Information in Nepal should move both ways.
Nepal Acts is a citizen platform for media in Nepal — new media journalism, public conversation, and civic participation led by everyday citizens.
Our mission
For a long time, information in Nepal has only moved one way. A small number of people report the news, and everyone else simply reads it. Nepal Acts exists to change that. We are building a space where citizens can share what they see, speak up about real matters of the world, and turn ordinary observations into clear public conversations.
A country cannot call itself democratic just because people can read the news. People also need the power to question it, add to it, and act on it. Nepal's 2015 Constitution already protects much of this — Article 17 guarantees freedom of expression, Article 19 protects the right to communication, and Article 27 grants citizens the right to information. Still, there is a clear gap between what these laws promise and how they are enforced. Closing that gap is a big part of what drives this platform.
What Is Nepal Acts?
Nepal Acts is a citizen platform built for media, public conversation, and civic participation. It brings stories, local issues, and community campaigns into one place, working as a form of new media journalism that treats everyday people as reporters instead of just an audience.
Nepalacts.com was built in the middle of a brief but unstable period, when everything felt uncertain — even for the protesters themselves. Those on the streets did not know what the next day would bring or where the movement would lead. All we did was create a platform to collect, archive, and amplify the voices of the people in real time.
Today, we have reimagined this platform to serve the people, as we continue our journey to democratize media and information. The goal has not changed since day zero: helping build a Nepal where information belongs to everyone, not just a select few.
23,000+
voices gathered in that short window alone
40%
backed Sushila Karki as Nepal's first woman Prime Minister
What the platform is designed to be
A Citizen Media Platform
Important stories rarely begin inside a newsroom. They usually start in villages, workplaces, and classrooms, in the small details of daily life. We give people a direct way to share those moments without needing a press badge first.
A Civic Participation Platform
Being a citizen means more than voting once every few years. Nepal Acts gives citizens of Nepal the freedom to raise concerns and build support around what they care about throughout the year, not just at election time.
A Digital Public Space
The internet already gives people plenty of places to post something. Very few of those places are actually built for careful discussion. Nepal Acts is built to slow that down, so people have room to think through an issue instead of reacting to it in seconds.
Why we believe information should be democratic
Information shapes what people know, what they believe, and what they end up doing. When a handful of outlets control that flow, power stays in the same few hands, and ordinary people get left out of decisions that affect their own lives.
Information is a public good
Good information works like clean air or a public road — one person reading an honest story takes nothing away from the next. Nobody should be kept from it by cost or bureaucracy.
Everyone deserves to be heard
Traditional media tends to focus on cities and large institutions, leaving rural and marginalized communities out of the picture. A farmer's flood report deserves the same visibility as a politician's press statement.
Citizens should not only consume
People deserve room to question what they read, add missing context, and speak up when something looks wrong — by posting what they see firsthand and joining discussions that lead somewhere.
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Be part of the public conversation
There is no reason to sit on the sidelines while decisions about your neighborhood, your city, or your country get made without your input.
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