Agroecology & Food Security
Cold-climate greenhouses, women-led vegetable gardens and emergency food aid for households cut off by winter, landslide and lockdown.
SDG 2 · Zero Hunger
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Serving Nepal since 2020
Education and Healthcare Where the Road Ends
We are a group of friends committed to improving the health and well-being of the most underserved people of Nepal — working through medical camps, food security, schooling and women’s programmes in the villages of Tsum-Nubri and beyond.
Nonpartisan and apoliticalAlmost all of our members are from Tsum-Nubri themselves.
4,100+
patients treated at our free medical camps
8,000+
families reached
with aid
with aid
About Us
Kyimolung Foundation Nepal at a Glance
Kyimolung Foundation Nepal is a non-profit organization established with a vision and mission to provide education, basic healthcare services, promote health & hygiene, assistance during pandemic & natural disasters with food security programs, and to promote environmental & spiritual awareness.
Built with the community, not for it
Nonpartisan and apolitical, we work in partnership with local community-based organisations and operate from our office in Kathmandu, Nepal.
What We Do
Four Goals, One Community
We align with the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals to “Leave No One Behind”, and contribute to goals 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Health Clinic & Medical Camps
Free medical camps, a birthing centre, trained health staff and equipment for the health posts that serve Tsum-Nubri.
SDG 3 · Good Health
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Education & Awareness Programs
A hostel for orphan and semi-orphan children, teacher training, digitised classrooms and libraries in remote mountain schools.
SDG 4 · Quality Education
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Women Empowerment
Menstrual health management, a local pad production unit and basic literacy classes in English, Nepali and maths.
SDG 5 · Gender Equality
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Roots & Wings Scholarship
Educate. Empower. Return. Serve.
We help students from remote villages continue their education when their families cannot afford to, so they can return home with the skills their communities need.
- EducateFees, books, uniforms, travel and housing
- EmpowerSkills and confidence for a profession
- ReturnBack to the villages they come from
- ServeCare where it is hardest to reach
Acupuncture
“I have seen many people in my community suffering from chronic back, knee, and shoulder pain with my own eyes.”
Krishna GurungAcupuncture graduate, Rural Health Education and Service Center
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Midwifery
“I have seen mothers and babies lose their lives during childbirth because there were not enough trained midwives and adequate health facilities in our village. … This is one of the main reasons I chose midwifery.”
Jenu GurungStudying PCL Midwifery, Jiri Technical School
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- BankNepal Investment Bank Ltd.
- Account nameKyimolung Foundation Nepal
- Account number0240 1030 2611 28
- Swift codeNIBLNPKT
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Your donation, no matter how small, is much needed and deeply appreciated. We do not yet have a tax-deductible charitable partner for international fund transfers, so for now every gift reaches us as a direct bank transfer.
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Where We Have Been Working
01Mar 2024
Free Health Camp 2024
Four days, 1,600 patients, eight doctors and 14 volunteers, run with Elevate Nepal, HERO and the local municipality.
VenuePhillim, Sirdibas, Tsum-Nubri Rural Municipality, Gorkha
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9Days
Hepatitis B Screening & Vaccination
A nine-day awareness, screening and vaccination programme that identified infected residents and vaccinated everyone eligible.
VenueSirdibas ward, Tsum-Nubri Rural Municipality, Gorkha
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13Feb 2023
Free Health Camp 2023
1,600 patients over four days, plus medical equipment for the local health post and supplies for 166 hostel students.
VenuePhillim, Sirdibas, Tsum-Nubri Rural Municipality, Gorkha
Event Details
08Jan 2023
Free Medical Camp, Manbu
900 patients and 100 minor surgeries across ten wards, with Karuna Medical International from Singapore.
VenueManbu, Arughat Rural Municipality, Gorkha
Event Details
21Oct 2022
Trek with Purpose
A 14-day trek through Tsum Valley pairing basic checkups and dental screening with school and hygiene supplies.
VenueChhekampar, Tsum Valley, Manaslu Conservation Area
Event DetailsThe next camp is only possible with help
Every camp is funded by direct gifts from people who have walked these trails or heard about them. A transfer of any size moves the next one closer.
