Young engineers and community volunteers collaborating around laptops, maps, and field notes

DCN Fellowship

An open-source fellowship where young engineers in Nepal use tech for social good.

Be Part of DCN Fellowship
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Join

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Fellows, mentors, sponsors, and community groups share how they want to get involved.

Select Projects

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We choose 1-2 real problems with clear users, practical scope, and room for meaningful engineering.

Build in Public

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Small teams work in public GitHub repos with weekly check-ins, code reviews, and mentorship.

Ship & Maintain

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Projects launch as open-source tools with documentation, handoff plans, and a path for maintenance.

Built for communities across Nepal

DCN Fellowship turns engineering talent into practical, open-source tech for social good: tools communities can use, adapt, and benefit from.

About DCN

About DCN

DCN started as a student study group around 10 years ago. Learning in public and helping each other made a lasting difference for its members, many of whom now work around the world. DCN Fellowship is a way to give back in that same spirit: share what you know, ask for help, and turn practice into useful open-source work.

Pilot cohort opening soon

Build something Nepal can use

Join as a fellow, mentor, project lead, or sponsor and help shape the first DCN Fellowship projects.

Submit Interest