
reasons: to get away from a mundane life, to do
something good, to get over a break-up, by
Sanjeev Dahal (rep 05/04/2017)
Football
icon
Messi building 14 health centres (kp
25/03/2017), UNICEF
hands over football star Messi-funded health
post in Gorkha (rep 03/04/2017)
NRA
to make NGOs focus on certain areas, by Gyan
P. Neupane (rep 03/03/2017)
Working
together:
Partnership among government agencies and the
broader society is the way to unleash
volunteerism in Nepal, by Simone Galimberti
(kp 28/02/2017)
Chaudhary
Foundation hands over 166 transitional shelters
in Dhading (rep 27/02/2017)
Revisiting
the
NGO numbers debate: There is nothing
‘overwhelming’ about the increase; if anything,
it is a fact to celebrate, not condemn, by
Avash Bhandari and Pratyoush Onta (kp 24/02/2017)
NRN
in Germany collecting funds to rebuild Nepal
(rep 20/02/2017)
PAC
begins probe into I/NGOs irregularities (rep
15/02/2017) [I/NGOs are
criticised because they do not do what the
Nepali state should have done for long???]
I/NGOs
told
to maintain transparency (kp 03/02/2017)
Various
I/NGOs building health posts flouting
reconstruction guidelines, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 26/01/2017)
NGO
excesses: Instead of working with the
government, many of our NGOs are running like
parallel governments, by David Kainee (rep
24/01/2017)
Australian
artist
donates Rs 2m worth of clothes to quake victims
(kp 18/01/2017)
King
Day
and volunteerism: Values espoused by the civil
rights leader instil a spirit of service from
which a developing nation like Nepal can benefit
immensely, by Simone Galimberti (kp
17/01/2017)
Rs
8
million assistance for building two schools:
Survivor Nepal and Rajahiti Samaj will oversee
con-struction of buildings of two schools in
Dolakha and Sindhupalchok (kp 12/01/2017)
Swiss
tourists
construct school building (ht 08/01/2017)
NRA
builds online database to track I/NGO work
(rep 04/01/2017) [The
NRA should better fulfil its tasks instead of
hampering the work of organisations that do what
NRA and government should have done for long!]
Int’l
community
urged to keep away from internal politics
(kp 28/12/2016)
Draft
bill allows govt to scrap NGO registration,
by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 22/12/2016)
Youths
organise
free health camp for malnourished Raku locals
(ht 18/12/2016)
Rs
70,635
raised for orphaned children (kp 16/12/2016)
Pushpa
Basnet
is CNN Superhero: Five past CNN heroes were
shortlisted for the CNN Superhero award set up
to celebrate 10 years of CNN heroes (kp
13/12/2016)
NRA
seeks clarifications from World Vision on three
points, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 10/12/2016),
DDC
seeks answers from INGO on aborted training,
by Narahari Sapkota (rep 10/12/2016)
INGOs
unable to fund Rs 300,000 quake grants for all,
by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 10/12/2016)
A
nation of volunteers: Structured volunteerism
can contribute to nation-building and to the
institutionalisation of political gains, by
Anoj Chhetri (kp 08/12/2016)
Most
I/NGOs behind on monthly reports: NRA (ht
08/12/2016) [Deeds are
more important than reports! What are you doing,
NRA?]
