Nepal is the poorest country in South Asia and ranks as the twelfth poorest country in the world. However, over the last decade the country has made considerable progress in reducing poverty. This progress is mainly due to the money generated from tourism and the increase in foreign tourist companies investing in the area.
Unfortunately Nepal has a literacy rate at 65.9% hence the need for investment and improvement of schools particularly in rural areas, where the villages are still poor and have no electricity. Access to education for girls and women is especially hard due to cultural and socioeconomic barriers.
CRED Foundation is embarking on a new partnership with PSD Nepal, with particular focus on their Education and Plastics Recycling programmes.
Partnership for Sustainable Development (PSD) bridges the gap.
PSD builds capacity in the poorest and most vulnerable communities in Nepal, notably amongst children, women, orphans, those with disabilities, and in rural communities. Functioning as an intermediary organization between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have not’s’, PSD serves to link Nepal with international grants, donors, and fundraising projects. PSD is a non-governmental, social development organization.
PSD Plastics
PSD Nepal partners with the mountain people of Nepal. Together they are cultivating circular economies for waste and plastic solutions. In their pilot schemes, a 1 PET bottle = 1 NPR incentive scheme is in operation, with tens of thousands of plastic bottles cleared every month. This waste is recycled in Pokhara at Himalayan Plastic & creatively up-cycled for educational purposes, promoting environmental and cultural heritage.
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Bhimsen Primary School (PS) and Higher Secondary School (HSS)
Bhimsen Primary School (PS) and Higher Secondary School (HSS) is a thriving rural school west of Baglung, about 12 hours west of the capital Kathmandu. It caters for between 650-800 students, depending on the intake in a given academic year, serves more than 6 local communities and has a total staff of 26 teachers.
Latest News
Meet Sandevi from Nepal 12 Nov 2025 I (Helen) recently had the honour of meeting a young Nepalese woman, Sandevi Tamang. She is in the process of setting up a community enterprise that both supports single mothers living in rural Nepal and also keeps alive the traditional art of weaving, but using new and contemporary product lines.…
Planting Roots for the Future: A Journey of Reforestation and Cultural Unity 30 Jul 2025 Written by Bishnu Bhattar, CEO of PSD-Nepal From 6 to 8 April 2025, twenty-one volunteers from St. Peter’s School in the UK joined hands with the communities of Doheri and Majkatera in Nepal to plant over 220 walnut trees in a high-altitude reforestation effort. The program, organized by PSD Nepal…
The Unforgotten Fund: Supporting Vulnerable children (PSD Nepal) 16 Apr 2025 Written by Bishnu Bhatta PSD Nepal remains committed to supporting vulnerable children through our ongoing partnership with the Unforgotten Fund. This year, we have focused on the well-being of 21 orphaned children and 21 children from waste picker families in Kathmandu and Lalitpur. By providing access to formal education, scholarships,…
A Summer of Transformation: Bond Aid Volunteers in Harmi, Nepal 15 Jan 2025 written by Bishnu Bhatta, director of PSD-Nepal This summer, PSD Nepal, in collaboration with Bond Aid, welcomed 16 motivated volunteers from Bond University, Australia, to the picturesque yet challenging rural village of Harmi, Gorkha. Their goal was simple yet profound: to uplift the community by enhancing the village’s educational infrastructure…