One question rises above all others on the 2-year anniversary of the earthquake in Nepal: how could it take so long to distribute the government reconstruction grant? Until now, less than 2,000 of the over 600,000 eligible households who lost…
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She is the only woman to have ever been accepted into the highest order of shamans.
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Watch our rare footage of Karoria tribesmen hunting for birds in southern Nepal.
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How long time does it take to erect electricity poles in a village? Well, it depends in great part on whether the electricity department provides machinery and/or manpower. If they don’t, as is most often the case, it can take…
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What’s it like to lose your house? To many villagers in the earthquake affected districts, it was indeed a huge economic setback. It costs at least 500,000 rs. – or around 8,000 USD – just to build a traditional…
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Villagers in Palanchok, Kavre, were hoping for the best. A Japanese-funded NGO pledging in May to rebuild 60 to 65 houses, however, did not return. It did clear some rubble with a dozer, following the villagers’ hard work of manually…
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We spent an afternoon down by the river outside Narayanghat watching the children play. Sure, those kids don’t have Ipads or mobile phones – there’s no swings or children’s bikes either. But as this video will show, they have so…
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Palanchok is just one of thousands of villages trying to move on after the earthquake. Expecting an NGO to come and rebuild their houses, villagers are in a rush to clear their land of rubble and debris.