Previous Projects
Small-Scale Community Roll-Out of Electric Cooking Solutions
Electric cooking has high technical perspectives. The successful adoption of electric cooking requires the target groups to be ensured with the complete package of technology hardware, quality education on the technology and affordable and reliable electricity. To make consumers adaptive to electric cooking technologies continuously and not return back to...
Implementation of the Third Phase of the WISIONS Innovation Lab in Nepal
The Innovation Lab (IL) is a transformative research approach developed by the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy with an aim to integrate sustainability research into multi-stakeholder processes and catalyze systemic change for climate-friendly and resource efficient communities. The vision of Phase 3 is that local governments, MHP management...
Demonstration of effective landslide management through on-sight solutions
The project aims to demonstrate effective management of landslides via the use of local resources, application of indigenous knowledge and adoption of Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT) and bio-engineering techniques. Through this initiative, the project aims to strengthen capacities of local government and communities to implement social innovations and mobilize...
Improved Resilience Of Upland Communities Along The Kaligandaki River
As per the Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Report (VRA), 2021 published by the Ministry of Forest and Environment of the Government of Nepal, Mustang and Myagdi districts lie under climate-vulnerable districts with low adaptive capacity. The key factors that induced the vulnerability are particularly but not limited to climate change,...
Electrifying School Kitchen
Similar to the remote areas of Nepal, the use of firewood and LPG is still prevalent for cooking in Dolakha district. This not only contributes to environmental pollution and deforestation but also increases the dependency on cooking fuel. Moreover, in sensitive areas such as schools, the use of firewood affects...
Consolidating Pro-Poor Sustainable Livelihood Initiatives for Climate Change Adaptation in Dolakha District of Nepal
The project aims to enhance adaptive capabilities of targeted communities viz. women and children, marginalized commuities, Dalits and ethnic minorities against adverse effects of climate change. Moreover, it also aims to enhance agri-entrepreneurship skills, climate -resilient agricultural techniques and innovation in irrigation methodologies among targeted communities. The project is currently...
WISIONS Innovation Lab in Nepal
The rural communities can generate increased income and food security from diversified agriculture and on and off farm activities via proper linkages between energy and landscape level management solutions alongside effective and adequate collaboration and joint investment by local government and local communities. The objectives of the project: - Establish...
Assessing the impact of electric cooking intervention in Mahankal Rural Municipality
People, Energy and Environment Development Association (PEEDA) along with partners Kathmandu Alternative Power and Energy Group (KAPEG) and the University of Bristol had implemented Electric Cooking Outreach (ECO) project in Mahankal Rural Municipality in South Lalitpur district that ended back in December 2021, under the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS)...
Orientation, Demonstration and Demand Assessment of Electric Cooking at Selected MHPs of Bajura District
The project is intended to conduct 40 numbers of demonstrations of electric cooking events in 7 MHP projects in Bajura distrct. The project plans to disseminate knowledge on electric cooking technologies: electric pressure cookers (EPCs), induction stoves, and electric kettles. The aim of the project is to show that electric...
Ribdikot Drinking Water Project
The project is aimed to provide drinking water facilities to rural households in Ribdikot Rural Municipality, Palpa via the installation of water pump, civil works for necessary transmission pipeline and anchoring and storage tank conversion. The project is supported by KRIA Foundation, Norway.
