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…
Sunita Kumari Kohar, 20, a Dalit (so-called lower caste) young woman, is an inhabitant of Mayadevi Rural Municipality in Kapilvastu. She has two elder sisters and two younger brothers. She is now a 12th grader but has…
Empowered and honoured – that’s how 35-year-old Roshanti Gurung from Dhading District feels today. Inspired by a business training she received from UMN’s partner Dhading Christian Society (DCS), today she is successfully managing her own fruit shop. …
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…
The Church of God, Madhumalla, is a small church of just 60 members. To do good work, we don’t always need a big number and lots of educated people or even an educated leader in the church. …
Rev Gajendra Khan Thakuri is Pastor of Budhabare Baptist Church in Letang village, Morang District. There are more than 150 believers in his church. He was looking for the best way to link with and enter into…
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…
Khagendra Thapa pastors a congregation of about 70 believers in a remote village in North Morang, Nepal. After participating in the integral mission workshop organised by UMN in 2008, he considered how he could demonstrate God’s love…