Programme Areas

Practical Action Nepal is committed to poverty alleviation by providing appropriate technology in a sustainable way by bringing sound technical knowledge and global experience to the field of appropriate technology development. Currently, Practical Action Nepal works in four programme areas:

• Reducing vulnerability
  Strengthen the ability of poor people to use technology to cope with threats from natural disasters, environmental degradation and civil conflict. Our current project work is in two areas: food security and disaster risk reduction and climate change.

• Making markets work for the poor
  Enable poor people to use technologies to build secure livelihoods, through improved systems of production, processing and marketing. Our current work is focused on minimising the impact of conflict.

• Access to infrastructure services
  Improve the access of poor women and men to locally managed infrastructure services, including energy and transport. This project work is in three main areas: rural transport and energy, sustainable urban environment, and healthy homes.

• Responding to new technologies
  Enable poor women and men to assess and respond to the challenges of new technologies such as ICTs, biotechnology and nanotechnology, and to develop and adopt applications that contribute to poverty reduction.

Case studies

Aerial ropeways In the mountainous regions, road-building is expensive. An affordable alternative is an electrically-powered aerial ropeway, to transport goods up the hillside. Read the full story

Bicycle ambulances For remote communites in the plains, a bicycle ambulance provides a vital lifeline, enabling them to get the sick to medical centres quickly and in comfort. Read the full story

List of Practical Action's current and recent projects in Nepal