ABOUT LEADS

ABOUT LEADS NEPAL

Established in 2009, LEADS places mentally ill people and their carers at the heart of all we do and we address both people’s illnesses and their poverty to lead to a sustainable recovery. We work to help them access to community based treatment so that their illnesses can be stabilized, provide various options of livelihoods opportunities to tackle with poverty so they can get back towards a normal life. By providing opportunities for sustainable livelihoods, we give mentally ill people and their carers a chance to work and contribute to their family income.

Rewards:

LEADS contributed in the government initiation on marking a step towards achieving the national goal of universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 2017. Kaski in the Western Development Region was formally declared the first open defecation free (ODF) district in the country on May 31, 2011. Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal made an announcement at a programme organised by the District Development Committee (DDC), and LEADS was among the one to receive an appreciation letter and trophy.