Self Sustaining campaign is an initiation of a group of 13 members led by Mr. Biswash Praja (Chepang) as project manager, Mr. Bhola Shrestha, Ruskin Gautam (USA) as Advisor and 2 IT Technicians(USA) and 9 Chepang members headed by local representative in local level. Self Sustaining Campaign works to uplift and show the direction to sustain their life through live stock entrepreneurship development, social business through making herbal products and similar projects as per the need of society.

1. CHEPANG Community-
Lost tribe of Nepal
an initiation of Biswash Chepang to make us self
sustained

2. Who are Chepang?
-Nepal’s most disadvantaged indigenous semi nomadic tribes who
are classified under the ‘highly marginalized’ category on the basis
of a set of socio-economic indicators (population size, language
literacy rate, house type, landownership, occupation and access to
higher education).
Total Population: 68,399
Female: 33779/ Male: 34620
Literacy rate: 36.10%
Population by Mother tongue: 48476
Language family: Sino Tibetan
Religious view: Animism (Population census CBS,2011)

3. Media Coverage in National Daily: Chepangs
Still living in Cave
Geographical difficulties: It takes
6 hours walk to reach village as
and it is same for all Chepangs

5. Primitive livelihood of Chepang Community

7. Introducing myself
https://about.me/bishwaschepang
www.bishwaschepang.wordpress.com
-Social worker at Juvenile Correction
home, Nepal
-Graduated in Social Work from
Tribhuban University in 2015
-Establishment of Self Sustaining
Campaign

8. Self Sustaining Campaign for Chepang
Community
an initiation to work for the welfare of my
Community
Self Sustaining campaign is an initiation of a group of 13
members led by Mr. Biswash Praja (Chepang) as project manager,
Mr. Bhola Shrestha, Ruskin Gautam (USA) as Advisor and 2 IT
Technicians(USA) and 9 Chepang members headed by local
representative in local level. Self Sustaining Campaign works to
uplift and show the direction to sustain their life through live stock
entrepreneurship development, social business through making
herbal products and similar projects as per the need of society.

9. Make
Self
Sustained
Make
Self
Sustained
Increase
incentive
Increase
incentive
Helping
them
to help
themselves
Helping
them
to help
themselves
Explore
Potentialities
Explore
Potentialities
Enhances
their skills
Enhances
their skills
Self Sustaining Campaign for
Chepang Community

10. Biswash Chepang: Acting as Bridge between
the Organizations and community
NGO
Volunteers/
Youth Group
Community Based Organization
Chepang Community

11. The projects I have carried out
1. Earthquake relief to
Chepang Community; 7.8
Magnitude Earthquake
victims were given relief
package by Biswash
Chepang benefitting 90
families which comprised 540
individuals.

12. 2. Poultry Farming as a immediate income
generation Activities to 40 Families to earn for
their livelihood
Distribution of recently hatched chickens
to Chepang family to make earning for
themselves and fulfill daily basic needs

13. 3. “One Child= One Sponsor project” We
have supported 15 dropout school Children’s
for continuation of Education

14. 4. Livestock Entrepreneurship Development
through Pig farming to support their family as
well as their Childs Education for 15 Families

15. 5. Solar Lamp and Battery distribution to 48
household which have now allowed children to
study during night time as well.

16. 6. Warm Winter Drive I: Distributing reusable
warm clothes to 100 Chepang families

17. 7. Warm Winter Drive II: Reusable warm
clothes distribution to 100 Chepang families

18. 8. Empowering Chepang women in making
Herbal Product through stinging nettle

19. 9. Social entrepreneurship at Chepang
community: establishing retail store- under
construction

20. There are more than 68,000
Chepang who are lost in
transitional phase in this
21st
centuary. We need
some one who will rise from
that community and work
for the their welfare
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