Nepal public Awakening Forum (N-PAF) is a non-government and non-profit organization. It was registered in District Administration Office Rukum in 2006 (2063 BS) and affiliated with Social Welfare Council in the same year. “Gender Inclusive and Equitable Society” is the ultimate vision of this organization. 

In the beginning, the organization was run by young people in volunteering way. Organization gained its height gradually and able to put a good impression in community interventions in the theme of social inclusion, community empowerment, health, natural resources conservation, disaster risk reduction, quality education. In the beginning, organization was unfortunate to develop different needful policy and strategies, later with the financial and technical support from UMN Rukum Cluster, the organization developed financial policy, fund raising guidelines, resource management and mobilization guidelines, volunteer management policy, gender and social inclusion policy, monitoring and evaluation policy, climate change policy and so on. N-PAF Rukum is pioneer organization working in the community level establishing women/farmer group, child club, mother group, youth club ensuring their effective mobilization. Organization has promoted more than 110 women groups and25 child clubs. A total of 25000 locals are directly been benefitted till date. Organization has now two field offices, one district field office. Organization always worksin community demand driven philosophy. Organization has direct collaboration with 12 INGOs/NGOs and successfully implemented some key interventions like community support program of Care-Nepal, FAO,Unicef, Community based DRR of UNDP, LGCDP, LGAF of Nepal Government, Food security and women empowerment programs and Community Transformation Project (Pro-act) of UNM Rukum East Cluster and Community Food Security and Empowerment Program of Fastenaktion.