A holistic adolescent and youth empowerment package. Rupantaran is a holistic adolescent development social and financial skills package; with focus on two age groups (i.e. 10-14 years and 15-19 years) separately, is fully tested with and among adolescents and adults. The package comprising of 15 modules has been designed in partnership and consultation with various …
Young people leading climate change mitigation and adaptation. Restless Development Nepal through a strong collaborative consortium partnership with Youth Innovation Lab, Creasion and Centre for Disaster Management Study, has initiated a climate change adaptation and mitigation focused project. Engaging Youth to support and capacitate the local governments to develop Local Disaster and Climate Resilient Plans …
Young leaders and stories of persistence. The Restless Development Nepal Annual Report 2021 contains outlines the activities led by young people in Nepal and captures the stories of resilience and persistence, voices of young people, their involvement in events and initiatives and the resulting positive impact. This report also highlights the events our work and …
Shared learning to unleash Youth Power. Youth take the lead is an ongoing project developing young leadership in youth from Nepal, South Africa and Tanzania to building leadership by working together. The project aims to unleash the power create a positive impact in their respective communities. It is a 6 months exchange program that began …
Engaging young people in Nepal to protect the environment. The first National kick-off meeting of Nepali Youth in Climate Action and Green Growth, a project funded by European Union was organized on March 4, 2022 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepali Youth in Climate Action and Green Growth is a four year project (2022-2025) which is an …
Restless Development Nepal’s quarterly round-up covers information on the celebration of Pride Month, activities conducted by Youth Take the Lead (YTL) volunteers, Restless Development’s Values Celebration, and Anti-racism Work. Pride Month was celebrated successfully by running a three-day-long online campaign in which young people’s voices in the form of poems, quotations, and video messages were collected and shared on social media channels. Similarly, the YTL volunteers conducted a National Dialogue and Global Dialogue and started the preparation of the Global Citizenship Toolkit. Likewise, staff from all the Restless Development hubs came together and we celebrated 10th Values Day- a chance to connect with each other, its values, and culture as an agency. Additionally, Restless Development has developed an Anti-Racism Working Group to create a safe and collaborative learning space where staff openly and critically reflect on our progress or raise concerns where we are failing.
Restless Development Nepal together with enthusiastic young people is working to understand the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on youths and provide the young active leaders with the resources and capacity to further strengthen their knowledge and skills to contribute to positive change.
To combat the challenges brought up by the COVID-19 pandemic, young people stepped forward and extensively engaged in raising awareness among other youths and the wider community.
In Nepal, young leaders are tackling the practice of Chhaupadi in their communities through a Restless Development project.
The Annual Report covers the major programs and events, story of resilience, voices of young people, and how youths stepped forward as superheroes to fight the challenges brought by the pandemic.