Introduction

“Development does not start with goods; it starts with people and their education, organisation and discipline. For the purposes of development, it is not simply a development of the physical infrastructure that will contribute to sustainable development - but the passing on of knowledge, training and education as well.” (E.F.Schumacker)

Global Action Nepal (GAN) was established in 1996 by Thomas Jelley and Chris Sowton when they came back to the UK having spent eight months living and working in a remote district of Nepal. Like so many who visit Nepal, they had been touched not only by the hospitality and generosity of spirit that is found throughout the country, but had also been affected by the poverty and lack of basic services that prevail. As such, they set up a charity, the Salleri Education Fund (reg. no. 1067300) which provided sponsorship and basic educational materials to many children in the village of the same name.

The charity prospered and, in order to reflect its growing status and wider role throughout Nepal, it changed its name to Global Action Nepal in 2000, and broadened its charitable objectives and focus. Whilst it continues to actively promote its child sponsorship programme, its scope now encompasses areas such as youth development, teacher training, child empowerment, sanitation and school infrastructure development.

We are a registered charity in the UK (no. 1090773) and a registered Non-Governmental Organisation in Nepal (no. 13712).

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