Nepal Pictorial Booklet

We are excited to share the new Ibasho Nepal booklet, a handbook describing the Ibasho core principles with colorful photos, paintings and prose inspired by our visit to Ibasho Nepal in 2019. We are especially grateful to the Ibasho members in Matathirta for hosting us, to our team of translators at Bihani Social Venture, and to our Ibasho colleague Yasuhiro Tanaka for designing the booklet. Click here to view the booklet. Letter from Emi Kiyota, Ibasho Founder “The time to be happy now, the place to be happy is here, and the way to be happy is to make other people happy.” I found this quote when I was working […]

Participants in Ibasho Nepal

The main participants in the project are elders and women, but schoolchildren have also participated in various workshops. Many villagers mentioned that there had been no opportunity for people of different generations or genders to meet, so the Ibasho project was designed to facilitate discussions between people of various ages and backgrounds. In the beginning, 70-80 people attended workshops. Over time, that number decreased as around 20 core members emerged. Number of participants Source: FIeldnotes How did you find Ibasho? Source: Endline Survey Which Ibasho activities have you participated? Source: Endline Survey

Interview with an Ibasho Nepal elder (No.2)

Age: 73 City/ Country: Balagaon, Matatirtha, Nepal Past Occupation: Carpentry, construction and building Current role in Ibasho:  Construction/ Carpentry Leader Mr. M is responsible for activities related to construction and carpentry by mobilising the community members and teaching them. How does she/he contribute to community through Ibasho? Mangal Lal Shrestha has set an example for the community by being actively involved in all Ibasho projects at the age of 73. He has played a pivotal role in the construction of Chautari, making signboard along with the shed in the vegetable farm. By creating these spaces he has contributed to make sure that the community members have access to them where […]

Interview with an Ibasho Nepal elder (No.1)

Age: 51 City/ Country: Balagaon, Nepal Past Occupation: Farming/ Homemaker Current role in Ibasho: Vegetable Farming Leader. Nanu Balami is responsible for the activities in the vegetable farm by mobilising the community members. How does she/he contribute to community through Ibasho? She has played a significant role in the growth of the farm and was instrumental in shifting the farm to a bigger space. She has been an active participant in all Ibasho activities and programmes inspiring and ensuring that everyone in the community benefits through participation. Why did you decided to involve in the Ibasho? I decided to get involved in Ibasho as I felt that it is beneficial […]

Nepal project updates: A larger vegetable garden and a new bamboo shed

Started in July 2016 as one of the four livelihood projects by the Ibasho Nepal community members, the vegetable farm has become a gathering place besides being just a place for plantation. On 20 April 2018, the community members of Ibasho Nepal signed the lease for a larger space (10952 square feet) to continue the vegetable farming. Seasonal vegetables have been the main source of income for those involved along with pickles made from the vegetables harvested. Flowers are also grown targeting festivals. The community also started to construct a shed on 18 May 2018 at the vegetable farm. Initially, the shed was intended to be a resting place while […]

Ibasho project in Nepal

Ibasho team has visited to Nepal in February, 2016, to launch our project with a social venture company, Bihani, founded by Santoshi Rana. It all started with an email from Santoshi, asking us “Nepal needs the Ibasho concept. How can we adapt it here?” Since we did not have resources to kick started at that time, we have kept in touch to explore the possibility for almost one year. During this time, our passion did not disappeared, and we were finally able to visit Kathmandu to plan the Ibasho project together. What I have realized was that there were so much for us (from so called “developed parts of the […]