Rural Integrated Development Service-Nepal (RIDS-Nepal.org) is a Social Non-Government Organization. The majority of its long-term Holistic Community Development (HCD) projects and field-based research projects are financed by donations from individuals, charities, communities and INGOs. RIDS-USA is a 501 3(c) organization and all donations are tax-deductible.

PROJECTS TOTAL

1074

PIT LATRINES BUILT PROJECT

698

SOLAR LIGHTING PROJECT

16

COMMUNITY SOLAR DRIER PROJECT

998

SMOKELESS METAL STOVE

70

SLOW SAND WATER FILTER

VISION

" To improve the living conditions and livelihood of people of north-west Nepal through long-term holistic community development projects - planned, designed and implemented jointly within their context in partnership with individuals and communities."

 

MISSION

To improve peoples' overall quality and standard of life, through holistic, long-term, integrated rural community development programs. Special focus is given on the poor, marginalised and disadvantaged people and community groups in remote, difficult to reach mountain communities.

 

OBJECTIVES

Our main objectives are:

  1. To improve the overall living, health and hygiene conditions through relevant preventative measures such as awareness, education and applied holistic rural development projects.
  2. To improve the living conditions through the implementation of context related holistic community development projects (such as defined in the following points).
  3. To implement the "Family of 4" concept, light, smokeless metal stove, pit latrine and drinking water, in entire villages and individual houses.
  4. To provide energy services in the form of rural village electrification projects for light (through solar photovoltaic systems or pico-hydro power plant) in each house, and hot water through solar water heaters for community bathing centers.
  5. To improve the food and nutrition availability and variety of high altitude mountain communities’ through greenhouses, solar driers and nutrition programs.
  6. To improve quality of life through Non Formal Education (NFE) for out-of-school children and mothers, skill based training of local people for the maintenance of all implemented projects.
  7. Through ongoing, innovative new project development, research of applied renewable energy technologies, and projects’ long-term follow-up, data monitoring and recording, understanding long-term impact and changes and appropriate development approaches are possible.

PRIORITIES

  1. The poor, marginalised, socially oppressed and underprivileged individuals and communities in remote and mountainous areas.
  2. Special attention will be given to women, children and senior citizens.
  3. The main working area are the remote, mountainous, difficult to reach and least developed areas such as the districts of Humla in the Karnali zone.

OUR IMPACT

Projects

"Family of 4"

RIDS-USA is currently conducting more than 12 different types of projects in Humla. Along with RIDS-USA's unique Holistic Development approach, it has also developed the concept of "Family of 4" and the "Family of 4 PLUS". "Family of 4" concept reflects the 4 basic requirements that are fundamental for a long term sustainable development. The "Family of 4" concept incorporates Pit Latrine, SMS, Light and Water.

 

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"Family of 4 PLUS"

We feel that each one of these projects need to go hand in hand with the other to see any positive change in the community. These are the 4 pillars that create the foundation on which the "Family of 4 PLUS" concept is applied. The "Family of 4 PLUS" concept mainly focuses on uplifting the human standard along with sustaining the basic requirement. The "Family of 4 PLUS" concept incorporates Solar water heater, Food security, Non-Formal Education and Evaluation and Survey. All of these projects are specially designed keeping in mind the context in which they would be applied so that people of Humla get the maximum benefit from the projects. You can choose below which concept you want to view.

 

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