Youth-led non-profit organization
Supporting children’s education and community development in Nepal
Founded in 2002 in Benighat, Dhading, Cooperative Youth Organization Nepal (COYON ) is a nonprofit organization working with local communities, schools, families, and partners to improve children’s education, strengthen community schools, support vulnerable families, and promote healthier and more resilient communities across Nepal.
Our work began with a focus on education and community-based school support. Over the past 24 years, our programs have grown to include educational infrastructure, school buildings and libraries, learning materials, scholarships, health and sanitation, community development, youth awareness, and disaster relief. We have supported rural schools and communities through practical projects designed to respond to local needs and create better opportunities for children.
We believes that education is an important foundation for stronger communities and a better future, this is why we work closely with communities to understand their needs and develop practical support that can make a lasting difference. While helping to improve learning environments, providing assistance during emergencies, our goal is to stand alongside children, families, and communities when support is needed.
Through partnerships, community participation, and dedicated volunteers, COYON continues to bring positive change and contribute to more inclusive, caring, and resilient communities in Nepal.
Thematic areas...
Our main working areas
Our focus lies in four key areas: educational infrastructure, community support, environmental awareness, and public interest. Our programs and initiatives are tailored to address the unique challenges faced by the children and communities we serve, and to equip them with the necessary resources and support to thrive. Additionally, we also undertake initiatives in many other areas.
Education
Children & Youth
Public Health
Disaster Relief
Awareness
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Recent/on-going activities
We focuse on implementing education-related programs in rural Nepal to support children and vulnerable groups such as women and youth. Alongside our education initiatives, we also prioritize raising public awareness, enhancing public health, protecting the environment, and advocating for the greater good.
Warm clothes for school children
In the mountain of Nepal many people are living under the line of poverty. The winter is especially bad at high altitude and families having low income hardly can afford a pair of warm clothes. Children from poor families of Chepang and Dalit have almost no warm wear and they are going to school in a pair of thin clothes. Last winter, we have distributed warm clothes for school children in many mountain ...
22 Dec 2022
New Building for Shankhadevi School
Shankhadevi Secondary School is located in the Dhading district of Nepal, 86 km west of Kathmandu on the way to Pokhara. It was established 57 years ago by socially conscious individuals from the Jogimara village. In the 2015 earthquake, a four-room concrete building was severely damaged and had to be demolished, while the remaining 12-room building was partially damaged.
20 May 2022
Relief packets during COVID-19 pandemic.
Not only people in big cities, but also people living in small town & villages are suffering form global pandemic of COVID-19. Nepal is also going through the second wave of this pandemic from April 2021. Many people has lost their job and way of income because of lock-down so they are under the risk of famine. We are helping needy people in remote villages with food supplies and other necessary kits....
25 May 2020
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What we did in 2 decades?
Mainly we are working on the educational projects that aim to improve infrastructure in community schools in rural areas, including building construction, the provision of clean lavatories and drinking water, and the distribution of school supplies such as textbooks and uniforms. We also prioritize providing healthy meals to students. In the past 20 years, we have successfully established more than 15 schools, set up numerous libraries, and distributed tons of school supplies to support the education and well-being of students in these communities.
School Buildings
We have been building schools in Nepal for many years and after the 2015 earthquake, we prioritize earthquake-resistant buildings that provide a safe and secure place for learning and teaching because they can help to promote the long-term ......
Children Education
Though school education is free and mandatory, large number of children dropout from schools, specially from the backward and socially weak community of the rural areas, because of poor economic status. To help these children, we are ......
Happy Home
Happy Home was established in Benighat in 2012 to provide a nurturing and educational environment for 35 children between the ages of 5 and 16 who have been abandoned or are parentless....
Relief Packages
Whether it is devastating earthquake of 2015 or other natural disaster like landslide, flood etc, we have been supporting people in need with food, shelter, medicine, clothing and other materials as if needed. During the global pandemic ......
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Transparency and communication are very important to us, so we are committed to keep you informed about our involvement and activities. We want you to stay connected and be a part of us so we provide the access to news, events, and blogs through our website and social media channels. At the same time we welcome your feedback and ideas.
Standing with families after the 2026 Flash Floods
On 26 August 2026, a devastating flash flood swept through communities along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river corridors in Nepal. For us, this is not simply a disaster reported in the news. These are about communities and families we must take care of...
Ravi Kandel- 18 Sept 2026
Finally Madhumaya is moved into her own house
Even in this science and technology era, Madhumaya Chepang and her family of 11 members are living in cave since one year because of extreme poverty. Finally she got a home...
Surendra Rana- 11 Jun 2021