International Day of People with Disability 2025
Today, 3 December, is International Day of People with Disability. An estimated 1.3 billion people worldwide experience a significant disability today. Today we are reminded that access – to education, work, opportunities, and healthcare – is the key to creating accessible societies. Disability inclusion is a key component of ADRA’s development projects as we work […]
Seven years on: an update from Bhagwati
Long-lasting transformational change in Nepal Earlier this year, staff members Ashley and Luke were in Nepal. During their visit, they had the opportunity to meet with Bhagwati. We first shared Bhagwati’s story with you in June 2018. After her husband fell ill, Bhagwati was left to raise her children and maintain the household alone. But […]
Help A Mother Secure Her Family’s Future
Lila lives in rural Nepal with her ten-year-old son, Sanjay*. Like so many mothers in rural Nepal, Lila has to raise her children and run the household alone. With very few local jobs, Lila’s husband has to migrate to India for work, leaving his family behind for months at a time. “We were in a […]
Creating entrepreneurship opportunities in Nepal
Nami lives in rural Nepal with her husband and two sons. Together with her husband she did physical labour to earn an income. But the work was taxing, and the pay was poor. She struggled to meet her day-to-day expenses. “I wanted to start my own business, but this was impossible because we did not […]
Women’s Empowerment in Nepal – Purna’s Story
“I had to experience every day that it is difficult for a woman to lead in my village.” Purna lives in rural Nepal where she runs her own small business growing and selling vegetables. Her husband migrates for work, leaving Purna to care for her children and the household on her own. But Purna’s community […]
ADRA Delivers Aid After Nepal Earthquakes
ADRA has scaled up its National Emergency Management Plan (NEMP) to assist people affected by multiple powerful earthquakes that have struck Nepal since October 3. Strong seismic activity has left a trail of devastation in the country, with the most recent quake, measuring 6.4 on 3 November 2023, hitting the Jajarkot and Rukum districts of […]
Gauri’s Story – International Women’s Day 2022
Gauri was married off at just 13 years of age. Living in rural Nepal, this is sadly the case for far too many girls just like Gauri. Widespread poverty forces parents’ hands to either marry their children off or be left with another mouth they cannot feed. But with girls married off at such a […]
The Pickle Sisters
“Before we did not come out of the house,” says Mina, one of three Nepalese women who together are known as the ‘Pickle Sisters.’ “We just had to do housework, cut grass and collect firewood.” Sadly, the story is the same for many women in Nepal, with generational poverty and traditional gender roles leaving little […]
Bhagwati’s Amazing Story
In a small hillside village in western Nepal, Bhagwati kneels beside the fire and warms her hands in front of red-hot coals. As she prepares breakfast for her two children, the sun creeps above the fog – its warm glow beginning to heat the chilled air. On the menu this morning is dal bhat, a […]
ADRA Responds to Nepal Flooding
Severe flooding in Nepal, India and Bangladesh has killed more than 1200 people and left millions of people displaced. As a global network, ADRA is responding to assist thousands of people in Nepal affected by this crisis. In Rautahat, ADRA has already distributed shelter items, food packages and hygiene kits to 450 households. In Sarlahi, Banke and Bardiya, […]