Fundraising for NGOs in Nepal

Fundraising for NGOs in Nepal is a membership-based web portal exclusively designed for NGOs, not-for-profits, community service providers, social enterprises, volunteers, fundraisers, individuals seeking grants, and skills in fundraising. It is an initiative of the Institute of Cultural Affairs Nepal (ICA Nepal) and its sister organization Institue of Innovation and Quality Assurance (IIQA). As ICA Nepal is known worldwide for its facilitation and community development, IIQA also aims to establish quality movements in society. One can get access to unlimited global and national donors database, grants, sample proposals, useful resources, and tools for sustainable fundraising. FFN highly promotes fundraising through quality skill enhancement of NGOs on fundraising capacity. We train individuals on writing proposals and reports and contacting relevant donors for support, including providing consultants for project development and fundraising for local and global projects. Fundraising for NGOs in Nepal was launched in early March 2021 with the objective of the holistic development of NGOs in Nepal.

Fundraising for NGOs primarily provides information on the full range of funding opportunities across the globe. Members will have access to unlimited opportunities, resources, and amplification strategies for successful funding research through our online database. As many donors don’t have their own sites to propose for the calls, donation seekers are deprived of such information and are on the verge of extinction. We, Fundraising for NGOs empower them to address such barriers by providing a quality platform. One will be notified through 20 to 25 email alerts daily, our monthly newsletters, web updates, and multiple media so as not to miss any relevant grant call for your organization. FFN believes in the importance of external and internal activators such as donors and project implementation agencies to mobilize the community and achieve sustainable development. We collectively work as a bridge between donors and donation seekers with a qualified team working in the sector of fundraising for more than 30 years.

ICA Nepal recognized these shortcomings where NGOs lose their identity after a few years, mainly because they cannot get funding for their dream projects, and started the capacity building of the NGOs in the field of project development and fundraising. We basically have three different forms of membership (i.e free, premium, and exclusive). Our subscribers can get access to basic and Nepal-relevant fundraising information as well as seminars, our monthly newsletter, EBooks, and Emanuel. Our exclusive members are the subscribers selected wisely by our team as we provide one-to-one guidance and collaborate with them. We additionally review and give feedback to the project proposals developed by NPOs. 

Fundraising for NGOs had launched a Micro-grant initiative on Community Development 2021 under STEM Education, Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM), and Social Artistry Leadership Training. We have been conducting different pieces of training sessions on the topics that are accepted all around the globe for fundraising, informal Q&A sessions where every participant can raise queries as well as share their experience, different classified talk shows with experienced personalities in a particular field every Friday also known as “Every Friday Learning Friday”. It is estimated that more than 15000 NGOs in Nepal are working in various development sectors. FFN is the ultimate destination to learn something new, share experiences and best practices, ask questions, share opportunities, and more supporting each other.

During the pandemic, our FFNs team is carrying out awareness-raising and different humanitarian aid activities to ensure that the situation is brought under control through our small efforts. We have been able to raise different medical equipment such as cylinders, oxygen concentrators. Fundraising for NGOs in collaboration with its partner organizations has been aiming to provide relief for Dwarf Community present at Dakshinkali Municipality. We also implemented a tree planting program to promote sustainability by facilitating all necessary crops, thereby improving the environment. All the local people were very grateful and happy with our initiative, and we also hope to visit there again in a healthy way.

Prepared by: Swikriti Parajuli

I’m a student and I believe in learning and sharing. Besides community development, I’m passionate about arts, music, and sports. 

Fundraising for NGOs in Nepal is a web portal collectively designed to help NGOs sustain by direct linkage to donors in a much easier and healthy way. FFN is one of Nepal’s first platforms to provide information on relevant donors nationally and globally. 

MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT (MHM) IN NEPAL

Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is an essential aspect of hygiene that must be followed by adolescent girls and women between menarche and menopause. Although it is an important topic, there is limited evidence of MHM every day. Since Menstruation is a naturally occurring physiological phenomenon in women immediate relief activities by humanitarian agencies, lacked MHM activities. Women still use reusable sanitary cloths as a way to address menstrual hygiene and are highly susceptible to reproductive and urinary tract infections. The materials used as adsorbents during menstruation in low-income countries including Nepal vary from reusable towels (cloth torn from dresses of women and cotton fabric), and/or disposable sanitary napkins.

