Causes: Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Nonprofit Management

Mission: he dZi Foundation works in partnership with remote communities in Nepal to create lasting improvements in their quality of life. We accomplish this through implementing community-driven programs that improve public facilities, public health, income levels and educational opportunities while preserving community unity, the natural environment, and indigenous culture.

Results: The sum of our impact is greater than the parts. The projects we implement range from the formation and training of Parent Teacher Associations at local schools, to medicinal plant farming, construction of thousands of toilets. All of our projects are innovative and exhibit extremely high levels of local contribution. By addressing the complex needs of communities, all of our projects compliment one another as part of a system of change that leads to an increase in unnati – or overall well-being.

Target demographics: to create lasting improvements in the quality of life.

Direct beneficiaries per year: build 3 drinking water systems, one school, two irrigation systems, 1061 toilets, 55 farmer's group with 1161 farmers and 26 students through scholarship.

Geographic areas served: partnership with remote communities in Nepal

Programs:
Revitalize A Village (RAV)encompasses the majority of our work in Nepal. Based on an innovative model ofrural development — a model that excels in areas where no other governmental orinternational organizations have worked before — RAV encourages poor communitiesto discover their own abilities and skills to create permanent change forbetter educational opportunities and facilities, basic health and hygiene, andincome generation.

All projects are communityassessed, determined, and implemented — this insures high levels of localcontribution (occasionally exceeding eighty percent of total project costs) andlocal investment in long-term maintenance.