CASE STORIES
Call for Justice
Story from Kapilbastu under Good Governance
It began with home visits by a group of volunteers to ensure children are better protected in families. In partnership with Kapilbastu Institution Development Committee (KIDC), UMN formed a child protection committee to look closely into issues of child marriage, child abuse, child labour...
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Well Nourished!
Story from Doti under Health
Mothers with children between the age of six months and five years visited the Positive Deviance Hearth (PD Hearth) Centre located in Doti. Mothers and caretakers of children who are identified as malnourished are encouraged to come to the centre.
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Learning is Fun
Story from Rukum under Education
There are now 300 students enrolled from Early Childhood Development classes to Grade 8 at Shree Saraswati Basic School. But earlier, this school which is located in a remote village of Shyala, Rukum West, survived in a poor condition without any safe classroom management. Without any compound wall, even the cattle...
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Enjoying Learning
Story from Rukum under Education
When seven-year-old Karuna Budha Magar was first admitted to school, she was surprised to hear her teachers speak in a strange language. Later she found out that it was the Nepali language. She is a Grade 2 student at Tribeni Secondary School in Rukum. Karuna speaks Kham...
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Road Brings Comfort
Story from Rupandehi under Good Governance
Om Bahadur Saru from Nawalparasi is the coordinator of the Ward Citizen Forum. He participated in the Participatory Planning Process facilitators' training organised by UMN's partner Isai Samaj Nawalparasi (ISN) and learned to identify the community issues. He also gained knowledge...
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Confident Ujeli
Story from Bajhang under Health
Ujeli Devi, a Female Community Health Volunteer (FCHV) from Bajhang can now confidently deliver health messages in mothers' group meetings. Earlier, she couldn't speak confidently, let alone conduct meetings and teach in a group.
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Building Bridges
Story from Rupandehi under Integral Development
Bhim Bahadur Rana, 54, from Nawalparasi, pastors a small congregation in Khasuwa village. Bhim tells us about a very sad mishap in his village. "Last year, one student was swept away in the river when he tried to wade through the swollen waters. The suspension bridge constructed a decade...
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Stinging Nettles for Income
Story from Doti under Sustainable Livelihoods
Jailkala Devi is seen picking nettle leaves, blanching and drying them. This ordinary shrub has become a reliable source of income for her. The demand of the nettle leaf powder is growing by the day as people have become aware of its medicinal value. She sells the nettle powder packets...
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The Power of Drama
Story from Sunsari under Peacebuilding
Ayesha Khatun, currently studying in Grade 10, comes from a Muslim family in Sunsari. The legal age of marriage is 20 for both men and women in Nepal, but despite this law girls are still married off early. Child marriage in Ayesha's village (a Muslim community) is not a new thing.
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I Became an Effective Facilitator
Story from Rupandehi under Advocacy
My name is Rupa Rana. I have been working on the Ward Citizen Forum and as a social mobiliser of the Poverty Alleviation Fund, a government-funded project in Dhaubadhi VDC, Nawalparasi. These two roles have given me the opportunity to work closely with social...
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