Mission

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Kathmandu Foundation  (KFN) focuses on nationwide issues that demand urgent action, solutions, and measurable results -- Peace Programs, Huma Rights, Culture, health, education, childhood obesity and economic opportunity in Nepal.

Principle of Action

· Collection of information of current problems that people or the country facing with

· Identification and analysis of indispensable and supportive actions 

· Planning for the action

·   Implementation considering the vital elements including    People participation, Joining hands with International, National   and Local partners, Mobilizing local resources etc.

· Analysis of outcome

· Further devotion realizing and learning from the past 

The programs focus on:

· Health care access to all

· Education for all

· Safe food for all

· Stop women and children trafficking

· Stop discrimination based on cast, color, Religion and ethnicity

· Campaign to prevent global warming

· Campaign for sustainable peace

Working Areas: 

Health 

The health problem is immense especially in rural part of the country. There is a big gap in the healthcare system between urban and rural areas. This inequity is because of lack of healthcare resources and infrastructure in the rural region. 

In rural areas, majority of the people are suffering from poverty. Because of illiteracy the people living in that area have poor idea of health and sanitation, and mortality rate among infant, child and maternal women is high. Infants and children suffer from malnutrition, pneumonia, tuberculosis, diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid, encephalitis, etc. 

The reasons behind the problems  

• There are not sufficient hospitals/ healthcare centers in rural areas.

• Doctors and health workers are urban centered. 

• Rural people still believe on witch doctors or Dhami-Jhankri because of illiteracy.

• Most of the people from rural area cannot afford hospitals services located in urban areas.

• Government hospitals are not well-equipped and service-oriented.

KFN has proposed a program to establish a well-equipped hospital and blood bank in western districts of Nepal, Arghakhanchi and Rupandehi.

HIV/AIDS

Nepal is facing the problem of HIV/ AIDS. HIV is characterized as a concentrated epidemic in Nepal with HIV prevalence of 0.30 per cent among adult aged 15–49 years in 2011. The first case of AIDS in Nepal was reported in 1988. By the middle of July, 2013, over 22,994 cases of HIV infection were officially reported, with almost two times as many men reported to be infected as women. However, given the limitations of Nepal’s public health surveillance system, the actual number of infections is thought to be much higher. The risk populations are commercial sex workers, injecting drug users (IDUs), men who have sex with men (MSM), and migrants. HIV infection rates among street-based sex workers in the Kathmandu Valley are between 15-17 percent. A major challenge to HIV control is the trafficking of Nepalese girls and women into commercial sex work in India. 

KFN has been conducting awareness programs against women trafficking especially at boarder areas of the country and on preventative measures of HIV infection. 

Food Security: 

Food crisis and soaring of food prices have been threatening food security across the developing countries, including poorest country, Nepal. Nearly 2.5 million people are reeling under food insecurity and require immediate support. According to World Food Program, more than 3.9 million people are supposed to be severely affected in near future from food crisis if appropriate measures are not conducted.

Food safety has also been a compelling challenge along with the food crisis. Nepalese are not getting safe food even paying high prices in this era of food crisis. The problem of the food safety has been overlooked completely focusing on providing adequate food.

Women and children trafficking:

Nepali children and women are trafficked to India in maximum number from especially from Rupendai, Kaski, Chitwan, Makwanpur, Tanahu, Sanga, Kavre, Sindhupulanchok, Nuwakot district of the country. 

It has been estimated that, more than 10,000 women are trafficked from Nepal into India for commercial sex work every year. These women are sold to Indian commercial sex parlors in the cities of Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata. While children are involved in home bounded labor, child labor, circus, pick pocketing, illegal drug selling, criminal activities, thieving, sexual exploitation etc.  

Uneducated children and women of age between 8 to 30 are being trafficked within the country and outside the country. The women are subjected to various forms of torture, gang rape and different sexual acts. Most women in brothels are at high risk of being infected with HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted disease. It is reported that nearly 50 percent of the girls working in sex industry have two or more sexually transmitted disease.

In many instances, sex trafficking in women/ girls and return to the country has been found as one of the major reasons for increasing incidence of HIV/ AIDS in Nepal. The community detests these women when they are brought back to their village. Because of this, it has been revealed that most of them live depressed life and some of them even commit suicide.

Poverty has been the main reason that underlies all trafficking in Nepal. Because of this, most Nepalese girls are illiterate and easily lured by the tiny attractions of work, higher salaries, easy life, and promises of a foreign job. KFN has been conducting awareness program at the boarder side of the Rupendehi district.

Culture - Peace programs: Peace with justice

Kathmandu Foundation’s peace programs strengthen freedom and democracy in nation, securing for people the political and civil rights that are the foundation of just and peaceful societies.

A culture of respect for human rights is crucial to permanent peace. The Foundation supports the efforts of human rights activists at the grass roots, while also working to advance national and international human rights laws that uphold the dignity and worth of each individual.

When democracy backslides or formal diplomacy fails, the Foundation offers mediation expertise and has furthered avenues for peace in Nepal.

Our Peace Programs include:

Democracy Program: Working to create inclusive democratic societies and empower citizens through election observation, national standards for democratic elections, and activities to strengthen rule of law and access to justice.

Human Rights Program: elevating the voices of human rights defenders nationally, intervening on behalf of victims of human rights abuses, and strengthening national and grass roots systems to advance and protect human rights.

Conflict Resolution Program: Monitoring and mediating conflicts, implementing peace agreements, strengthening rule of law and justice, facilitating dialogue to ease tensions, and helping regional organizations build capacity for conflict resolution.