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05/06/2026

What does it take to transform a family's future? For Fulo in Nepal, it started with a farmers' group and the courage to try something new.

As a member of the Dalit community in Siraha, Fulo had very little land of her own. While her husband worked abroad, she took loans at high interest and laboured daily — and it still wasn't enough.

The ASHA project changed that. By helping women lease larger plots of land and teaching effective farming methods, Fulo grew and sold vegetables and grains at market for the first time — making a real profit to support her family.

Today she's the treasurer of her Farmers' Group, and she wants to be an example for other women in her community.

Read her story in full here 👇

Fulo's family were struggling to get by, until Fulo started leasehold farming and became a female leader in her community.

01/06/2026

Yagyapura is 23 years old, lives in rural Kalikot, Nepal, and supports a family of eleven. For years, the land her family farmed barely produced enough to last a few months — and the rest of the year, they depended on her husband's unpredictable daily wages.

She joined a women's self-help group set up through INF Nepal's BREAD Project. She received training in commercial ginger farming — how to plant, manage disease, and sell — along with seeds and basic tools to get started.

She chose a small plot, 150 square metres, that had been sitting unused because it was too shaded for cereal crops. Ginger, it turns out, thrives in shade.

Her first harvest brought in £70. It might not sound like much, but for a family that had seen nothing from that land, it was proof that things could be different.

"For years, we didn't get anything worthwhile from it. Now I know this land is perfect for ginger. I'm committed to continuing and expanding into other high-value crops."

She's already replanted for next season — and she's just getting started.

28/05/2026

Raju is 64 years old and has worked as a carpenter his whole life. When a stroke left him paralysed on his left side, it didn't just affect his body — it threatened everything he'd spent his life building

He was already responsible for four grandchildren after his daughters moved abroad. His wife had survived cancer once, but the stress of his stroke pushed her health into decline again, and she's now back in India for further treatment. Raju is at home, alone, waiting and hoping.

Despite all of this, when Raju heard about rehabilitation support at INF Nepal's Shining Hospital in Surkhet, he found a way to get there.

Before therapy: he couldn't walk without a cane, couldn't climb stairs, couldn't hold objects or manage daily tasks independently.

After regular therapy, he now walks without support, uses his hand again, and is back to caring for his grandchildren at home.

"I want to open a small shop and earn money to support my family," he says — especially to help cover his wife's treatment.

He doesn't have the means to do that yet. But he's getting stronger, and he hasn't stopped trying.

25/05/2026

Something significant is happening in Pokhara, Nepal.

A network of more than 60 churches and around 10,000 Christians in and around Pokhara are on the verge of seeing a long-held vision become reality: a Community Service Centre that will serve as a hub for mission, discipleship, and training for churches across Nepal.

Local approval has been granted. Final sign-off from Nepal's national Social Welfare Council is expected soon. If all goes to plan, the building will be completed next year and fully open in 2028.

The centre will equip young people for leadership and discipleship at a time when many are leaving Nepal for opportunities abroad. It will provide training for church leaders from across the country. And it will strengthen ACN's disaster relief work — serving communities hit by floods and landslides, just as they have since the 2015 earthquake.

Pastor Laxmi Kumar Shrestha, who planted the Pokhara Bethel Church in 1993, put it simply: "This is not just a building. It is a blessing, a place of unity, and a hope for the future of the church in Nepal."

INF UK has committed £140,000 to this project, and thanks to the generosity of supporters, more than half is already in place. Please pray — and if you'd like to give or explore how your church could partner with churches in Nepal, read more here 👉 https://www.inf.org.uk/community-centre/

21/05/2026

Green Pastures Hospital in Pokhara — INF Nepal's flagship hospital — has reached a significant milestone.

Over the past twelve months, the hospital has expanded its services in a way that will allow it to care for more patients and more conditions than ever before. A new integrated surgical suite has replaced two separate operating theatres, making surgery safer and more efficient. A five-bed ICU, a maternity ward with delivery suite, and an expanded paediatric department have all opened

This autumn, GPH will also welcome its first health education students — training nurses, healthcare assistants, and certificate-level students in physiotherapy, pharmacy, and laboratory sciences. Nepal has only eight or nine qualified occupational therapists in the entire country; Green Pastures wants to help change that.

