RAIN
COMMUNITIES

(Phase 2)

Nepal · Tobang District (Chitwan) & Pokhara District (Kaski)

Disaster Risk Management & Ecosystem Restoration

2023–2026 · Ongoing

Project Focus

Strengthen community resilience to climate change by restoring ecosystem functionality, improving water availability, reinforcing agricultural systems, and supporting collective and sustainable natural resource management at catchment basin level.

IRHA director digging during a field visit in Senegal
IRHA team during a field visit in Senegal
IRHA president sharing rainwater tank knowledge with a senior mason in Uganda

Source : https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/nepal

Landscape & Rainfall Context

Mid-hill and mountainous regions affected by increasing rainfall variability, intense monsoon events, and longer dry periods.

Key Solutions Implemented

  • Rainwater harvesting
  • Watershed management
  • Reforestation
  • Agroecological practices
  • Spring rehabilitation
  • Retention ponds
  • Local governance support
  • 3D participatory and risk mapping

Suññ diine guyy ñaare.
“The field that drinks rain will give again.”

Impact snapshot / Direct beneficiaries

2000

approx. households across 10 rain-fed communities

75

households equipped with rainwater harvesting tanks

35

households equipped with greenhouses for market gardening

300

households benefiting from spring rehabilitation

4500

households benefiting from retention pond rehabilitation

7500

households benefiting from reforestation campaigns

100

local authority members engaged

Local implementation partners

Kanchan Nepal | LI-BIRD |SVSI / FECOFUN | Pokhara Metropolitan City | DWSS

Donors and supporters

Fédération Genevoise de Coopération (FGC) | Services Industriels de Genève (SIG) | L’Effet Papillon | Swisslos Aargau

SDGs

Strengthen community resilience to climate change by restoring ecosystem functionality, improving water availability, reinforcing agricultural systems, and supporting collective and sustainable natural resource management at catchment basin level.

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