World Vision Nepal

Once women living in rural Nepal thought they were to blame for getting sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. They suffered in silence, were held hostage to superstitious practices and used makeshift remedies as mud or mustard for treatment.  But together they are learning to stand up for themselves and to speak out on taboo topics to get the proper care and the protection they need.

Sanchita, Manahar and Santosh are among the many young students are in the 13-16 year age group of Bode Higher Secondary School who are now open to discussing HIV and AIDS without any reservations and have been the mouthpiece for behavioural change in their communities.

World Toilet Day was marked in Lamjung Area Development Programme (ADP), World Vision International Nepal, on 19 November with a number of activities in collaboration with the District Sanitation Steering Committee of Lamjung District.

Saraswoti and her children are beneficiaries of Kaski Area Development Programme’s permaculture and organic farming project. A resident of Rishi Danda, a village in Lekhnath Municipality, Kaski, Saraswoti has two daughters and a son, aged 11, 9 and 7, sponsored by World Vision. After her husband left to work outside the country, Saraswoti has been raising her children single-handedly. Six years ago, Saraswoti enrolled herself in the permaculture training offered in the village, and since then, not only has she been growing a variety of vegetables on her own land, but also saving enough money to set up funds in her village.

On 13-14 October, marking the International Strategy on Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Day, People's Caravan on Disaster Risk Reduction was organised in the capital to call on the government to adopt a national strategy on disaster risk management and build a risk free Nepal.

Tara Devi, 19, was cutting grass when the labour pains started. Tara’s waters had already broken at home when she left for the field, but she was too scared to tell her mother-in-law. So they walked for an hour into the forest where they collected grass for their cattle.