Disabled Human Rights Centre, Nepal
DHRC is a national disabled people’s organization formed in 2000 to promote the political, social, legal and economic rights of all disabled people.
KOSHISH
KOSHISH means ‘making an effort’, and is the first mental health self-help organization in Nepal fighting to improve mental health policy, quality of care, and to challenge prejudice and discrimination suffered by people affected by mental illness.
Sumitra
Social mobilizer helping to develop women-led, disability inclusive livelihoods in Nepal’s Dhading District.
Matrika
Matrika Devkota, founder of KOSHISH and pioneer in the field of mental health and wellbeing in Nepal.
Women-Led Disability-Inclusive Livelihoods
The Women-Led Disability-Inclusive Livelihoods project aimed to contribute to a reduction in poverty and the equalization of opportunities for women with disabilities, female carers, and their families, in the Dhading District of Nepal.