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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)
32
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) |