In the context of Nepal, during menstruation women, are not accessible to sanitary napkins easily, nor are they equipped well with sufficient water and sanitation materials such as clean water, soap, hygienic toilet, etc. People are still unaware of the hazards and diseases brought by unhealthy practices. In rural areas, 53 percent of girls are compelled to miss school during periods. Even in urban areas, the toilets are not female-friendly and lack sanitation facilities due to which girls are left to manage their periods in ineffective, uncomfortable, and unhygienic ways. About three out of four adolescent girls use re-useable clothes during menses which makes them more likely to suffer from infections. The use of sanitary pads among adolescent girls in urban areas is higher in comparison to adolescent girls in rural areas, while the use of old pieces of cloth is higher among rural than urban adolescent girls. Lack of information about sanitary napkins, high cost, and limited availability are the main reasons for adolescent girls not using sanitary napkins.

Around 40 to 60% of adolescent girls dry their reusable napkins/cloths under direct sunlight outside the house, but others are still reluctant to dry them in the sun because, in Hindu society, there is a strong belief that the sun is a god, and it should not be shown to a god or else it is a sin. Likewise, they dry their reusable sanitary pads in dark places because if seen by others, boys and men might tease the girls which lead women to infection. In both rural and urban schools, proper disposal of pads and clothes poses a significant challenge, the majority of girls bury or throw used pads with other garbage, while very few of them burn the used pads. The problem is even more serious in Far and Mid-Western parts of Nepal where women are deported to the shed outside the home known as Menstrual Huts "Chhau Goth", despite its ban during their entire period. Chhaupadi comes from ancient Hindu scriptures that consider secretions associated with menstruation and childbirth to be religiously “impure,” deeming women “untouchable,” and prohibiting menstruating women and girls from inhabiting public space, socializing with others, and sharing food and water sources. Inside the Menstrual Huts, every girl is susceptible to cold, snake bites, infections, and even worse rapes and sexual abuse. Such practices reinforce the impacts of the reproductive health of women and limit women's social and cultural growth. However, beliefs and customs are gradually changing, even today, in many parts of the country, women and girls either are forced to spend three to four days outside of their homes often in sheds or a separate room/area while they are menstruating.

Young adolescent girls tend to be less prepared for MHM and suffer from anxiety, apprehensions, fear, and embarrassment during their menses. In addition, pre-existing social taboos and cultural restraints. An estimated 290,000 women and adolescent girls in Nepal menstruate every day. Menstruation is a normal part of life, yet many women and adolescent girls face significant obstacles to achieving healthy and hygienic practices in Nepal. Despite this great need, there have been notably very few healthy and hygienic menstrual practices in Nepal. Furthermore, different awareness programs can be conducted in different regions of the country to spread knowledge, enhance safe menstrual practices, and eliminate menstrual taboos. We must be able to build a society in which adolescent girls are not ashamed to talk about their periods, but rather bleed with joy and pride.

Prepared by: Swikriti Parajuli

I’m a student and I believe in learning and sharing. Besides community development, I’m passionate about arts, music, and sports. 

ICA Nepal is an experienced team dedicated to working in the field of human capacity building, and community development through advanced methods. It pursues to recognize people’s initiation, creativity, and enthusiasm in bringing sustainable development by considering existing cultural dynamics and pluralities. It is committed to creating an environment, in which the opportunity to participate and the construction of sustainable change and development is foremost.

Glocal International Teen Conference

Teenagers have enormous potential to discover and invent numerous things that could lead a country along the path to sustainability. Every teenager wishes to achieve something positive that will have an impact on society and spread positivity throughout the country. Furthermore, teenagers who work for the betterment of society have formed a learning chain impact on themselves.

Teenagers are becoming more self-sufficient and preparing for the future. They have demonstrated their ability and demonstrated their ability to be change-makers during a pandemic through their amazing works.

Teenagers are the pillars of the future, and capable of shaping their creativity to bring a change in the world. Here is an amazing opportunity for all teenagers (ages 13 to 19) who want to attend and witness the conference, foster networking and cross-cultural exchange in the platform of Glocal International Teen Conference (GITC). Being a part of this once-in-a-lifetime event will allow you to take excellent lessons from your peers, form lifelong friendships, and find prospective collaborations.

In a nutshell, it's an opportunity for teenagers from all over the world to solve concerns and overcome hurdles through enhancing leadership, empowerment, and social impact in a participative and dynamic atmosphere with their peers from all around the globe. It is a lifetime experience to connect with the influencing teenager and act for a positive change. 

GITC focuses on three major issues:

• Entrepreneurship

• Empowerment

• Socio- Perspective

Eligibility:

• Should be a teenager (13-19 years of age);

• Should be enthusiastic to learn, explore and take initiative to create an impact;

• Should be able to keep up the spirit of GITC- 2020 and take this opportunity to develop and grow themselves.

The Conference will be hosted virtually on August 28, 29 & 30, 2021. 

 

The application is available online at https://gitc.glocalteenhero.com/participant-role/ and is free. The application deadline is August 20, 2021.

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