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Our Objectives
How We Decide What to Build
Designed with the community
We tap into community and individual needs to design our projects and make sure they are implemented in collaboration with members of the local community.
We align with the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals to “Leave No One Behind”, and contribute to goals 2, 3, 4 and 5 — zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education and gender equality.
Almost all of our members are from Tsum-Nubri Rural Municipality. We have the core understanding of the difficulty and the need for support there, so it is our primary targeted region. However, we do not limit ourselves only there but any region in Nepal where we believe help is a must need.
Give by direct bank transfer, tell a friend who might be interested, or partner with us — we are actively looking for organisations working in menstrual health management, education and cold-climate agriculture. See the bank details or write to us.
Our Team
Coming Together for Others
Wangchuk Rapten LamaFounder & President
Khenpo Karma SamdupTreasurer
Nelha Sangmo LamaMember
Niraj ChitrakarMember
Global Partnership
Three Countries, One Mission
Kyimolung Foundation Nepal is registered and run in Nepal, and supported by partner organisations and an advisory board in the United States and Germany. Every camp we deliver is a joint effort between international medical volunteers, our Kathmandu team and the local health department.
- NPL NepalHeadquarters & field operations
- USA United StatesPartner organisations & medical volunteers
- DEU GermanyAdvisory board & programme support
Elevate Nepal
United States
A long-standing field partner, working with us on health camps and community programmes across Tsum-Nubri.
HERO
United States
Humanitarian Efforts Reaching Out. Co-delivered our Hepatitis B screening and vaccination programme in Sirdibas.
Humanitarian Trekking
Trek With Purpose in Tsum Valley
Walk one of the most beautiful and least-visited valleys in the Himalaya, and carry something in with you. Trekkers travel alongside our mobile medical units, helping move supplies and support screenings in the villages along the route.
- Tsum-Nubri
- High-altitude medical outreach across Northern Gorkha
- Direct impact
- Medicines, screenings and school supplies delivered in person
- Open to all
- Healthcare workers, donors and humanitarian trekkers worldwide
Field Reports
Read the Full Reports
Every major camp is written up and published in full — numbers, logistics, what worked and what we would change.
2026 · Relief
Namrung flood — emergency response & recovery
Four homes, two bridges and a new 100-kW hydropower plant lost to the Therang Khola, and the relief flown in to the families of Namrung.
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2022–2024 · Health
Safe maternal healthcare in Chumnubri
Delivery beds, baby warmers and oxygen for all seven health posts, and a laboratory and portable ultrasound for Sirdibas, with HERO and Elevate Nepal.
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PDF · 2024
Free Health Camp 2024 — full report
Patient numbers, the make-up of the medical team and what four days in Phillim actually treated.
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PDF · Report
Hepatitis B screening & vaccination
Nine days of awareness, screening and vaccination in Sirdibas, with findings and recommendations for the next round.
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PDF · 2023
Free Health Camp 2023 — full report
Camp logistics, patient flow, the services offered and the equipment left behind for the local health post.
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2022 · Expedition
Trek with Purpose — 2022 expedition report
A 14-day trek through Tsum Valley pairing medical checkups and dental screening with school supplies for remote communities.
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Voices
What People Say About Working With Us
“It’s very meaningful to be able to volunteer and serve the developing countries. I enjoyed the hands on experience with the local and staying my brief time together with them.”
PCPeixin ChongNurse, Karuna Medical International
“Being able to help hundreds of patients in just three and a half days is mind blowing and to be able to be part of this help was rewarding enough. Aside from the many patients we helped, the friendships formed with the locals was amazing.”
ACAshlea ChinVolunteer, Manbu medical camp
“It was humbling and inspiring to be a part of the brilliant work Wangchuk Rapten Lama and his team at Kyimolung Foundation are doing for the people of rural and remote Nepal.”
JJeradMedical student, Manbu medical camp
“The purpose of Human Life is to Serve, and to show Compassion and the will to Help others.”
ASAlbert SchweitzerThe words we work by