Two of the NGO workers express a women's feeling that after hysterectomy, she felt like a bird!

Centre for Agro-ecology and Development (CAED) is one of Fastenopfer's strategic partners in Nepal.  Relationship started and still continues under Helvetas Nepal and Fastenopfer joint funding since 1998. It supports following district-based NGOs:

• Woment Empowerment Action Forum (WEAF)
• Dalit Self-reliance Society (DSS)
• Social Services Centre (SoSeC)

• Bahuayamik Bikas tatha Adhyan Mancha (BBAM)
• Rastriya Dalit Network (RDN), Jajajrkot

• Creative Society Nepal (CSN)
• Equitable Development Centre (EDC)

• Womens' Rights Forum (WRF)

In operates Women Reproductive Rights Program (WRRP) that is to venture to phase II by the beginning of 2009. In its phase I, it worked with 10 local NGOs. The number is likely to increase in the next phase. It also is a moderator of Uterine Prolapse Alliance in Nepal.

Fastenopfer-CAED started its operation Karnali Livelihood and Empowerment Program (Klep) since 2008 where they are expected to work with some five NGOs that includes:

• Karnali Integrated Womens Development Forum (KIWDF)
• Mallika Community Development Centre (MCDC)
• Karan Community Development Centre (KCDC)
• In the process of selection
• In the process of selection