Red
Cross unhappy with govt's NGO policy on
reconstruction (rep 07/12/2016)
A
service nation: Volunteerism can motivate
millions of people to solve the most challenging
issues facing their communities, by Martina
Voss and Simone Galimberti (kp 06/12/2016)
Let’s
take
it seriously: Volunteerism can enhance social
cohesion by creating a conducive environment for
active citizenship, by Simone Galimberti (kp
13/11/2016)
3
Nepali organisations win With and For Girls
Award (kp 05/11/2016)
MPs-led
panels to oversee I/NGO work in quake areas,
by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 03/10/2016)
NGOs
distributed
substandard relief material, says flood victims
(ht 01/10/2016)
Red
Cross
to spend Rs 290m to rebuild Gorkha (kp
21/09/2016)
Development
dilemma
Karnali lags behind, by Padam Bhandari (ht
14/09/2016)
Misuse
of
quake donations: Buddhist Janaadhikar officials
held, by Manish Gautam (kp 01/09/2016)
‘INGO’s
spending
aid money recklessly’ (ht 20/08/2016), Tardy
I/NGOs
draw flak from quake survivors (kp
21/08/2016)
NGOs
defaulting
on report submission (ht 19/08/2016)
NGOs
to
come under DDC remit (ht 16/08/2016)
[related to Chitwan district]
Tired
of
seeking funds, Pun offers own land to run
innovation hub, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp
01/08/2016)
NGOs
under
scrutiny: Unjustifiable distribution, by
Uttam Devkota (ht 06/07/2016)
Local
bodies
directed to monitor NGO activities: While the
govt circular is aimed at the NGOs working in
the field of health, it has alarmed the entire
sector (kp 30/06/2016)
Donors
stop funding orphanage after finding
irregularities, by Ashok Dahal (rep
30/06/2016)
MoFALD
lays
down rules for NGO proposals: Tells District
Development Committees not to approve plans that
promote religion related activities (kp
21/06/2016)
NGOs/INGOs
to
rebuild schools (ht 11/06/2016)
House
panels’
I/NGO-funded programmes draw flak (ht
24/05/2016), MPs
lambaste
House panel over INGO-funded seminars (rep
24/05/2016)
Code
of
conduct for NGOs in Gorkha, by Sudip Kaini
(kp 22/05/2016)
Quake
victims
receive corrugated zinc sheets: Nepal GoodWeave
Foundation to construct 95 permanent houses
(ht 17/05/2016)
NGO/INGO
in
Kavre fail to meet expectations, by
Madhusudan Guragain (rep 02/05/2016)
Lions
International
to build 1,000 houses and 30 schools (ht
27/04/2016)
INGOs
pressing
govt to change NRA guidelines: INGOs want to
work independently, select beneficiaries on
their own, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep
26/04/2016)
CG
Foundation
says it built 2,540 shelters, 37 schools (kp
26/04/2016), CF
builds
2,540 shelters and 37 schools: Shows interest to
partner with National Reconstruction Authority
for reconstruction of schools, individual houses
(ht 26/04/2016)
NRNA
to
build 573 houses in Laprak (kp 25/04/2016)
Change
of
guard rare in NGOs, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
20/04/2016) [This is not
different from political parties!!]
MoFALD
fiat
to ensure transparency of social organisations
(ht 20/04/2016)
NRA
to
allow NGOs in rebuilding homes: Extra rules for
mobilisation via one door; 3-side deal for
reconstruction, by Bhadra Sharma (kp
11/04/2016)
CF
hands
over 179 transitional shelters (ht
24/03/2016)
NGO
Governance:
A Debate, by Prabin Manandhar (sp
18/03/2016)
Broken
lines:
International response to natural disasters
continue to fail to address the needs of
affected communities, by Maximillian Morch
(rep 07/03/2016)
Some
Semblance Of Law, by Shyam K.C. (rn
01/03/2016)
NRA
tightens
noose around I/NGOs: Nonprofits barred from
engaging in reconstruction work without prior
approval (rep 29/02/2016) [?? This reminds of the
government statements shortly after the
earthquakes! The affected people are still
waiting in vain!!]
NRA
starts
drafting INGO Mobilisation Directive (ht
27/02/2016)
82-year-old
woman
donates Rs 10m to Mustang campus (kp
01/02/2016)
DDC
unaware
what NGOs did with over 750 million, by
Devendra Basnet (rep 27/01/2016)
A
warm gesture: Youth-led groups are directing
ways to help earthquake victims this winter,
by Sarthak Mani Sharma (nt 22/01/2016)
NGO
‘recovers’
loan from relief amount of quake-hit Chepangs,
by Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp 21/01/2016), NGO
returns
relief cash (kp 23/01/2016)
Samaritan’s
Purse
sends winter relief for quake survivors in
northern hilly districts (ht 20/01/2016)
Red
Cross to build houses (ht 20/01/2016)
Chaudhary
Foundation
builds 1,700 transitional shelters (ht
19/01/2016)
Reality
check:
Donor agencies need to be critical while
evaluating whether their funds are being used
appropriately, by Randhir Chaudhary (kp
12/01/2016)
