Improving the fabric of life

Life on the high plateau of Upper Mustang comes with real challenges. Together with local partners, we’re strengthening infrastructure and expanding access to essential resources to better support the Loba community.

Although there are government heath workers from other regions of Nepal assigned to the health posts in Mustang, they often find it difficult to adapt to the harsh climate and are absent for much of the year. We provide funding for additional local health workers,  medicine, and equipment, so villagers can get the treatment and care they need year-round.

Twenty years ago, we partnered with youth groups in Tsarang and Kimiling to build badly needed water drainage systems in their villages. We provided the funding and they did the work, making life less dangerous and soggy for the villagers. Since then, we have helped youth groups throughout Upper Mustang renovate community halls and construct bridges, aqueducts, irrigation and drainage systems. These projects improve life in the villages, increase crop yields, and have another important benefit: giving the younger generation some employment and purpose, offering them an alternative to migration elsewhere.