Nepal National Dalit Social Welfare Organization
(NNDSWO)

NNDSWO is a national level organization registered at the district Administration Office in Katmandu in 1982. It was affiliated with the social welfare council in 1984.However, NNDSWO has been in existent and actively operating in Nepal since 1951 (2008 B.S.)

NNDSWO is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious organization. It is a social and development-oriented NGO working to combat against caste discrimination in the Nepali society. It is also dedicated in uplifting the quality of life/living standard of Dalit communities and in mainstreaming their groups at the national and grass root level. NNDSWO aims at enhancing the access of Dalits to their rights by empowering them and promoting their inclusion in the national mainstream. Over last three decades, NNDSWO has been playing an active role to ensure rights of Dalits.

NNDSWO has 68 district branches out of the 75 districts in the country. NNDSWO is governed by the General Assembly with more than 60,000 general members and 14,000 active members of who are actively supporting the organization. It has a 25-member Central Executive Committee representing the entire geographical region and diverse castes within the Dalits. The board members are supported by experienced employed staffs working on program interventions to achieve the organization's goals and objectives. It is proud of the fact that most of the Dalit leaders who have acclaimed the state mechanism are the product of NNDSWO. It has clear VMGO and program development plan. The successful implementation of result based program having adequate physical structure in central office as well as in districts.