Nepal

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INTRODUCTION

Micah Network Nepal has been active for a number of years, training and inspiring church and NGO leaders across Nepal in IM, supported by United Mission to Nepal (UMN).

You can find lots more information on Nepal at the World Fact Book or on the BBC Country Profile.

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  • 22.10.2011

    Nepal Network

    NEPAL: In 1995 a group of Christians in Nepal were inspired by the work of the Micah Network, and the teaching they had heard about integral mission to get together to encourage the churches in their own country to understand and practice integral mission. Micah Network Nepal (they are the only national level Micah Network) [...]

  • 22.10.2011

    World Concern

    THAILAND: AIDS has affected a vast amount of people who have responded in various ways. This is the story of one Christian family’s struggle to overcome the stigma of an AIDS- infected son and the rewards that emerged in their community as a result. Malee and Yanyoong Charoenboon live in a predominately Christian village about fifteen [...]

  • 22.10.2011

    From Seed Project to a Real Seed

    CAMBODIA: Svay Att is a 199-family strong village in Pursat province of Cambodia. Most of its residents are poor farmers, some of whom migrated to Thailand in search of work, leaving their young ones and the elderly. Through the evangelistic efforts of Im Seila, the pastor of the local Methodist church, the number of new [...]

  • 22.10.2011

    Engaging Gangs

    PHILIPPINES: Peace and order was a big problem in one neighbourhood of Quezon City. Each day there were up to five killings among rival gangs of teenagers. A pastor decided to move into the dangerous area of the neighbourhood and live among the gangs. This was an initiative by the LIFE Project, which is a [...]

  • 22.10.2011

    Empowering Churches

    KYRGYSTAN: Christianity is quite young in Kyrgyzstan. Many churches place the main emphasis on preaching the gospel and are less concerned with the needs of poor people. Until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the approach of the political system was to prevent people from taking initiatives to improve their lives. This affected [...]

Full name
Nepal
Population
29,391,883 (July 2011 est.)
Capital
Kathmandu
Full area
147,181 sq km
Major Religions
,
Life expectancy
66.16 years
Monetary unit
1 Nepalese rupee = 100 paisa
Main exports
clothing, pulses, carpets, textiles, juice, pashima, jute goods
GDP
$1,200 (2010 est.) per capita

COUNTRY NEWS

News from: Irin News

  • NEPAL: Undocumented residents excluded from state services

    KATHMANDU 17 May 2012 (IRIN) - Some 7 percent of Nepal’s almost 27 million people may lack citizenship documents, excluding them from government-funded services. “This is the central document of e. […]

  • NEPAL: HIV widows on the edge

    RAKAM 15 May 2012 (IRIN) - Widows living with HIV in Nepal’s remote hill districts in some of the country’s poorest and vulnerable communities face a particularly bleak future.

  • NEPAL: Government launches new malaria campaign

    KATHMANDU 10 May 2012 (IRIN) - The Nepalese government has launched an ambitious plan to curb the spread of malaria in high-risk parts of the country, where some 3,000 people were infected last year.