Good Neighbors International Nepal

What Good Neighbors International Nepal does

Good Neighbors International Nepal (GNI-Nepal) is an international non-governmental organization established in 2002 and headquartered in Lalitpur, Nepal. It implements community development programs across four thematic areas—Child Protection, Education, Public Health, and Social Economy—targeting vulnerable children, their families, and underserved rural communities across more than 15 districts of Nepal including Achham, Bajura, Bardiya, Darchula, Doti, Gorkha, Humla, Kaski, Kailali, Mugu, Myagdi, Nuwakot, Parbat, the Kathmandu/Lalitpur Valley, and Janakpur.

The organization's service delivery model is built around Community Development Projects (CDPs), each functioning as a long-term, district-level operating unit implementing integrated programming. Core program activities include child protection initiatives against exploitation and child marriage, school enrollment campaigns and reading programs, maternal and child health services, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) facilities, cooperative development, income generation, and climate-smart agriculture. Currently active multi-year projects include climate resilience work in the Terai Flood Plain (2023–2026), the Scaling up Climate Smart Village (CSV) initiative, and a UN-Habitat-supported innovative land tenure safety net project for near-landless sharecroppers in Dang district. The organization was also the first INGO to send an emergency response team to Gorkha district following the April 25, 2015 earthquake.

GNI-Nepal operates as the Nepal country office of the global Good Neighbors International network, which is present in more than 40 countries across Asia Pacific, the Americas, Africa, and Europe and holds general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. As a non-profit INGO, the organization is funded through institutional grants, donations, and parent-network support rather than commercial revenue. Disclosed institutional funders and partners include KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency), which supports climate-smart agriculture programming, and UN-Habitat, with whom a Year-II agreement was signed in February 2026. The organization is led by Country Director M. Mainuddin Mainul and operates with approximately 85 employees.

Name

Good Neighbors International Nepal

Legal name

Good Neighbors International Nepal

Website

https://gninepal.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Good Neighbors International Nepal is an INGO founded in 2002 that implements community development programs across child protection, education, public health, and social economy, serving vulnerable children, families, and rural communities across 15+ districts of Nepal through long-term district-level Community Development Projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Development Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Access & Quality (International Development) (BPAGABAE), Infrastructure, Housing & Community Development (BPAGABAL)

Keywords

• Child protection programs
• Community development projects
• Public health programs
• Social economy initiatives
• Humanitarian development services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lalitpur

HQ country

Nepal

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Good Neighbors International Nepal is an INGO that implements development programs across four thematic areas — Child Protection, Education, Public Health, and Social Economy — delivered through Community Development Projects (CDPs) in multiple districts across Nepal. The organization supports vulnerable children, families, and communities via direct field programming, partnerships with local institutions, and specialized projects such as climate-smart agriculture, climate-smart villages, and innovative land tenure solutions.

Product overview

Good Neighbors International Nepal is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) that implements development programs across four thematic areas: Child Protection, Education, Public Health, and Social Economy. The organization operates through programmatic interventions rather than a technology product platform. Its work focuses on supporting children and families in need, with specific projects addressing climate resilience, agriculture, education access, and community development. The organization has UN Economic and Social Council consultative status.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Child Protection Programs Initiatives focused on preventing and protecting children from exploitation and abuse, including local strategies to end child marriage across various districts in Nepal. Target beneficiaries are vulnerable children and their families.
• Education Programs Programs ensuring children have access to quality education, including school enrollment campaigns and reading initiatives, targeted at school-age children in project districts of Nepal.
• Public Health Programs Healthcare initiatives including maternal and child health services, nutrition programs, and WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) facilities, serving children, mothers, and community members in project districts.
• Social Economy Programs Economic empowerment initiatives including income generation, cooperative development, and climate-smart agriculture projects targeted at poor and economically displaced families and farming communities in Nepal.
• Climate Smart Agriculture Project Project focusing on building climate resilience and reintegrating economically displaced workers through climate-smart agriculture in the Terai Flood Plain of Nepal. Targets farming households and migrant workers affected by climate displacement.
• Scaling up Climate Smart Village (CSV) Initiative for enhanced resilience through climate smart village approach in Nepal, scaling community-level climate adaptation practices.
• Innovative Land Tenure Solutions (Year-II Agreement with UN-Habitat) Safety net project for near-landless sharecroppers in Dang district focusing on sustainable land tenure solutions and a greener rural Nepal, delivered in partnership with UN-Habitat.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UN-HabitatcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 February 2026Year-II Agreement signed between Good Neighbors International Nepal and UN-Habitat to implement the project titled 'Safety Net of Innovative Land Tenure Solutions for Near-Landless Sharecroppers and for a Greener Rural Nepal.' The project takes place in Rajpur, Gadawa, Rapti, and Lamahi municipalities of the Dang district.
• Good Neighbors International NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of global Good Neighbors network with operations across Asia Pacific (Korea, Philippines, Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Vietnam), Americas (Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, Paraguay, United States), Africa (Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia), and Europe (Romania, Ukraine, United Kingdom).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mercy Corps Nepal: International humanitarian NGO with Nepal operations focused on food security, livelihoods, climate resilience, and youth — overlapping with GNI-Nepal's social economy and climate-smart agriculture programming.
• World Vision International Nepal: Major child-focused INGO in Nepal delivering sponsorship, education, health, and child protection programming across multiple districts. Directly comparable to GNI-Nepal in mission, beneficiary focus, and district-level community development model.
• Save the Children Nepal: Leading child-rights INGO operating in Nepal with programs in child protection, education, health, and nutrition. Closely comparable in thematic focus, district presence, and donor-funded operating model.
• CARE Nepal: International humanitarian organization operating in Nepal with programs spanning education, health, women's economic empowerment, and disaster response. Comparable in multi-thematic programming and district-level implementation footprint.
• ChildFund Nepal: Child-focused INGO in Nepal implementing child protection, education, and youth development programs through community-based partner organizations. Directly comparable in child sponsorship model and CDP-style district operations.
• Winrock International Nepal: International development organization implementing agriculture, climate resilience, and youth employability programs in Nepal. Comparable in social economy and climate-smart agriculture focus areas.
• Helvetas Nepal: Swiss INGO working on rural development, livelihoods, WASH, and climate adaptation in Nepal. Comparable in community-driven development approach and donor-funded district-level implementation.
• Lutheran World Federation Nepal: Faith-based INGO with Nepal programming in livelihood, climate justice, and community resilience. Comparable in community-based rural development model and partnership structure.
• Plan International Nepal: Child-centered INGO working across Nepal on child protection, education, youth empowerment, and gender equality. Comparable in beneficiary profile, community-based delivery approach, and partnership-driven funding model.

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF Nepal: UN agency operating across Nepal in child protection, education, health, and social policy. Larger, broader mandate but overlapping programmatic areas and often a partner or co-funder for INGO field activities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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