Winrock Nepal - Special Achievement Award

Winrock Nepal’s plaque reads: In appreciation and recognition of your dedication to creating sustainable commercialization strategies for increasing the use of clean and efficient cooking technologies.

Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. Winrock designs innovative and integrated household energy and health solutions that are locally appropriate and scalable, and that incorporate advanced technology design, behavior change, market development, and IAP monitoring. Winrock Nepal is currently establishing wholesale lending agreements between local financial service providers such as saving and credit cooperatives, micro finance development banks and the larger commercial and development-focused financial institutes. This wholesale lending mechanism ensures adequate supply of credit financing to rural Nepal.

Please see the Bulletin 27 Awards Supplement for an interview with Winrock Nepal’s Suman Dhakal.

Winrock Nepal special achievement award for developing local markets