4 Feb 2025: The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will arrive at Kathmandu on 4th February, for a 5-day visit to Nepal. Their plans include meeting new Gurkha recruits, and their families, at the attestation parade in Pokhara; inspecting UK-funded devlopment projects in Nepal, and spending some time trekking to the Ghandruk area, exploring the Annapurna foothills. (Himalayan Times, 14 Jan 2025)
12 Dec 2024: At the AGM of the Britain-Nepal Society (BNS), held at the Nepalese Embassy in London, Nick Hinton, the chair of BRANNGO and the Britain-Nepal Charitable Trust, was also elected to become Chairman of BNS.
Nick said: 'Bringing together these three organisations under one chairman will provide great opportunities for collaboration and joint efforts to improve the lot of those in Nepal. It is a great privilege and I am looking forward to the many challenges I face to deliver the potential benefits'.
'Sharing information and ideas to help UK NGOs collaborate and optimise help to those in need in Nepal'
21 Nov 2024: The theme of the BRANNGO Conference held at the British Embassy in Kathmandu
'How can British NGOs working in Nepal meet the global challenge of 2024, and beyond?'
17 Apr 2024: This was the theme of the 2024 BRANNGO Annual Conference, held at the Nepal Embasssy in London by kind permission of HE Mr Gyan Chandra Acharya, Ambassador of Nepal to the UK
Vocational Education in Nepal (Perspectives on Nepalese Education Series, #2)
BRANNGO members can view the webinar held on 15 June 2024 with Mr Subash Sunar, Head of Shree Jana Jyoti Vocational Agricultural College in rural Gandaki (the second in a series hosted by the BRANNGO Education Working Group)
Perspectives on Nepalese Education - and the role NGOs can play
10 Apr 2024: A lively discussion on the role NGOs can play followed the introductory presentation by Bil Prasad Gurung, Headmaster of the state-run Shree Jana Jyoti Secondary School in rural Gandaki, in the first of a series of webinars hosted by the BRANNGO Education Working Group
A series of 3 free courses on the Open University's Open Learn site, developed in collaboration between the OU and the FCDO, covering Identification, Prevention, Reporting, Responding, Accountability and Learning elements of the Safeguarding cycle.
Online classes: Krishna Pradhan, a former lecturer at SOAS in London, is offering to run online, non-academic Nepali language classes for BRANNGO members. Classes of 4-5 people will have one 2-hour session a week, at a cost of £30 (£15 per hour); or a reduced rate of £22 (£11 per hour), if you only want speaking practice (ie without additional material, such as handouts and exercises)
BRANNGO members: Contact Sarah Mackaness, the EWG Lead (Sarah@branngo.org.uk) if you are interested
