Love Green Nepal (LGN) is an autonomous, non-governmental development organization (NGO) established in 1991. No. 249/048/49) with Kathmandu District Administrative Office of Nepal Government under the Organization Registration Act of 1977. LGN is affiliated (Affiliation No. 9149) to the Social Welfare Council a coordinating and umbrella body of NGOs in Nepal. It is also registered with Inland Rev
enue Department, Kathmandu (PAN No.301708975). In the beginning, LGN started its projects in Sankhu area of Kathmandu district in 1991. Its initial purpose was to develop greenery in the villages of rural Nepal. However, LGN gradually adopted other activities like school building construction, biogas plant installation, girl students scholarship, etc. and finally started to work in an integrated approach. LGN intends to contribute to making Nepal which is economically sustainable, environmentally sound and socially peaceful and harmonious. For this it strives to promote sustainable model communities which fundamentally thrive on utilization of their own internal resources. With this in mind, LGN is making efforts to develop sustainable livelihoods for economically disadvantaged people in marginalized communities. At present, LGN is implementing its projects mainly in 3 districts of Nepal namely Kavrepalanchok, Makwanpur and Sindhupalchok. The on-going projects are: sustainable agriculture, rural development, education, greenery development, alternative energy (biogas), small community infrastructure, etc. LGN’s projects are funded by foreign donors, INGOs, and individual donors mainly Japanese.
