September has really been a vibrant festive month at FabLab Nepal! This month we hosted a joint exhibition for two major programs: “Skill Enhancement in Design and Fabrication in FabLab Nepal” supported by the Dassault Foundation and “FabLab Nepal Builds STEAM for...
Human-Centered Design Taking Off in Nepal
By Bahar Kumar Nepal’s development sector is beginning to take a deeper look at whether their ways of working are resulting in the impact we want to see in our communities. Best practices that were established years ago are no longer relevant in this rapid-changing...
Meet Zoe Castelli!
Zoe is a new member of the Impact Hub Kathmandu family who recently joined us as an intern! She is excited to be part of the Impact Hub family and we take the opportunity to introduce you to Zoe and learn about her passion and goals with us! Can you share with us in...
Innovation Sprouts At Fab Lab Nepal: “Human Support Keypad”
We at FabLab Nepal envision providing Nepali innovators and makers with the space, resources, knowledge, and tools allowing them to play, create, and innovate to solve problems. Due to the lack of access to things like 3D printers and digital fabrication equipment,...
Urban Innovation Program Gradution Demo Day: 10 Enterprises Bag Total of 50 Lacs From KMC!
By Rachana Khatri Impact Hub Kathmandu, in collaboration with UNDP Nepal and Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) held a graduation demo day event for the Urban Innovation Programme at Hotel Himalaya on Monday, 22nd August 2022. The demo day was the formal graduation of...
Creative Nepal: Arts-Health Community
Dr Lorna Collins and Dr Ranjita Dhital, researchers from UCL Arts and Sciences Department, University College London, UK, launched Creative Nepal: Arts-Health Community, to explore whether an arts-health network could be of value in Nepal. Ranjita was born in Nepal...
Tenant Spotlight: Merlin Essentials
At our Impact Hub coworking community, we are delighted to be sharing space with Merlin Essentials, a youth-led enterprise founded by female entrepreneur Ms. Bidushree Shrestha. Merlin Essential’s vision is to manufacture and promote Nepali Pashmina fabric across the...
Meet the UNICEF Generation Unlimited 3.0 Teams and the Nepal National Winners to Advance their Ideas into Reality!
As the implementing partners of UNICEF Imagen Ventures Generation Unlimited 3.0 in partnership with UNDP Nepal and ILO, we are thrilled to introduce the five national winners who are now preparing to contest to become the two finalists for the Global Youth Challenge...
Exponential Change in Digital Fabrication
FabLab Nepal in collaboration with Dassault Foundation and Ten to the Ninth Plus Foundation completed a 6-week digital fabrication and design workshop for youth groups: aptly named “Skill Enhancement in Design And Fabrication in FabLab Nepal” this July! Digital...
Creating Safe Spaces beyond Impact Hub Kathmandu With the Queer Community!
Are our schools and workplaces LGBTQI+ friendly? Did you know that men menstruate too? Did you know that men can get pregnant too? Where can families and friends who are struggling to become allies of the LGBTQIA+ Community go? Where do we begin…? In honor of Pride...