
Nepal has an extremely challenging landscape


Nepal's extreme physio-geography, uneven distribution of houses and villages, differences in rural, urban living systems promotes the water crisis. Water is usually available in rural river valleys, but towns on the upper parts of the hills are highly affected by scarce water availability.
BridgIT partners with the Kathmandu Environmental Education Program (KEEP), whose work promotes Nepal's remote rural areas' sustainable development. BridgIT partners with KEEP to provide water infrastructure projects in the remote mid-mountain rural areas by providing Drinking Water, Sanitation and Health programs.
Project Area: Dhading District northeast of Kathmandu
Solution: Piped water systems from clean mountain water sources and construction of distribution outlets throughout the village.
9,000 people - Cost of $16.09 per person