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HIMSHIKHARASocio-Cultural Society

Programmes

Four pillars, and the projects underneath them

HISCUS groups its work into four public pillars. Every documented activity sits beneath one of them.

  • A large group of women seated together on the ground under a tree during a community session in Nepal

    Women & Girls

    Women and girls gain menstrual health knowledge, wellbeing support and skills that convert into household income.

    Empowering with Dignity sessions · Reusable pad and soap making

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  • A hillside building with a red-tiled roof and a signboard, overlooking a valley at Sarangkot

    Children & Education

    Children have a safe place to live and study, and stay in education long enough for it to change what comes next.

    Sarangkot Nestling Home · Sponsorship and teacher support

    Explore Children & Education
  • A woman standing beside a river bank speaking with a small group of volunteers, with city buildings behind them

    Health, Relief & Community Resilience

    Communities recover faster after shocks, and keep the water, health access and infrastructure that recovery depends on.

    Bethanchowk water tank · Health camps and health post support

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  • Five people seated around a low table with microphones during a recorded discussion, an organisation banner behind them

    Culture, Environment & Dialogue

    Local knowledge, waste and difficult public questions are handled openly, with communities in the room.

    Waste management and composting · Roundtables, podcasts and documentaries

    Explore Culture, Environment & Dialogue

How programmes are run

Requested locally, planned jointly, and asked to leave something behind

  • Requested locally

    Sessions and projects begin with a request from a ward, school, health post or community group, not with a plan brought in from outside.

  • Planned jointly

    Programmes are designed with the people who will host and maintain them, which is why HISCUS returns to the same communities across different kinds of work.

  • Durable by design

    Relief work is expected to leave infrastructure behind: a water tank, an access path, a protective wall.

Projects

Individual projects

Each project page carries its own dates, locations and reported figures.

  • Women handing over a package of supplies across a desk inside a health post office

    Completed · Bethanchowk

    Bethanchowk water tank

    A community water tank restoring reliable water access for at least 60 households, completed in July 2025.

    Read the project
  • A group of Nepali hosts and international visitors wearing marigold garlands outside a building

    Ongoing · Trekking regions of Nepal and HISCUS project sites

    Charity Trek

    Trekking in Nepal combined with hands-on service: trail cleanup, school maintenance, classroom painting, infrastructure support and library development.

    Read the project
  • Women and facilitators standing and seated together in a hall, holding printed booklets and learning materials

    Recurring · Multiple wards and communities

    Empowering with Dignity

    Menstrual health education paired with reusable pad making, run as repeat sessions in the places participants already gather.

    Read the project
  • Five people seated around a low table with microphones during a recorded discussion, an organisation banner behind them

    Ongoing · Kathmandu Valley and online

    Insights & Dialogue series

    Roundtables, podcasts and documentaries putting waste, mental health, feminism and menstrual dignity into recorded public conversation.

    Read the project
  • A hillside building with a red-tiled roof and a signboard, overlooking a valley at Sarangkot

    Ongoing · Sarangkot

    Sarangkot Nestling Home

    A residential home for girls in Sarangkot, completed in 2018 and run in partnership with The Nestling Trust UK.

    Read the project

  • Completed · Thapathali, Kathmandu

    Thapathali flood response

    Clothing support for affected children and a community water-storage tank, delivered in the days after the floods.

    Read the project

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HISCUS works with foundations, INGOs, embassies, development agencies and companies on programmes in all four pillars.

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