BMS World Mission

Nepal

Stats
Region: Asia
Capital: Kathmandu
Area: 147,181 sq km
Population: 28,901,790 (est July 2007)
Languages: Nepali, Maithali, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Temang, Newar, Magar, Awadhi
Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, other
Life expectancy: 60.56 (est 2007)
Population below poverty line: 31% (est 2004)

 

 

Nepal

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BMS World Mission has been involved in Nepal since 1958; initially, this was just with the United Mission to Nepal (UMN) but, since the 1990s, BMS personnel have also been working with the International Nepal Fellowship (INF), the Nepal Baptist Church Council (NBCC), the Kathmandu International Study Centre (KISC), and with the Human Development and Community Services (HDCS).

 

The work is varied, from health to education and also development. During the 1990s Nepal became the country where the highest number of BMS personnel worked and there are currently over 15 long-term workers there.