BHAKARI
BHAKARI is supporting communities, households and individuals in their journey to self-reliance, while reducing the overall humanitarian caseload of the Karnali River Basin area.
Mercy Corps Nepal is managing the BHAKARI program, supported by USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). BHAKARI is a unique model as a Multi-Year Emergency program, focusing on both increasing long-term food security while also responding to short-term emergency shocks, via an integrated, multi- sectoral approach with a strong emphasis on gender and social inclusion. Key sectors include disaster risk reduction, integrated agriculture, watershed management, and emergency assistance, and will be implemented in partnership with six district-level implementing partners, three national-level technical partners, and one international social enterprise partner, taking careful advantage to leverage work with other USAID implementers, donor programs, and key initiatives from the Government of Nepal.