Blogs
How the charts tell us about COVID situation in Nepal: A brief data analysis from WHO Nepal’s weekly report
- Open Knowledge Nepal | Mon Jun 21 2021
Lives are being disrupted almost everywhere on this planet by the COVID, and we are witnessing it everyday – since 2020. As of June 20, 2021, nearly four million have died of Coronavirus and 170 million others have been infected worldwide. Nepal, the world’s poorest nation with a population of nearly 30 million saw its Learn more
Shutting down real time data dashboard – Open Data Nepal portal
- Open Knowledge Nepal | Mon Jun 07 2021
In August 2019, seeing the growth in demand and use of real-time (which is presented as it is acquired and difficult to handle) and fresh (which is consistently accessible, up-to-date and immediately usable) data, we launched the real-time data dashboard for air pollution, river watch & fruits and vegetables price at integrated the dashboard into Learn more
Open Data Day 2021: Datathon in Tulsipur
- Nikesh Balami | Fri Mar 19 2021
On the occasion of the International Open Data Day (March 6, 2021), Open Knowledge Nepal organized a day-long ‘Datathon’ in Tulsipur Dang, where in-total 30 participants joined the event to learn about open data, its importance, and applications. The event was organized at Munal Pahuna Ghar, Tulsipur, Dang in partnership with the Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City Learn more
Registration for Women in Data Virtual Conference 2021 is now open!
- Open Knowledge Nepal | Thu Mar 18 2021
While Nepal’s first Women in Data Conference was hosted by The Data for Development (D4D) Programme on February 23, 2019 with the theme डाटा शक्ति नारी शक्ति – ‘where two superpowers meet’ and brought together influential people from the sector, 2020’s plans were met with a halt due to the on-going pandemic. This year however, Learn more
Rebuilding community to work on climate and environment data
- Nikesh Balami | Sun Mar 14 2021
The event summary of this blog post was written by Dikpal Khatri Chhetry. Being a community-driven organization, the COVID-19 pandemic was a nightmare for Open Knowledge Nepal. Like many organizations around the world, we went through the difficult phase; struggling to find new projects and sustaining existing ones. More importantly, we missed reaching out to Learn more
