Kismat Pun, 22, from Ghunma village of Rukum East lost his father in 2015. It was tough for his mother to survive, so in 2018 she remarried. Kismat then started living at his stepfather’s home and left…
Thirty-six-year old Janak Kami from Pelma Village in Rukum East is an elder at Pelma Church. This village has 120 families with more than 70 households from the Dalit community. Located in a remote area, the village…
Situated in Rukum East, the remote village of Arjal is not served by any motorable roads or telephone networks. The difficult geographical landscape deprives local people of many basic facilities, and leaves them vulnerable to severe environmental,…
On the whole, parents in the remote villages of Rukum East had little awareness about providing support and care to their children for their better future and education. Most parents took very little or no interest in…
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…
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…
Every second Friday, Manisha Pariyar 24, is busy preparing super-flour for her 18-month-old son. The flour, a nutritious mix made from three kinds of cereals (maize, wheat and soybean), is a proven nutritious food for young children.…
It is around end of the spring season. Seed-growing farmers in Kholagaun look very busy with their daily chores of harvesting and threshing their cash crops – onion, radish, and peas – in the field. Parbati Jaisi,…
Outbreaks of diarrhoea don’t usually qualify as disasters, but they are a real threat to remote communities in districts like Rukum, in the middle hills area of Nepal. Although often caused by unsafe water, poor hygiene also…
On a sunny hillside in Rukum, a group of women in bright cotton saris are working in a field – a commonplace scene. But this is a remarkable group of women. Each one is a widow, and…
