Community Action for Nutrition (CAN) Project (Sunaula Hazar Din)
The Community Actions for Nutrition (CAN) Project (Sunaula Hazar Din) has been implemented in 10 districts of Nepal by MOFALD at central level and DDCs and VDCs at local level.. With the financial support of Japanese Social Development Fund (JSDF) and Partnership For Transparency (PTF) under the Citizen Action for Results Transparency & Accountability (CARTA/Helvetas), […]
Safer Migration (SaMi) Program
Safer Migration (SaMi) project is a bilateral program between the Government of Nepal and the Government of Switzerland. It is implemented by the Government of Nepal Ministry of Labor Employment and Social Security in 156 local governments (39 districts). For this project Helvetas Nepal provides technical assistance on behalf of Swiss Agency for Development and […]
Livelihood Project
Livelihood Project 2010/11 The Livelihood Project has been implemented by the NEST with the financial assistance of World Vision International in Lekhnath municipality and five different VDC namely; Kalika, Majhthana, Hansapur, Rupakot and Thumki. It is four years project which starts on October and ends in September 2011. With the goal of improving livelihood security of […]
Enhance Economic Resilience of Targeted Vulnerable Indigenous Groups
The Nucleus for Empowerment through Skill Transfer (NEST) implemented the “Enhance Economic Resilience of Targeted Vulnerable Indigenous Groups” project to strengthen economic resilience and address climate change in Birendranagar Municipality of Surkhet and Lamkichuha Municipality of Kailali districts over five months periods in 2024. Although the project aimed to support 300 households, it successfully reached […]
NEST with Hariyo Ban Program
The Hariyo Ban Program is a five years long program funded by USAID and implementing by four NGO partners-WWF, CARE/Nepal and FECOFUN. It has three major components (biodiversity conversation, Sustainable landscape and adaptation to climate change) and three cross cutting themes (Gender and Social Inclusion, Governance and Livelihood) as stated in its project document. WWF […]
Micro Enterprise Development for Poverty Alleviation (MEDPA) Programme 2017-2018
Nucleus for Empowerment through Skill Transfer (NEST) with the deep coordination with respective Rural Municipalities in Kaski has been implemented MEDPA with the funding and technical support from District Cottage and Small Industry Office in Kaski during this fiscal year. Programme has been executed in 6 wards of two Rural Municipality Machhapuchhre and Madi benefitting […]
Social Mobilization Programme under the Local Governance and Community Development Programme (LGCDP) 2073-74
NEST has continuously assisting local bodies in Kaski as a local service provider for social mobilization in communities of rural and urban areas. The LGCDP has identified social as its major mobilization component for increasing participation and empowerment of poor and disadvantaged people in local level was planning and decision making. The main goal of […]
Open Defecation Free (ODF) Campaign and Behavior Change Communication (BCC)
Nucleus for Empowerment through Skill Transfer (NEST), jointly with its local partners Environment and Children Development Centre (ECDC) and Community Power (CP), has been implementing the ODF campaign in Rautahat with funding and technical support from GSF/UN Habitat since April 2014. A total of 14 Village Development Committees (VDCs) have been declared ODF till July […]