Through all of this, the hospital remains what it has always been: a Christian mission hospital, committed to caring for the whole person.

"Our dream is for Green Pastures to be an important hospital for healthcare and mission in Nepal," says Dr Arun Kumar Budha, INF Nepal's Medical Services Director.

Read the full story here 👉 https://www.inf.org.uk/green-pastures-expands/

18/05/2026

What happens when you stop being the only one?

In rural Nepal, young people with disabilities often grow up completely isolated. No one at school who gets it. No support system. Just trying to manage alone.

INF's new support groups in Bardiya and Kailali are changing that.

These aren't just meetings. They're where people like Shena—19, living with physical impairments—finally find others who understand. Where confidence gets rebuilt. Where futures start looking different.

Shena puts it simply: "Being part of the group has helped boost my confidence and raise my voice and others like me, and I have learnt that we should never give up."

Now she's planning her degree and a business supporting young entrepreneurs.

That's what connection does.

Please give at www.inf.org.uk/terai or call 0121 472 2425.

15/05/2026

Chandari is 13. Last year, she and five family members were diagnosed with leprosy.

Her dad kept returning from work in India with foot infections. A community health worker visited and arranged testing. All six tested positive.

Click here to read how leprosy treatment changed everything for their family: https://www.inf.org.uk/family-leprosy/

13/05/2026

Shena is 19. A childhood illness left her unable to use her right arm, and her weakness in her right leg makes it tough walking on rough ground in rural Nepal.

At school, she had no one who understood what that was like. Hospital appointments meant she regularly missed classes. She only made it through because friends helped her catch up.

Then she joined one of INF's disability support groups in western Nepal's Terai region.
"Being part of the group has helped boost my confidence and raise my voice and others like me, and I have learnt that we should never give up."

Now she's got plans: finish her degree, start a business helping other young people launch their own enterprises, and prove that people like her can make change happen.
"I will not let others judge me because of my condition."

There are more young people like Shena in Nepal who just need someone to believe in them. If you can help, visit www.inf.org.uk/terai

01/05/2026

Overcoming leprosy across generations

Ramesh's family has faced leprosy across three generations — from a grandfather who never sought treatment due to stigma, to Ramesh himself receiving a diagnosis while working abroad, to his young daughter being diagnosed just months after his recovery.

Thanks to INF's Green Pastures Hospital in Pokhara, both Ramesh and his daughter completed treatment and are living full, healthy lives today.

But Ramesh's story reveals something bigger than one family's journey — it shows how stigma remains the critical barrier standing between people and life-changing care.

👉 Read Ramesh's full story here: https://www.inf.org.uk/leprosy-generations/ to find out how three generations of his family faced leprosy, and why breaking stigma is essential for elimination in Nepal.

22/04/2026

When Junaa's father tore up her hospital referral and said she'd never get better, her mother faced an impossible choice.

She chose her daughter.

Junaa is four years old and lives with cerebral palsy in one of Nepal's most remote areas. Getting to a health centre means a long journey through hilly terrain — and for years, her family's rejection meant she wasn't getting the care she needed at all.

After her mother found the courage to reach out to INF Nepal's Access and Inclusion Project, Junaa was admitted to our Shining Hospital in Surkhet. Within a month: she could hold her head up, sit independently, and join group play sessions for the first time. The monthly oral infections cleared up. The fear that had made her cry at ordinary sounds — gone.

Her mother arrived not knowing how to care for her. She left with the knowledge and confidence to continue Junaa's therapy at home — and has since started supporting other parents facing the same challenges in her community.

"Before, I didn't know how to help her improve. But after coming here, I've seen changes in a short time."

Junaa's story is a reminder of what's possible when the right support reaches the right family at the right time. Read the full story here 👉 https://www.inf.org.uk/junaa/

A little girl with cerebral palsy faced stigma in Nepal. But with help from INF, her determined mother learned to advocate and care for her.