Tag: #rural Nepal
Articles tagged with #rural Nepal
Nepal is not a country of villages anymore
New publication says the rural-urban divide is blurring as the two feed on each other
A mine of stories from Gurja
This hidden village in the shadow of Mt Dhaulagiri is a microcosm of rural Nepal
Thinking locally, acting locally
Stone quarry in Lalitpur's Tikabhairav. All photos: SAGAR BUDHATHOKIKonjyosom Rural Municpality is just 30km south of the Ring Road, but it…
Tsering Sumjok is all right
Tsering Sumjok Gurung with German plastic surgeon André Borsche (left) and Peter Hinze (right). Borsche had treated her childhood injury at the…
Educating girls for climate action
Photos: BRITISH EMBASSYAs the UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Girls’ Education, I am lucky enough to meet girls and governments in many…
Giving all Nepalis a shot at the Covid vaccine
State neglect, international apathy, and the climate crisis magnify vaccine inequity in Nepal
Schools of the Air
A student in Khijidemba of Okhaldhunga district, receives a radio set and workbooks distributed through the Promoting Stability in Education…
Nepal’s uneven Covid-19 deaths
The Covid-19 pandemic has now killed more people than the devastating 2015 earthquake. Officially, over 9,700 Nepalis have died due to the…
Portrait of a photographer in rural Nepal
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAThere is a wedding in progress in Jumla’s remote Sinja Valley, and even here guests with smartphones are taking TikTok…
The extraordinary lives of ordinary Nepalis
All photos: HERNE KATHAThe Euro 2020 matches are live on television, and many are watching the replays the next morning. But what is really…
Protecting those who protect us from Covid
Photo: BIKRAM RAIOn 20 May, the Health Ministry released a condolence message for doctors including Ishwor Lal Acharya, Mukesh Chaudhary and…
Protecting those who protect us from Covid
Photo: BIKRAM RAIOn 20 May, the Health Ministry released a condolence message for doctors including Ishwor Lal Acharya, Mukesh Chaudhary and…
It’s an Emergency
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASI1. Oxygen To save lives, Nepal’s most urgent need now is oxygen. Not just cylinders, but oxygen generators, concentrators…
Rural Nepal fights back Covid-19
Jugal Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchok district setting up an isolation ward with oxygen. Photos: Srijana Tamang.Setting the example for the…
Rural Nepal fights back Covid-19
Jugal Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchok district setting up an isolation ward with oxygen. Photos: Srijana Tamang.Setting the example for the…
Saving Nepali mothers on Mother’s Day
Dedicated nurse returns to the village of her birth to run a birthing centre, and save lives during the pandemic
Aid rarely aids agriculture in Nepal
A combination of rampant corruption, wayward planning, donor interest and an utter disregard for intended beneficiaries has delayed Nepal’s…
Ensuring menstrual hygiene during Nepal lockdown
All photos: VSODespite restrictions on gatherings, women across Nepal mark Tij this week, the festival of women, on Friday. Increasingly, Tij…
Returnees may be taking coronavirus to rural Nepal
Nepalis crossing the border into the country through the Gauriphanta checkpost in Dhangadi, Far Western Nepal. Photos: DINESH KHABARA week…
This is how to upgrade Nepal's rural health
Bayalpata Hospital represents a functioning model of accessible and affordable medical care in remote Nepal
Environmental destruction is a medical emergency
Photo: PRAKASH SINGHLast month Kalpana BK delivered a healthy newborn baby on the way to Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, but her placenta did not…
Child marriage in Nepal: eloped at 13, mother by 17
Sita Pariyar is now 45, she has been married 30 years. Shanti BK married as a teen and is now 26. Asha Magar was married at 13, became a mother…
Nothing to lose but their chains
https://youtu.be/W4CZxpM1mrITen years after the government finally abolished bonded debt labour, tens of thousands of Haliyas in western Nepal…
No Dasain in Kalikot
Photo: Seetashma ThapaMore than 200 women have gathered outside the district hospital in Manma, the main town in one of Nepal’s most underserved…