In Nepal, wildlife drove farmers away, lemons bring them back
As crop damage by wild animals forces farmers to abandon their traditional occupation and migrate, lemon farming emerges as a profitable and wildlife-resistant alternative across…
Jyoti Shrestha
Air rescue becomes lifeline for pregnancy emergencies in remote villages of Nepal’s Kavrepalanchok
A presidential scheme launched in 2018 has been providing air ambulance services to save remote area mothers with pregnancy complications.
Unregulated quarrying fuels fear in flood-ravaged Nepali municipality
Despite a July landslide triggered by reckless mining, illegal and dangerous excavation near homes, a school and health post continues in Kavrepalanchok.
Five months after floods in Nepal’s Kavrepalanchok, survivors cling to their crumbling homes in fear
As authorities dillydally in delivering aid for rebuilding, survivors fear the approaching monsoon will leave them stranded.
Flood victims in Nepal trapped in tarp shelters since September
Impoverished families expressed their frustration over what they perceive as government’s indifference to their plight and resettlement.
Seventy-eight dead in recent floods and landslides in Nepal’s Kavre
246 people have lost their lives to date with Kavre, Lalitpur, Dhading, Kathmandu, and Sindhupalchowk as districts with the highest tolls.
Nepali hospital conducts classes for children with disabilities, so their studies are not affected
The Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children treats disabled children and also conducts classes during their treatment, so children can continue their studies.