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A Nepal-based disability-led organisation won AT2030 Frontiers seed funding in December 2025 to open wheelchair and assistive-technology repair hubs in all seven provinces, using 3D-printed spare parts to target an estimated 1,000 repairs where services are scarce.
In Nepal, people with disabilities often face long delays and travel to repair wheelchairs and other assistive devices, because repair services are centralised, leaving much of the country - especially remote provinces - without reliable maintenance support.
Sundar Dhoka Saathi Sewa (SDSS), a disability-led organisation founded by wheelchair user Kosh Bilash Adhikari and based in Lalitpur, was awarded AT2030 Frontiers seed funding in December 2025, following an October 2025 symposium in Kathmandu run by the Royal Academy of Engineering and UCL's Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub. The project, led by Rajuna Singh, will set up repair and maintenance hubs in all seven of Nepal's provinces, 3D-printing spare parts locally and reusing reclaimed materials to customise mobility devices, in partnership with local NGOs and authorities.
The programme targets roughly 1,000 repair services and sits within AT2030, a programme funded by UK International Development.
As a newly seed-funded initiative awarded in December 2025, no completed evaluation or achieved-repair count has yet been published; the 1,000-repair figure is the programme's stated target, not a verified result.
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