Until two years ago, Puja from Rupandehi District was doing fine. Her husband was with her, she did not have to worry at all about her family and life was going well for her. Life took a…
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…
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.…
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…
Fullness of Life:Well-being & Security, Dignity & Respect, Hope & Freedom After the death of her husband, 28-year-old Yanu Maya GC found it very hard to survive and provide for her two children. She worked as a…
Twenty-two-year-old Kausilya Chaudhary belongs to the Madhesi Terai community and lives with her family in Rupandehi. She has one son and one daughter. She is a good facilitator of her adolescent group. In her part of the…
Time is one of the most precious resources village women in Nepal have. With many competing demands – family, household tasks, field work and income earning – women typically work very long days. They’ll be up before…
The term “Anti-Human Trafficking” conjures up images of risky raids on seedy warehouses or shady premises in the red light district. That is certainly part of the story, but UMN’s Anti-Human Trafficking projects approach the issue from…
Ardharbhoot Cooperative is one of UMN’s partners in Rupandehi. It works in Dubiya VDC, Kapilvastu district, implementing health programmes in its VDC where more than 60% of the population are from the Tharu (an ethnic minority) community.…
Nepal is a country of a multitude of different castes and ethnic groups. Many of these experience discrimination and neglect, and are unable to access the resources they need. Bhrikuti Community Learning Center (BCLC) is one…
