Britain and Nepal NGO Network organises conference in London

LONDON: The Britain and Nepal NGO Network (BRANNGO) working in Nepal, organised a conference in cooperation with the Embassy of Nepal, in London, on Thursday. According to the embassy, the conference was organised with the theme ‘NGO's work in Nepal for a Transformative Change: Impacts of Covid-19 and the Way Forward’. The BRANNGO, established in 2018, organised the conference aiming at strengthening cooperation, exchanging information among different bodies and enhancing capacity, efficiency and effectiveness for carrying out philanthropic jobs in Nepal, Professor of Huddersfield University, Padam Simkhada said. Speaking on the occasion, Nepal's Ambassador to the UK, Gyan Chandra Acharya, thanked the British NGOs, development partners and British people for providing philanthropic services to the needy people in Nepal. Ambassador Acharya stressed the need for broader perspectives to promote a rapid, inclusive and sustainable development. It will be crucial to maintain a balance between social development and income-generating activities by targeting the women, poor and marginalised class in future. On the occasion, Prof Simkhada, Swastika Shrestha of Teach for Nepal, Joanna Bega of Child Rescue Nepal and others put forth their opinions regarding their experiences of working with Nepali community in the federal system and the challenges of the NGOs in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. By RSS READ ALSO:

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