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Chairperson
Two decades in education. A founding member of the organisation.
About us
Started by the community, still answerable to it
Mokchya Nepal is a non-profit working with rural communities across Nepal on education, health, livelihoods and disaster resilience.
Our story
It began with one question
Vision
A Nepal where no one's possibilities are decided by where they were born or what their family earns.
Mission
To run community-led programmes in education, health and livelihoods — and to hand each one over to local institutions built to sustain it.
In 2016 a handful of teachers, health workers and local youth sat down with a single question. After the earthquake a great deal of help had arrived — but what, in the village, had actually stayed?
The honest answer was uncomfortable. Supplies came, distributions happened, photographs were taken and teams went home. Yet the number of children leaving school was unchanged, and the health post was still the same three hours away.
Mokchya Nepal was founded on that uncomfortable answer. We decided the work should be small, led by the community, and built to keep running once we were gone.
Today we run six programmes across twelve districts of Bagmati Province. Every one of them has an exit plan written on the first day — because the measure of our success is not how many places we are in, but how many places carry on without us.
01What we hold to
Four things we do not trade away
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Dignity first
No photograph, report or campaign of ours turns someone's hardship into an exhibit. No one's story is told without their consent.
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Open books
Income, expenditure and audited accounts are published every year — including the targets we missed.
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Local hands
Ninety per cent of our field team come from the districts where the programmes run.
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Handover as the goal
No programme should depend on us. Transfer within three to five years is the target, not an afterthought.
02Milestones
The road so far
- 2016
Registered
Registered with the District Administration Office; work begins in a single village in Sindhupalchok.
- 2017
First scholarships
Annual scholarships awarded to the first 62 students.
- 2019
Health programme
Mobile health camps begin in Nuwakot and Rasuwa.
- 2021
First handover
The first water scheme is transferred in full to a users' committee.
- 2024
Twelve districts
Programmes now running across twelve districts of Bagmati Province.
03Our team
The people doing the work
A board that governs and a small team that runs the day to day.
Board
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Vice-chairperson
Specialises in community health and maternal-child programmes.
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Treasurer
Responsible for accounts and financial transparency.
Team
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Executive Director
Leads programme delivery and partnerships.
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Programme Coordinator
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Field Coordinator
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Finance Officer
Transparency
Where the money goes
Audited accounts and a full spending breakdown are published every year. Contact the office for a copy.
Direct programme spending84%
Monitoring & field operations11%
Administration5%
Who we work with
- Local Government Partner
- District Education Office
- Community Health Network
- Diaspora Support Circle
- Regional Foundation
Walk with us
This work has never been done alone
As a volunteer, a partner or a supporter — there is a place for you here.