Ekjut Nepal: Many People, One Purpose
Ekjut Nepal connects people who need help with people ready to give time, skills and resources. Learn why it exists and its four projects.
In Nepali, ekjut means coming together as one. It is a fitting name for a platform built on a simple observation: in Nepal, people want to help. What they often lack is a reliable way to find each other.
Ekjut Nepal is a voluntary network that brings together people, resources, knowledge and the willingness to contribute, so that help can move quickly when it is needed. It was founded in 2026 by entrepreneur and volunteer Chirag Goyal.
Why Ekjut exists
Over more than a decade, Chirag has been part of community work across earthquakes, floods, the COVID-19 pandemic, medical emergencies and education. The organisations changed from one chapter to the next. The people who showed up were often the same: volunteers, doctors, drivers, business owners and friends who answered the phone at any hour.
Whenever someone reached out for help, he shared the need with the people around him, and help kept arriving. At times there was more help on offer than could be used.
But all of it ran on phone calls, messages and personal contacts. There was no structured way to match a person in need with a person willing to help. Ekjut was created to fill that gap.
Build the connections before the crisis
The central idea is to know who can help before an emergency happens. If the network already knows who has medical expertise, who has a vehicle, who can supply materials and who knows a remote community, help can be activated in hours instead of days.
Ekjut does this in three ways:
- Recognise the people who have already given time, skills, resources and effort, so their contribution is not forgotten.
- Connect them through a trusted network where they can find one another.
- Activate the right people when a genuine need or opportunity calls for collective action.
A voluntary People Registry
The first building block is a voluntary registry. People share their details, how they can contribute and any past work with the team. The list itself is not the point. The value is in knowing who is there and what they can offer when something needs to move.
Ekjut's four projects
Ekjut's work is organised into four projects, each focused on a different kind of need:
- Disaster & Immediate Assistance — a ready network of responders, logistics and resources for floods, landslides, earthquakes and urgent case-by-case needs.
- Project Sanjivani — helping genuine medical and urgent cases reach the doctors, hospitals and support they need.
- Project Kuhiro — supporting deserving students from rural Nepal through higher education.
- Project Udyam — opening doors for young people and first-time entrepreneurs through mentors, networks and seed support.
What Ekjut is not
Ekjut does not replace existing charities, NGOs or community groups. It is a point of connection between them and the many individuals who want to contribute. Nor is it one person helping others. It is a community in which everyone has something to give.
Be part of it
If you or your community needs support, tell us what is needed. If you can give time, skills, resources, transport or introductions, join the registry. You can also reach the team on WhatsApp at +977 9802000100 or by email at ekjut.np@gmail.com.
Many people. One purpose.