Healing
together:
Religious organisations show solidarity with
earthquake survivors, by Lucia De Vries (nt
01/01/2016)
NRN
investments
total Rs29.85b in 9 districts, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 17/10/2015), Prez
lauds
NRNA quake-relief initiative (kp
17/10/2015), NRNs
invest
Rs 29.85 billion, create 8,276 jobs (ht
17/10/2015)
Team
builds
1,000 shelters in Ramkot (kp 15/10/2015)
INGOs
call
for revival of reconstruction authority (ht
01/10/2015)
Bonner
bauen eine Schule in Nepal (General-Anzeiger
Bonn, September/Oktober 2015) [with lots of
background information]
Free
exchange:
National Steering Committee for Volunteerism Nepal
should play an active role in making volunteering more
professional, by Umesh Raj Regmi and B.K. Shrestha
(kp 06/09/2015)
Philanthropist
Shrestha
donates properties worth Rs 100 million, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 20/08/2015) [on Maiyadevi Shrestha]
Distributing
humanitarian
aid: Necessity of corruption audit, by Aakriti
Rayamajhi (ht 04/08/2015)
Swiss
donors
help quake-hit families build new houses, by
Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 27/07/2015)
Blazing
new
trails in the monsoon: Some international
mountaineers stayed on in Nepal after their
expeditions were cancelled to help with quake
relief, by Kunda Dixit (nt 24/07/2015)
I/NGOs
offering
jobs to tourists face action, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 23/07/2014)
NGO
operators
held on irregularities charge: Diwakar Subedi and
Hari Lamsal have been detained on charge of
illegally relocating quake-hit families, by
Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 01/07/2015)
Massive
presence
of I/NGOs trigger price hike in Gorkha (rep
29/06/2016)
Businessmen
cash
in on I/NGO ‘spending spree’: Several I/NGO have
leased out many vehicles for upto 3 months as
local businessmen buy 150 new vehicles to rent
them out, by Sudip Kaini (kp 25/06/2015)
Agro
minister
miffed over INGOs distributing seeds to farmers:
Govt has started to exercise caution in seed
distribution after reports of crop failure due
to supply of unauthorised seeds (kp
25/06/2015)
‘I/NGOs
fail
to mend their working style’: Several INGOs, NGOs
and UN agencies have been using hotels and private
houses for their activities concerning the quake
victims, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 24/06/2015)
Ulterior
motives:
The unregistered INGOs lack accountability and
transparency as what they are doing and where are
unknown (ht 24/06/2015)
Over
100
new INGOs operating after April 25 quake,
aftershocks: Only 14 of them have registered with
SWC, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 23/06/2015)
INGOs,
show
us your numbers, by Subhash Ghimire (rep
15/06/2015)
HAMI:
Relief
distribution by I/NGOs publicity-oriented (kp
13/06/2015)
British
honour
for BVS-Nepal co-founder: Wendy Marston came to
Nepal in 1978 and since then has dedicated her
life to help burn survivors, many of whom are
women and children (ht 13/06/2015)
Reimagining
civil
society: NGOs have helped communities assert
their rights but left much to be desired on the
responsibility front, by Pranab Kharel (kp
02/06/2015)
Deal
with
govt must for I/NGOs’ involvement, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/06/2016)
A
question of trust: Like the government, I/NGOs
in Nepal too have problems with transparency and
accountability, by Anushka Bhattarai (kp
27/05/2015)
Act
against
I/NGOs involved in political activities: Home
ministry, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 22/04/2015)
One-sixth
of
foreign aid routed through INGOs (kp
11/04/2015)
Rein
them in: Some NGOs that received funds for
development works were instead active in
religious conversion and other things that
invite social discord, by Hari Bansh Jha
(rep 11/04/2015)
Felicitating
In Style: The TRT Story, by Prem Khatry (rn
10/03/2015)
Shakti
Samuha
gets French award: The Nepali organisation
receives the French Republic Human Rights Award,
by Stéphane Huët(nt 06/03/2015)
190
INGOs,
over 500 NGOs under CIAA scanner, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 26/02/2015), Restrain
I/NGOs (ht 27/02/2015)
The
woman
who failed retirement: Until 1984, Olga Murray
had never heard of Nepal; Now, all her energies
are focused on the country, by Weena Pun (kp
21/02/2015)
NGOs
acting
as financial agents told to upgrade (kp
14/02/2015)
Ghale’s
foundation
sets up Rs 1b charity (kp 09/01/2015), NRNA
prez
Ghale launches charity fund (ht 09/01/2015),
Shesh
Ghale
announces Rs 1 billion welfare fund (rep
09/01/2015)
NGOs
unhappy
with new government guideline (ht 01/01/2015) |
