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View fullsize Meet Suntali P. In December, we had fun helping Suntali and her three daughters move into their new home. They had been living in a cattle shed for a long time before joining the NIVAS program and building their own house. When a family moves from co
View fullsize NIVAS is seeking a partnership with an interior design firm, furnishing company, or architecture firm that loves their FF&E packages! When NIVAS works with a family, often they are moving from a temporary shelter into their new home, brining alon
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View fullsize Meet Nirmala, a force of nature! Now age 66, she has been raising 4 granddaughters on her own in rural Nepal with just $40/month. In 2024, she joined the NIVAS program, dedicating herself to building a disaster-resilient house for her granddaughters.
View fullsize 2024 was a year of wild adventures and tremendous impact here at NIVAS. We are profoundly grateful to the remarkable families who believed in us, the team members who gave every ounce of their energy, and to the incredible individuals and companies w
View fullsize We're thrilled to announce that NIVAS has been awarded a grant as part of MetLife Foundation’s Community Impact Grant Program! This incredible honor will allow us to improve access to resilient housing for indigenous women and children in weste
View fullsize We’re inspired by the progress our partner communities are making. By writing women’s housing needs directly into their charters, they’re taking a significant step towards a more equitable future. This means dedicated resources for
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View fullsize This season, we're reaching new records with the most women ever joining our Resilient Construction Training program! These future builders (both women and men) are already 3 weeks into their intensive training, learning important skills like layin
View fullsize Our expansion into Western Nepal is officially up and running! We've teamed up with Rural Women's Development Center to lead a program focused on enhancing local knowledge of women's housing resources and disaster-resilient construction practices whi
View fullsize At Nivas, we don’t just build houses; we build safe spaces. Having a home is a basic human right, and until everyone has a place to call their own, our work isn’t done. Join us in our mission to bring safe spaces to deserving families
View fullsize 🌟 This International Women’s Day, we're committed to addressing the gender gap in housing equity head-on. Our initiative focuses on creating disaster-resilient homes and providing essential livelihood support to single mothers. But we can't do
View fullsize Our FY2023 Impact Report is live! Check out the results of a lotta hard work, passion, and generosity coming together for a united purpose. We couldn't have done it without you! ❤️❤️❤️ . nivas-built.org/fy2023-impact-report . Link in bio. . PHOTO: @n
View fullsize Safina K and her son joined our Flood x Earthquake Resilient Housing pilot program this year. Through NIVAS's program, they built a beautiful raised plinth 2-story brick and bamboo home in the Terai region of Nepal. Today Safina is running a vegetabl
View fullsize We are excited to officially announce the construction of our 100th home! Currently underway are NIVAS homes 97, 98, 99, and 100… and it feels amazing! 👏 The collective effort it took to achieve this work shows the hope, resilience, and
View fullsize Our Nepal crew is headed to Denver for our House Party 2023! We couldn’t be more excited! After a 1-1/2 year-long visa process, we finally get them stateside. (Well, most of them. Visas are not easy to come by). Join us at our annual event on
View fullsize Annually millions of people are affected by the Koshi River floods in eastern Nepal. The river basin supports the lives and livelihoods of 40 million people. We are happy and grateful to have successfully completed our pilot flood-resilient housing p
View fullsize The kids are at it again! Urmila P, one of our 2022 homeowners’ kids, has passed her SLC graduation and is on to her +2 levels, well on her way to her vision of becoming a nurse. Creating stable places for kids to grow up is one of our main mis

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