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HIMSHIKHARASocio-Cultural Society

Programmes

Four pillars, and the projects underneath them

HISCUS groups its work into four public pillars. Nothing has been retired to make the structure tidy. Every documented activity sits beneath one of them.

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

    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
  • Aerial view of a fenced hillside community site with polytunnels, a paved courtyard and a covered structure

    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.

  • A volunteer cutting pink fabric into reusable pad shapes on the floor of a hall while participants work nearby

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Women and children gathered beside a river under a branded shelter during a community support activity

    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
  • 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 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

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

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