Institute for Indigenous Affairs and Development

18/05/2026

Indigenous Knowledge Center making in progress
Namaste NEPAL !! Aakash Chepang

15/05/2026

Updates on our INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE CENTRE @ Chepang Village Supported by Namaste Nepal Belgium

10/05/2026

Glad to be partner with this initiative of Nepal Communiversity Program on Masters of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship as under the accredition of Kathmandu University School of Arts

10/05/2026

10/05/2026

Indigenous Knowledge Center भवन बनाउनु आगाडी भुमि पुजा !

09/05/2026

Ground Levelling works completes for Indigenous Chepang Community Knowledge Centre (Image 1 before, Image 2 After levelling)

06/05/2026

Excavation work begins from today for Indigenous Chepang Community Learning Centre - 6 May 2026.

Supported by Namaste Nepal Belgium

05/05/2026

Research Grant
For more information, visit our website here:
https://cipred.org.np/content/389

29/04/2026

चितवनको कोराकमा चेपाङ समुदायसँग मिलेर चिउरीको भ्यालु एडिसन (मूल्य अभिवृद्धि) मा काम गर्दा हामीले यो काम किन सुरु गरेका थियौँ भन्ने कुराको याद दिलाउँछ—परम्परामा जरा गाडेको र आजको संसारसँग सान्दर्भिक प्रभाव (impact) सिर्जना गर्न। आज हामीले चेपाङ समुदाय (नेपालको एक सीमान्तकृत समुदाय) को परम्परागत रूपमा बहुमूल्य सामग्री, चिउरीलाई समेटेर लक्जरी क्यान्डल (Luxury Candles) र नौरिसिङ सोप (Nourishing Soaps) बनाएका छौँ।
Working on value addition to Chiuri alongside the Chepang community in Korak, Chitwan reminds me why we started. That's to create impact that is rooted in tradition and relevant to today’s world.
Today we have incorporated the traditionally valued ingredient of Chepang Community(one of the marginalized community of Nepal) i.e. chiuri to make the Luxury Candles and Nourishing Soaps.

12/02/2026

https://walktalklisten.podbean.com/e/crossing-thresholds-the-land-is-life-with-biswash-chepang-%e2%80%93-walk-talk-listen-episode-5/
In this episode, Maurice Bloem speaks with Biswash Chepang, an Indigenous rights advocate from Nepal, about what climate change, displacement, and faith mean for communities whose identity, spirituality, and survival are inseparable from land. Biswash reflects on Indigenous worldviews in which land is not a commodity, but a living relationship that connects birth, death, culture, and belief.

Welcome to Episode 5 of Crossing Thresholds: Religion, Resilience & Migration, a special mini-series of Walk Talk Listen produced in connection with research by the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI) and Christian Aid on faith and climate migration. In this episode,...

06/02/2026

• ‘भोट हाल्न जुगेडी पुग्नु पर्दछ । गाडी चल्दैन । हिँडेर जाँदा चार घण्टा लाग्छ ।’
• घरछेउ बिजुलीको पोल छ, तर तार जडान गरिएको छैन
• राजमार्गबाट पाँच किलोमिटर टाढा थुम्कोमा कमलपुर स्कुल छ । पाँच कक्षासम्म पढाइ हुने यो विद्यालय २०२८ सालमा स्थापना भएको हो । विद्यालयमा जम्मा २२ छात्रछात्रा छन् । विद्यालयको आडैमा कमलपुर गाउँ छ ।
• चितवन–२ अन्तर्गत कमलपुर जस्ता पहाडी गाउँका बासिन्दाले भरपर्दो बाटो र खानेपानीको स्थायी व्यवस्था मुख्य मागका रूपमा उठाएका छन्
• अत्यावश्यक पूर्वाधारको अभावले गाउँमा बसोबास गर्नेहरू घट्दै गएका छन् भने, चुनावका बेला मात्र उम्मेदवारले समस्या सुन्ने गरेको स्थानीयको गुनासो छ।

भरतपुर–२९ स्थित पहाडी गाउँ कमलपुरबारे धेरैलाई जानकारी छैन । २०२० सालबाट यहाँ बसोबास थालेकी ८१ वर्षीया पार्वती ग....