by Cath Taylor | Jun 21, 2022 | Uncategorised
WELFARE ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN, TIKAPUR It’s a hot day but trees shade the concrete meeting shelter in which we sit, along with around forty children, aged from seven to seventeen and a handful of parents and teachers. The kids of Sagarmatha Child Club...
by Ben Thurley | Feb 18, 2022 | Uncategorised
For Shanti, a widowed mother, the small group savings and income generation training provided through INF Nepal’s Self-Help groups, were a life saver. She lost her father and one child in sudden, tragic circumstances and found herself without any shelter, nor enough...
by Ben Thurley | Dec 2, 2021 | Uncategorised
My family members and my husband used to say that I was an ugly, peasant woman. They told me that I cannot do anything. Married at a young age, Dhriti’s* life has been marked by tragedy and struggle. Of the four children she gave birth to, three died in their...
by Alice Fraser | Jul 30, 2021 | Uncategorised
Durga was not one of the many Nepalis who were hospitalised with COVID symptoms, but, like many others, the cascading effects of COVID placed her in a very vulnerable situation. Durga has been using a wheelchair for almost 20 years. She suffered the amputation of both...
by Alice Fraser | May 13, 2021 | Uncategorised
Aaista*, her husband Prem* and their four children live in a village in Budhinandha Municipality (Bajura District in Nepal’s West.) Like many families in the region, Prem provided for his family by working as a daily labourer in the local village. In December 2019,...
