​​Nepalese Women Fetched Water Before Daybreak

But an iDE program now pipes it to their villages

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Kamala Magar’s day began before dawn. The Nepalese farmer would get up and walk miles in the cold to fetch water for her family. It would take her most of the morning to retrieve just one jar, which she’d use to make breakfast before setting out for more.

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Read more: A proven approach to build resilience among Nepalese farmers

Expanding Nepal's Business Access to Improved Technologies for Agriculture (ENBAITA)

Post Project Sustainability, Impacts, and Food Security During the COVID-19 Crisis

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Utilizing the ENBAITA networks is a proven and cost effective way to help Nepal agriculture to recover from COVID-19 and to re-invigorate trading and exchange between Nepal and India to support food security in Nepal.

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Read more: Expanding Nepal's Business Access to Improved Technologies for Agriculture (ENBAITA)

Hope & Water On Tap

A Donor Story by Tom and Gayané Ebling

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The Eblings joined iDE and 11 other guests on a trip to Nepal and Bhutan where they saw how their support has enabled iDE to deliver transformative programming in Nepal.

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Read more: DONOR PERSPECTIVE: Hope & Water On Tap

Infiltrating the market with clean water

iDE’s social enterprise, Hydrologic, won the 2018 Unilever Global Development Award!

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Having safe water improves the situation of women and children, who are often responsible for fetching and boiling water.

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Read more: Ceramic filters are a cost-effective way to meeting the need for clean drinking water

Profit is about more than money

Social enterprises provide community benefits through a sustainable business model

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Most people think that the business of businesses is making money. And while profit is at the heart of entrepreneurship, in many cases a business can be about so much more.

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Read more: Social enterprise in Cambodia