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.
