{"id":986,"date":"2025-02-06T07:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T07:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngdfnepal.org\/?page_id=986"},"modified":"2025-03-09T15:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:08:01","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ngdfnepal.org\/index.php\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"986\" class=\"elementor elementor-986\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24fd6d53 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24fd6d53\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca9e994 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ca9e994\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.8; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; color: #34495e; padding: 20px; background-color: #f9f9f9; border-left: 8px solid #3498db; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 20px; box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); transition: transform 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease; cursor: pointer;\">\n  <strong style=\"color: #3498db;\">Nepal Gaja Development Foundation (NGDF)<\/strong>, originally established as Gaja Youth Club in 2054 B.S. (1997 A.D.) in Lekhani, Ward No. 8 of Kathekhola Rural Municipality, Baglung District, began with a strong commitment to social reform. During its initial five years, NGDF concentrated on mobilizing local resources and manpower to bring about tangible change in Lekhani and surrounding Village Development Committees. The foundation&#8217;s early work involved repairing rural roads, engaging youth in sports to foster physical and mental well-being, and providing relief to victims of natural disasters.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.8; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; color: #34495e; padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-left: 8px solid #2980b9; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); transition: transform 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease; cursor: pointer;\">\n  <strong style=\"color: #2980b9;\">Today, NGDF<\/strong> has grown into a leading civil society organization in the Gandaki region, championing causes such as nutrition, disability rights, quality education, child rights, women&#8217;s empowerment, political stability, and the promotion of inclusive democracy. The foundation is also heavily involved in social mobilization, income generation initiatives, child education programs, water supply and sanitation projects, and infrastructure development. 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During its initial five years, NGDF concentrated on mobilizing local resources and manpower to bring about tangible change in Lekhani and surrounding Village Development Committees&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-986","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngdfnepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngdfnepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngdfnepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngdfnepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngdfnepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ngdfnepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1579,"href":"https:\/\/ngdfnepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/986\/revisions\/1579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngdfnepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}