The aim of Govinda Development Aid e.V. is to help people in developing countries who are unable to earn a living due to social, cultural and physical disadvantages. The poverty and suffering of these people should be alleviated and sustainable according to the principle of helping people to help themselves. The programs should enable people to be independent, responsible and critical citizens of Nepalese society, to know that they are integrated into it and to actively help shape it .Govinda e. V. maintains an orphanage for 50 children, the Shangrila International School for 450 children, a school sponsorship program, a training center, a reintegration project, a school for the deaf and mute and various village projects in western Nepal. 10 schools were built in western Nepal. After the severe earthquakes in spring 2015, Govinda e. V. provides comprehensive emergency aid in 126 communities for over 36000 people. An extensive emergency and reconstruction project of residential buildings, schools as well as educational and community centers in the Makwanpur and Lalitpur project regions followed with cross-border cooperation. The Shangrila Development Association was founded in 2014. Former Nepalese orphans with no opportunities who grew up in the orphanage work as development employees for their own country. They run community projects in agriculture, health and engineering with Nepal's indigenous people, the Chepangs. This development is a cycle, entirely in the spirit of sustainability.
