About ECCA
Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA) has been a leading organization in the sector of social mobilization and community development. It implements various programmes so as to raise the quality of life through wise-use of available local resources and application of alternate and renewable technologies.
Briefs
  1. ECCA was established in 1987 as a non profit, non political, non government organization.
  2. ECCA is registered with CDO office, Kathmandu and affiliated with Social Welfare Council.
  3. ECCA Constitution enables trained members to vote for a policy making body of 11 members.
  4. ECCA now has a network of over 4,000 trained manpower in 46 districts of Nepal and few places of Bhutan and India.
  5. ECCA established an Environmental Resource Centre (ERC) in Bhaktapur in 1992.
  6. ECCA pioneered the concept of children nature club (in Nepal) in 1992.
  7. ECCA was the first NGO to establish a paper-recycling unit (named Pap Again) in 1994 with the objective of producing recycled paper from the waste paper collected from office, schools, press, etc.
  8. ECCA Head Office was shifted to its newly constructed building in Kopundol, Lalitpur on March 14, 2004 (Chaitra 1, 2060).
  9. Awards :
  • 1991, first NGO to be awarded CITATION (for conservation awareness) by Government of Nepal
  • 1993, ‘Spirit of Enterprise’ (for ECCA’s unique methodology), International Rolex Award
  • 2001, ‘Environment Award and Cash Prize’, Ministry of Population and Environment, Government of Nepal
  • 2005, Global Development Marketplace (for Solar Tuki), World Bank, Washington DC, USA
  • 2007, Global Development Marketplace Photography Contest, World Bank, Washington DC
  • 2007, Tech Museum Awards (category Economic Development) (for Solar Tuki), The Tech Museum of Innovation, California, USA
  • 2008, Nepal Development Marketplace (for safe-drinking-water campaign)
  • 2008, Global Development Marketplace Amateur Video Contest, World Bank, Washington DC
Mission
  • ECCA will be a Model Professional Volunteer Organization (PVO) dedicated towards natural resources management
  • ECCA will organize programmes so as to secure children's sound ecological future
  • ECCA will support the development of conservation related entrepreneurship
Area Coverage
Map of Nepal
 

Winter Camp 2011

Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA) is going to organize Winter Camps during this winter vacation of the school for urban students of class 5 to 9.

Camp Date :11-14 January 2012 (27-30 Poush 2068)

Camp Venue:Environment Resource Center, Sipadol, Bhaktapur

Limited 30 seats, so hurry up and register your participation.
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Top Ten Counselors, 2011

01. Mr. Rabindra Khatri
      (Counselor of the Year)

02. Mr. Bipin Kumar Shrestha
      (Counselor of the Year)

03. Ms. Puja Maharjan
04. Ms. Arati Maharjan
05. Ms. Prabha Maharjan
06. Ms. Shailena Sthapit
07. Ms. Riza Sharma
08. Mr. Anup K.C.
09. Mr. Dipesh Khatiwada
10. Mr. Sushil Rai

 
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