FoN: Climate Change, Conservation and Sustainability Grant Program

The Friends of Nepal (FoN) is inviting applications for its Climate Change, Conservation, and Sustainability Grant Program. This initiative supports projects that address critical issues such as climate change, natural resource conservation, and sustainability. Previous projects have included agricultural training for women impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to enhance water conservation and air quality in remote communities. FoN aims to foster resilience against environmental challenges in Nepal.

Friends of Nepal (FoN) is opening its grant application period and will be supporting initiatives that address one or more of the following themes: A. Climate Change, B. Natural Resource Conservation, and C. Sustainability. Over the years, many of our selected projects have overlapped with environmental causes. For example, one of our partner organizations, Himalayan Healthcare, provided agricultural training in northern Dhading to women who suffered from the economic fallout caused by the Covid pandemic. Not only did this benefit the environment, it also supported the entrepreneurial pursuits of women as they worked to recover from the losses of the past years. More recently, partner CBODC has taken a multi-faceted approach to supporting remote communities on the border between Kailali and Doti through agricultural diversification and income generation, water conservation, and indoor air quality Improvements.
Climate change and environmental degradation loom large in the agricultural and economic fate of Nepal. Many Volunteers have witnessed villages scramble to repair the damage caused by heavy rainfall or a landslide, and subsistence farming is becoming more difficult in an unpredictable climate. Erratic weather events have increasingly affected farmers as well as others in the community. For example, late Fall rains in 2022 devastated the rice harvest in various parts of the country while the Melamchi flood disaster in June 2021 resulted in severe infrastructure damage and at least 17 casualties along the Melamchi River basin in Sindhupalchowk district.

Eligibility

You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Projects must be sponsored by an active Friends of Nepal member who has significant ties to Nepal. The sponsor has until the application due date to join FoN. The organization applying must submit a letter of recommendation from the sponsor along with the proposal.