ABSTRACT
Using bottom-up approach grounded in local cultures and contexts, this chapter presents the case for the decolonised and developmental Nepali social work. It deals with participants’ motivations. The chapter presents participants views on social work education and practice; the unique features of Nepali society that distinguish it from Western society; the social issues to which Nepali social workers are attempting to respond; the development-related activities in which they are engaged; and the issue of marginalisation and the need for political bent social work education and practice in Nepal. Social work has Western influence, which is why most of the social work graduates migrate overseas after completing their degree here. There was some concern about the Western roots of, and influences on, social work education imported from foreign universities and its inability to respond to local developmental and organisational dynamics, and Nepal's sociopolitical context.
