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YONSED — Youth Network for Social & Environmental DevelopmentYONSED

Our Projects · Community Development

Working with municipalities and communities on the ground.

Much of YONSED's work is delivered in direct partnership with local governments — from municipal waste management to post-disaster recovery — reflecting our objective to promote green entrepreneurship and improve local livelihoods.

Community Development

Why it matters

Lasting environmental and social outcomes depend on local ownership. YONSED partners with municipalities and communities directly, rather than working around them.

Who we work with

Municipalities in Dhanusha and Saptari, earthquake-affected communities in Gorkha, and the 14 municipalities reached through Smriti Brichhya.

Our Approach

What YONSED does

  • Community-based solid waste management in partnership with municipal governments
  • Youth and community mobilization campaigns
  • Support for green entrepreneurship to improve local livelihoods
  • Post-earthquake recovery support, including eco-friendly school infrastructure

Related Work

Projects in this area

EnvironmentCommunity Development

Aawahaan

A municipal campaign for social change — bringing local government, business and community together around cleanliness, greenery and the role each stakeholder plays in developing their own town.

Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang · Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang · Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City, Kailali · Tilottama Municipality, Rupandehi · Saina Maina Municipality, Rupandehi · Gaidakot Municipality, Nawalparasi · Bardghat Municipality, Nawalparasi · Sunawol Municipality, Nawalparasi · Pratappur Rural Municipality, Nawalparasi · Bheemdatt Municipality, Kanchanpur · Pyuthan Municipality, Pyuthan · Mallarani Rural Municipality, Pyuthan

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EnvironmentCommunity Development

Smriti Batika

The fenced and landscaped memorial gardens created through Smriti Brichhya — public land turned into maintained green space and handed back to the communities that own it.

Mahendra High School, Tulsipur, Dang · Shree Barahakshetra School, Ghorahi, Dang · Kageshwori Manohara Municipality, Kathmandu · Triyuga Municipality, Udayapur · Chaudandigadhi Municipality, Udayapur · Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Chitrawan, Chitwan · Golbazaar Municipality, Siraha

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EnvironmentCommunity DevelopmentEducation2009–Present

Smriti Brichhya

A youth-led urban forestry campaign in which a tree is planted in memory of a loved one or to mark an occasion in life — binding personal sentiment to the survival of the plant.

14 municipalities across Nepal

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Community DevelopmentEnvironmentOngoing

Community-Based Waste Management Project

An ongoing solid waste management program run in direct partnership with five municipalities across Dhanusha and Saptari.

Kshireshwornath Municipality, Dhanusha · Dhanushadham Municipality, Dhanusha · Ganeshman Charnath Municipality, Dhanusha · Sabela Municipality, Saptari · Kanchanrup Municipality, Saptari

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EducationCommunity Development2015–2016

Eco-Friendly School Infrastructure, Gorkha

Support for eco-friendly school infrastructure in earthquake-affected Gorkha district.

Gorkha

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