Foreign organisations face funding crunch due to Covid-19 Kathmandu Post
Nepal, April 10 International non-governmental organisations appear to be facing funding shortages in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Their funding commitment has declined substantially during the first eight months of the current fiscal year. This is the continuation of the trend observed in the last fiscal year 2019-20 when disbursement of funds by the international NGOs in the last fiscal year declined by nearly 39 percent, according to the Development Cooperation Report 2019-20 released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday.
According to the Social Welfare Council, it has approved a budget of Rs3.5 billion for 230 projects of international NGOs during the first eight months of the fiscal year compared to their budget approval of Rs12.19 billion for 240 projects during the same period last fiscal year.
National survey of menstrual health and hygiene management of adolescent girls in Nepal
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Kathmandu, 10 December 2020 – In partnership with the national apical body responsible for promoting health research across the country Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), World Vision released a report today that provides comprehensive analysis of the knowledge, attitude and practice and psychosocial well-being of adolescent girls in menstrual hygiene management.
The study titled “Status of Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management among Adolescents Girls in Nepal” concludes that along with having inadequate knowledge around menstruation, adolescent girls continue to face restrictions during periods ranging from restrictions in religious activities, issues of touchability to food consumption. Surveyed in 3,675 adolescent girls (aged 10-19 years) across the country including differently-abled girls who had experienced their menarche, the study highlighted mothers as the primary sou