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One year ago, Pankh Bohora was given a loan.   He lives in a remote community in Western Nepal where more than half the population survives on less than 50c a day. The loan was pulled together by fellow members of his community Self Help Group. At each…

Why advocacy really matters In early 2021, the world looked on aghast as the Delta strain of COVID-19 decimated communities in India. Exhausted medical staff, desperate people carrying oxygen tanks, a death toll that sent fear up the spines of people…

For Your Prayers… WACT Give thanks for the successful visit of INF Australia’s International Programs Manager Russ Hancock, with whom WACT was able to share stories of their work and a vision for the future.…

Why advocacy really matters Scroll through social media, tune into an amateur podcast or flick open your local paper: there have never been more opportunities for ordinary citizens to tell the world what they think. From ‘what I eat in a day’ to opinions…

When we look for the impact of our work with partners in Nepal, we often focus on the material changes – clean water in a village, the ability to earn an income or send children to school. These things are incredibly significant, but there are other equally…

Why advocacy really matters No doubt you’re all familiar with the saying: “If you give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day….  If you teach a man to fish, he’ll eat forever.” Brilliant. It’s a concept we all love – rightly – because it builds on the idea…

In a small room a couple of hours out of Pokhara, Nepal, the rain is coming down hard. It’s been bucketing all night; outside the air is thick and mist circles the village. How long has it been raining? Days? Weeks? Twenty-five-year-old Rhianne, on her…

The Ear Centre is an important part of the care provided at Green Pastures Hospital. It’s one of the only places in Western Nepal where affordable medical treatment is available, with the treatment subsidised for those who have previously found the high…

Santosh Nepali grew up in Western Nepal in a community marked by disadvantage. “I did not have a childhood that parents would dream of for their children. My father left our family – my seven sisters and I, along with our mother – when I was four years…

Thirty five years ago, Caryn Kneale says, a seed was planted in her heart: to serve as a dietician among the people of Nepal. Fast forward to July 2022, when Caryn and her husband Peter are preparing to leave their home and families to relocate to Pokhara,…

Nankala Magar’s journey from a young widow and former Maoist combatant to a rural municipality’s Vice-Chairperson has been long and difficult. Nankala is thirty-seven years old and from Sunchahari Village in Rolpa. She lives with her mother-in-law and…