The Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya is the principal archive of books and peridocials in the Nepali language. The library is a non-for-profit institution that is run by a trust. Over the last five decades, it has continuously engaged in collection and archiving of published materials in Nepali language.

MPP, Newssuvha shresthaNovember 3, 2015MPP, Rammed Earth, bamboo Comments

Kopila Valley School Volunteer Program

Twenty-five students with five guardians from Kopila Valley School of Surkhet shared their infectious teamwork and energy with us this Dashain by participating in 6 day volunteer program in Bhattedanda, Dhulikhel from the 25th to 30th October.

Sanu Mayasuvha shresthaNovember 3, 2015 Comments

Conference at Timal on Sustainable Structures

Sathsathai Mundi and ABARI collaboratively hosted a Conference at Timal, Kavre on the 29th of August, 2015. The objective of the conference was to brief the local community on upcoming project of building a model school and a model home in Timal.

suvha shresthaSeptember 16, 2015Comment

Earth and grass meditation hall and cafeteria

We feel very humbled to get an opportunity to build a sacred space. For the first time in Nepal and South Asia, we are building two story bamboo with structural bamboo.

Pharpingnripal adhikaryAugust 28, 2015 Comment

Permanent Home Design

We are releasing open source design for a rural single and double storey house using locally available resources.

NewsAugust 28, 2015 Comment

Project Mero Gaun, Kulay, Nuwakot

Abari is creating a model village in Kulay, where sustainability and creation of a value chain will be fostered.

Project Mero Gaunnripal adhikaryAugust 17, 2015Comment

Bamboo Plantation

The Hariyo Ban Program, funded by USAID and implemented by a conglomerate of WWF, CARE, NTNC and FECOFUN with WWF

nripal adhikaryAugust 11, 2015Comment

Permanent Home Reconstruction through Community Facility Centers: An ABARI Model

Earthquakes are shown to shake people’s confidence in local technologies of home design and construction.

NewsAugust 3, 2015 Comments

BBC Coverage on Building with Rammed Earth

It has been one month since the first of two devastating earthquakes struck in Nepal. Thousands of people lost their lives and thousands more were injured.

suvha shresthaJuly 27, 2015Comment

ABARI is building homes now!

In collaborative efforts with The Karmi Initiative, ABARI is co-sponsoring and constructing a rammed earth house for Sanu Maya Tamang

Sanu MayaJuly 20, 2015Comment