Our History

Education is the basic right of every child. In Nepal, many children are deprived of education because of various reasons like poverty, gender discrimination and difficult terrain. My husband Naseeb, got an opportunity to study higher education in Pune India under the sponsorship of Asian Aid Australia. Following the completion of his studies, he was inspired to help other students who could not receive basic education due to financial constrain.

As the need was released among the Tibetan refugees living in a very critical condition the first education center was established. Over the years, the work expanded to include assisting children in education from all over Nepal with a back ground of coming from marginalized groups, those being involved in child labor, children living in slums, coming from remote parts of the country especially the western mountains and those with their parents in prison.
Till date more than 4000 needy children have been benefitted with this program.

Along with this while working in villages in Nepal on various health issues, I was alarmed to discover so many ladies suffered from various features of pelvic organ prolapse which were never addressed. “They say it is because of the bad deeds we did in our past life” some said while the others thought they were punished by the gods. When I realized how big the burden of the condition was in our community and the taboo attached to it and how easily such condition could be prevented and addressed to relieve the suffering ladies who cry silently, the concept of Women’s Health Project came about.

Community Service Academy Nepal (COSAN) was established in 1997, by a team of the health professionals with the vision of creating a society in which every woman is aware of reproductive health and every child obtains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.

Rama Basnet ( Founding Chairperson/ Director)

1997 Registration of COSAN in Social Welfare Counsel (SWC), Kathmandu in partnership with Asian Aid Australia

1997-2000 ADRA Nepal, Child sponsorship and Women’s Health project

1997-1998 ADRA Netherlands, Child sponsorship.

1998 Supporting the under-privileged and displaced children including the needy ones from the marginalized community.

1999 Introduction of Women’s Health Program in Kavre and Sindhu palchok districts.

2001 Continuation of Clinical Services. Operation of the first case of Uterine Prolapse from Sindhu Palchok District followed by surgeries of more than 13000 cases of POP till date.

2004-2005 Non-Formal Education to Women from the Chepang community, in Chitwan, Community Development programs.

2006-2007 Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program- deep- well construction in 4 VDCs in Chitwan

2007-2008 UNFPA- POP Surgery in Gorkha and Chitwan

2008 Asian Aid USA (Child Impact International) Women’s Health Projects and Child Sponsorship

2010 Equity and Access Program (EAP- DFID) in Safe Motherhood Program- Gorkha

2008 Partnership with Global Village Ministry- USA.

2015 Disaster management and Relief activities for Earthquake victims with Asian Aid Australia (25th April, 2015 until December)

2015 Construction of Birthing Centre at Baluwa, Gorkha

2015 World Vision- Health projects- (Responding to Women and Children’s need in emergencies) in 2 VDCs in Gorkha

2017 Partnership with Global Development Group

2018 till date Introducing screening and treating of Cervical Cancer with Cryotherapy and thermo-coagulation

2020 Women’s Health Project, Asian Aid Australia, Mahotari