Education
240 students in Sindhupalchok receive this year's scholarships
Fees, textbooks and uniforms for 240 students in grades 6 to 12 have been confirmed for the new academic year.
Alongside Nepal's communities since 2016
A chance to rise, for every life
Through education, health and livelihood programmes we stand with rural communities across Nepal — not to hand out help, but to build what lasts.
12Districts reached
8,400+People reached directly
1,250+Scholarships awarded
46Community partners
Our purpose
Not charity. Partnership.
“The only change that counts is the change still standing after we leave.”
Mokchya Nepal began from one plain belief: no community needs to be told what its problems are, or what a solution should look like. The answers are already there. What is usually missing is resource, and company.
So we never arrive in a village with a finished plan. We listen first, design the programme with local teachers, health workers, mothers' groups and the ward office — and then hand the work over to the people who will still be there in ten years.
01How we work
A three-step method, kept deliberately simple
- 01
Listen first
Before a single activity begins we spend months in the community — household surveys, school visits and open assemblies, so the priorities are set by the people who live there.
- 02
Build together
Local teachers, health workers and youth volunteers run the programme. Our job is training, resources and showing up consistently — not standing at the front.
- 03
Hand it over
Every programme has an exit plan written on day one. Within three to five years, full ownership moves to a local committee or the municipality.
02Programmes
Six areas of work, one goal
Each programme starts from the same question: what does this community need most, right now?
- 01Education & ScholarshipsScholarships, learning materials and community classes that keep children at risk of dropping out inside the classroom.
- 02Child Protection & CareSafe shelter, psychosocial counselling and family reunification for children living at risk.
- 03Women's Empowerment & LivelihoodsSavings groups, skills training and seed support for small enterprises — so income and decisions both stay with women.
- 04Health & NutritionMobile health camps, maternal and child nutrition, and long-term partnership with female community health volunteers.
- 05Clean Water & SanitationSafe drinking-water systems, school toilets, and a maintenance plan the community writes itself.
- 06Disaster Resilience & ReliefCommunity-level preparedness for earthquakes, floods and landslides — and fast, accountable relief when they come.
03Stories & updates
From the field
04What's coming up
Come and meet us
12Sept 2026
Free mobile health camp, Nuwakot
Three days of general treatment, eye checks, antenatal care and child growth monitoring — open to all, free of charge.
5Oct 2026
Volunteer orientation session
An open session for anyone thinking about volunteering: how we work, what is expected, and where help is needed next.
22Nov 2026
Annual gathering and report presentation
A year of work, the full accounts and next year's plan, presented to community members, supporters and friends.
Get involved
One pair of hands changes more than you would think
Volunteer, partner or give. Whichever route you choose, it lands directly with the community.