In Tilottama, Lumbini Province, the Rotaract Club of Central Rupandehi is showing what happens when young people are trusted with the resources, skills and space to lead environmental action. On an August morning, seven teams of young people set out across the streets of Butwal with a simple challenge: collect as much plastic waste as …
Climate change can often feel like a problem too large and distant for a school to tackle. But for young people, the effects of environmental degradation are already part of everyday life, from increasing waste and plastic pollution to changing weather patterns and pressure on the natural resources their communities depend on. A climate-smart school …
Over the past year, Restless Development and Samriddha Pahad (opens in a new tab) have been building a partnership to explore opportunities for conservation and sustainable livelihoods in the red panda habitat of Taplejung district. Through initial activities and learning exchanges, the two organisations have been engaging with local communities, entrepreneurs and conservation actors to …
For Khadak Nagar Yuwa Sanjal, environmental advocacy began with learning about waste. It soon became a much bigger effort to bring young people, community members and local stakeholders into the same conversation about how Khadak can manage its environment differently. In Khadak Municipality, waste is a problem people encounter in ordinary places: along roads, around …
When Boys Union Club received a Youth Advocacy Grant under the EU funded GreenShift Nepal project, environmental advocacy was a new territory for a group whose experience had largely been rooted in sports. In Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality, its members are now using that experience of teamwork and mobilisation to get young people thinking about waste, …
Creating Opportunities for Young People through Digital Innovation Operations under the European Union-funded Creating Opportunities for Youth in Digital Economy (CODE) project have transitioned rapidly from initial setup into tangible community implementation across Gandaki and Madhesh Provinces, marking a series of early program milestones. Implemented by a consortium led by Swisscontact alongside Restless Development and …
The Creating Opportunities for Youth in Digital Economy (CODE) project has been launched to connect young people in Nepal with opportunities in the digital economy. Over the next three years, the initiative aims to equip 10,000 young women and men with market-relevant digital skills and connect them to formal employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Launched to …
Stakeholders from the private sector, industry associations, development organisations and the labour market came together in Kathmandu to validate findings from a Rapid Market Assessment on emerging digital employment opportunities for young people in Nepal. The validation workshop, held on 6 August 2026 at Dhokaima Café in Patan Dhoka, was organised as part of the …
The Creating Opportunity for Youth in Digital Economy (CODE) project supports young women and men in Nepal to develop digital skills, access decent employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, and participate in shaping an inclusive digital future. Nepal’s digital economy is expanding rapidly, creating new opportunities for employment, entrepreneurship, and innovation. However, many young people, particularly young …
Breaking the Silence: My Journey as a Positive Masculinity Champion Bikash Sah was one of the Positive Masculinity Champions under the What It Means to Be a Young Man Today project, implemented by Restless Development. Through the project, he worked with young people in Madhesh Province to challenge harmful gender norms, promote positive masculinity, and …