Nepal

Nepal, located between India and China and famous for its temples and Himalayan mountains, has a population of nearly 30 million, with an average HDI of 0.602. Although it accounts for only 0.025% of greenhouse gas emissions, Nepal is one of the most vulnerable and affected countries by climate change, having lost a quarter of its glaciers between 1997 and 2010. MAP’s projects are concentrated in the remote Rigaon region, which comprises a cluster of 27 villages located at an altitude of 1800 – 2000 metres in the Himalayan mountains. MAP has funded the construction of two schools in this region: Dhuseni Primary School in 2007, expanded in 2012 to accommodate an average of 75 students, and Rigaon High School. Its construction had begun following the visit on October 26, 2011 of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, who laid the foundation stone of the building. The latter, co-financed by MAP, DCI and the Namasté association, was completed in 2016, and currently consists of 12 classrooms and a canteen, for nearly 400 students. On April 25, 2015, a terrible earthquake hit Nepal and more specifically the Rigaon region. The Dhuseni school was completely destroyed, and the Highschool, which had just been inaugurated the day before in the presence of a large delegation from MAP and the Namasté association, had required major restoration work. MAP provided emergency ‘post-earthquake’ aid to rebuild villages and the reconstruction of the Dhuseni school to earthquake resistant standards in 2017. After 10 years, the association Namasté, which had been founded and chaired by Ms. Nancy Dotta, joined MAP at its Extraordinary General Assembly on October 21, 2019.