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Established in 1952, INF is Nepal’s longest-serving international non-government organisation.
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Would you consider making a gift in your will that help the work of INF?
Established in 1952, INF is Nepal’s longest-serving international non-government organisation.
INF is an interdenominational and international Christian mission that exists to bring life in all its fullness to Nepal. The vision for this work began in India in the 1930s, before Nepal was open to outside people or influences. Lily O’Hanlon and Hilda Steel began medical work among Nepali people living in the Indian town of Nautanwa on the border of Nepal. Here they faithfully waited and prayed that one day they would be able to work in Nepal, which at the time was completely closed to foreigners.
When Nepal opened up in 1952, after 16 years of prayer and waiting, a small group of medical missionaries including Lily and Hilda together with some Nepali friends walked north from the Indian border to the Pokhara valley, and with the permission of the Nepali Government set up a clinic and a few years later the ‘Shining Hospital’ – the first hospital in the west of Nepal and the beginning of INF as we know it today.
Since its humble beginnings INF has grown to be an organisation recognised for its innovative and successful approaches to community health and development work. Since the establishment of the ‘Shining Hospital’ in 1954 INF has gone on to establish a further hospitals and clinics across the West and Mid-Western Regions of Nepal. Always pushing into new frontiers it opened its most remote office in the district of Bajura, in the Far-West of Nepal, in 2013. Read here for more about INF’s work.
The complete history of INF, a story of ordinary people being used by God to do the seemingly impossible, can be read in ‘Light Dawns in Nepal’. Email communications@inf.org for a copy.
Would you consider making a gift in your will that help the work of INF?
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All donations to INF Australia of $2 or more can be tax deductible.
For more information about tax deductible giving, please contact the INF Australia office via [02] 9411 1195 or ausofice@au.inf.org, speak to your accountant, or go to the Australian Business Register [www.abr.business.gov.au]. INF Australia’s ABN is 75 090 528 500.
INF North America is a 501[c][3] organization; gifts to the organization are deductible as charitable contributions for Federal and State income tax purposes. In accordance with IRS regulations, INF North America has complete control over the use of all donated funds. However, every effort will be made to apply any gifts made in accordance with the donor’s designation.
INF Canada is a Canadian Registered Charity [BN824727978RR0001], and provides tax receipts for donations.
If you live in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands or Switzerland giving to INF in a tax-efficient way is quite easy to do. Here are the simple steps to take:
Belgium
King Baudouin Foundation
rue Brederodestraat 21
1000 Brussels,
Belgium
T: +32-2-549 02 31
F: +32 2 549 02 89
E: tge@kbs-frb.be
www.kbs-frb.be
France
Fondation de France
40 Avenue Hoche
75008 Paris, France
T: +33-1-44 21 87 60
E: tge@fdf.org
www.fdf.org
Germany
— Option A
Maecenata Stiftung
Linienstrasse 139/140
D–10115 Berlin,
Germany
T: +49 30 2838 7909
F: +49 30 2838 7910
E: tge@maecenata.eu
www.transnationalgiving.de
— Option B
Forum Wiedenest e.V.
Eichendorffstr. 2
D-51702 Bergneustadt,
Germany
T: +49-2261-406-0
F: +49-2261-406-155
E: info@wiedenest.de
www.wiedenest.de
Bank: Volksbank Oberberg eG
Bankleitzahl: 384 621 35
Konto-Nummer: 220 270 0015
INF projects registered with Forum Wiedenest:
61740 INF-Projekte allgemein
61750 GP Krankenhaus – Green-Pastures -Leprosy Hospital
61770 Jumla – med. Arbeit
61820 Lepra-Arbeit Nepal/mildtätig
61830 PFR Partnership for Rehab./mildtätig
61900 Poor Fund – Krankenhaus-Behandlungen für Ärmste Leute
Netherlands
Oranje Fonds
Maliebaan 18 3581 CP Utrecht,
The Netherlands
T: +31-30-656 45 24
F: +31-30-656 22 04
E: tge@oranjefonds.nl
www.oranjefonds.nl
Switzerland
Swiss Philanthropy Foundation
c/o BMG Avocats 8C av de Champel
CP 385 – 1211 Genève 12
Switzerland
T: +41-22-321 77 37
E: contact@swissphilanthropy.ch
www.swissphilanthropy.ch
All donations to INF Australia of $2 or more can be tax deductible.
For more information about tax deductible giving, please contact the INF Australia office via [02] 9411 1195 or ausofice@au.inf.org, speak to your accountant, or go to the Australian Business Register [www.abr.business.gov.au]. INF Australia’s ABN is 75 090 528 500.
INF North America is a 501[c][3] organization; gifts to the organization are deductible as charitable contributions for Federal and State income tax purposes. In accordance with IRS regulations, INF North America has complete control over the use of all donated funds. However, every effort will be made to apply any gifts made in accordance with the donor’s designation.
INF Canada is a Canadian Registered Charity [BN824727978RR0001], and provides tax receipts for donations.
If you live in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands or Switzerland giving to INF in a tax-efficient way is quite easy to do. Here are the simple steps to take:
Belgium
King Baudouin Foundation
rue Brederodestraat 21
1000 Brussels,
Belgium
T: +32-2-549 02 31
F: +32 2 549 02 89
E: tge@kbs-frb.be
www.kbs-frb.be
France
Fondation de France
40 Avenue Hoche
75008 Paris, France
T: +33-1-44 21 87 60
E: tge@fdf.org
www.fdf.org
Germany
— Option A
Maecenata Stiftung
Linienstrasse 139/140
D–10115 Berlin,
Germany
T: +49 30 2838 7909
F: +49 30 2838 7910
E: tge@maecenata.eu
www.transnationalgiving.de
— Option B
Forum Wiedenest e.V.
Eichendorffstr. 2
D-51702 Bergneustadt,
Germany
T: +49-2261-406-0
F: +49-2261-406-155
E: info@wiedenest.de
www.wiedenest.de
Bank: Volksbank Oberberg eG
Bankleitzahl: 384 621 35
Konto-Nummer: 220 270 0015
INF projects registered with Forum Wiedenest:
61740 INF-Projekte allgemein
61750 GP Krankenhaus – Green-Pastures -Leprosy Hospital
61770 Jumla – med. Arbeit
61820 Lepra-Arbeit Nepal/mildtätig
61830 PFR Partnership for Rehab./mildtätig
61900 Poor Fund – Krankenhaus-Behandlungen für Ärmste Leute
Netherlands
Oranje Fonds
Maliebaan 18 3581 CP Utrecht,
The Netherlands
T: +31-30-656 45 24
F: +31-30-656 22 04
E: tge@oranjefonds.nl
www.oranjefonds.nl
Switzerland
Swiss Philanthropy Foundation
c/o BMG Avocats 8C av de Champel
CP 385 – 1211 Genève 12
Switzerland
T: +41-22-321 77 37
E: contact@swissphilanthropy.ch
www.swissphilanthropy.ch