Relief rebuilding to 25 communities in Nepal

Inclusive Forum Nepal (IFN) is a non-governmental organization established on 26 March 2000 by members of the gender and sexual minority group. Along with conducting various programs for the human rights and interests of gender and sexual minorities, Inclusive Forum Nepal aims to establish in the society the members of the community who have faced discrimination prevalent in society, domestic violence, oppression and shaming inflicted by their own families, as well as those spurned by the society, and enable them to live independently and as equal citizens. Inclusive Forum Nepal has been conducting programs for members of this community that focus on their sexual and reproductive health, development of life-skills and support of their independence, while also collaborating and cooperating with organizations with the game goals.

During the nation-wide lockdown which started from 24^th March 2020, many people had different problems. Daily wage workers have had trouble in income generation, which made it hard for their availability of food to eat. But for Trans* people with minimum working salary have had trouble finding hormonal medicines. IFN realized that Transgender men facing serious psychological and mental distress due to inaccessibility to hormonal therapy. All of them showed irritation, agitation including some of them showing suicidal tendency. Therefore, IFN with the support of Tewa's discretionary grant provided hormones to the total of 22 transgender men over the period of the lockdown. This restored their mental and psychological health.