Eco village, can it be our development model?
We live in a rapidly changing world, which is transforming before our eyes. A multitude of pressing concerns such as food security concerns, inequality, climate change, biodiversity loss, and unrestrained urbanization are calling for our immediate attention. Over exploitation of natural resources, misuse of chemical inputs on farms, has created challenges that has threatened life of […]
Local Level Coordination in Udayapur
WOREC walking on her 30th year in Udayapur, has enormous ups and down while paving the path to social justice and equality. Undoubtedly, this will continue until she reaches the vision. Being a change agent, coordination is an essential task for WOREC. Coordination has been used as a tool for social change; developing campaigns, awareness […]
Mother of four children worries after the flood
“Kamala river flooded my home and grain after heavy rainfall. Now I prepare my meals on the road and take shelter in neighbour’s house.” She is a mother of two daughters and two sons. Every year heavy rainfall causes a flood in the eastern part of the country, so she had stored around 40 kg rice and […]
Tulsa, a young change maker in Sindhuli
Tulsa (19) was almost married at the age of 15. Her family fixed her marriage without her knowledge. She rejected the marriage proposal and fought with the family for a week before being able to convince her father. She provided a real example of the death of her friend who was married early, got pregnant […]
Maya leads an independent life now
“It never occurred to me that my husband would leave me one day with my two children behind. I always believe he has a profound love for me but he left without any reason with a son and a daughter behind”, Maya, 35 from Kailali recalls one of the sad chapters of her life. Maya happily […]
Maiya’s struggle for citizenship card
The Interim Constitution of Nepal guarantees the right to identity as a fundamental right. Legal identity documents confirm a state’s acknowledgment of a person’s existence. In Nepal, the citizenship certificate is considered as the most important formal legal document, as it is often a prerequisite for obtaining other identity documents. But it is not easy for rural women to […]
Portable Improved Cooking Solution
Okhaldhunga Rita Nepali, 29, is a single women living with her two daughters. It’s been more than a decade since her husband left her and got married to another woman. Since then, she has been handling home and her daughters solely by selling tea and coffee. She shared her pain, agony and hardship she faced.It […]
Standing together!
A 26-year-old JM had been facing various forms of violence from her own father from the age of 14. Whenever her father was drunk, he tried to abuse her sexually. JM managed to escape from her father many times. She was so frustrated from life, she wanted to kill herself. After the catastrophic earthquake of […]
Shaken but not broken
Pramila (name changed) was enjoying weekend with her son and daughter, when everything started shaking and falling down. People started running outside their houses and screams echoed everywhere. She grabbed both her children and ran to an open area for safety. Her family survived the disaster. She took temporary shelter at Tudikhel, an open ground […]
Making the difference
I used to live with my husband and in-laws. Everything was fine until I gave birth to a baby girl. They cursed me for giving birth to a daughter and started to abuse me. They started treating me like an outsider. I couldn’t live with them. So I went to my maternal home, with my […]