OUR GOVERNMENT PARTNERS AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR SOLUTION

Our Government partners are an integral part of our program scale-up strategy in Nepal. The Central government invests $2 for every $1 that OHW invests in Nepal and OHW now aims to transition our government partners at the local (Palika) level into an increased payers’ role during the active program implementation phase. This direct partnership-based approach improves our project’s accountability, sustainability, and affordability. The COVID pandemic slowed our progress with this program in 2020, but we still maintained progress.

In 2020, local municipalities cover 47% of facility renovation costs (OHW’s single highest program expenditure) and 9% of all program costs.