Nepal
16 September 2018, Sohal Tole, Jahada rural municipality, Nepal: Women walk through Sohal Tole, a community of Santal and Dalit (Musahar) people, who find themselves at the very margin of society in Nepal. The community project receives technical support from the LWF World Service programme. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF has been working in Nepal since 1984 with people at risk with socioeconomic, climate and disaster vulnerabilities, including refugees. LWF Nepal has prioritized women and girls, persons with disabilities, lower castes such as Dalits, internally displaced people, youth, ex-bonded laborers, and marginalized indigenous communities as right holders. It aims to enhance their voices and participation through developing community-based organizations in achieving equitable access to livelihoods, quality services, and protection and social cohesion. It continues to ensure gender, disability, and social inclusion within society through affirmative actions. Similarly, it works closely with the government as the primary duty bearer as well as with the private sector and other development partners in achieving its objectives.
“We did not have food to eat, or drinking water for three days. It seems like disaster hits poor families like us the hardest. The food assistance saved our lives and the lives of our children.”
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Local voices, local actions
On the early morning of 9 November 2022, an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale shook Doti district in Western Nepal, followed by more than 200 aftershocks. Among the affected were Dalit and freed Haliya communities with whom LWF Nepal had already worked. LWF Nepal provided life-saving assistance and early recovery support to the earthquake affected communities in 5 municipalities of Doti and Bajura districts.
Tara Singh Dholi, 58 years old man along with 13 family members was badly hit by the earthquake. Like others, Tara Singh house was also totally collapsed and he himself trapped in the rubble. Nepal army with the support of neighboring households bring him out of the rubble and LWF provided emergency shelter kit, winterization kit and hygiene items to save and sustain Tara Singh family life.
Tara Singh Dholi - Photo: LWF/ C. Saud
“Working with partners makes us more resilient as organizations to support the most marginalized communities. This includes building the resilience of our hardworking staff in difficult locations and thinking about their well-being.”
Jobs
LWF World Service is regularly looking for new staff to work in the field. A commitment to the human rights of every individual, regardless of their status, guides our work, actions, and operations. Our work is people-centred and community-based.
Contacts
Susan Muis, Regional Program Coordinator (Geneva)
Email: [email protected]
Bijaya Bajracharya, Country Director in Nepal
Email: [email protected]
Partners
- ACT Alliance
- Australian Aid
- Australian Lutheran World Service
- Cordaid
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission
- German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation
- Kerk in Actie
- The Primate's Relief and Development Fund
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees