Photos and Publications
Publications and Documents
Fall 2025 newsletter and appeal
Spring 2025 newsletter and appeal
Fifteen Years On, by Linda Farthing
Most recent IRS Form 990 and CPA review
Map showing location of current project area (four adjacent wards of Ramdhuni Municipality: 2, 4, 8, and 9)
Social Media
Follow ETC on Facebook and Instagram (@ETC_Nepal). We usually post weekly. Still getting up and running on Bluesky.
Please also visit our YouTube Channel to view our various short videos, including our 2021 year in review series (four parts, each less than two minutes long).
New video, November 2025: Meet Dayamanti! (with thanks to Nigam Bhandari and Cryptid Films)
Watch the trailer of the award-winning documentary film Baato !
Photos from our work in Ramdhuni Municipality, Sunsari District
Click on any image to see a larger version and to read the entire caption. Photos by ETC and Save the Earth staff and board members.
From 2025:
Women's cooperative officers hard at work
Snack preparation for income generation
Better housing for goats
Balanced diet for farm animals
School supplies distribution
Vermicompost training
First cooperative exec committee meeting!
Mushroom bag assembly
Newly formed cooperative
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Women's cooperative officers hard at work
Officers of the recently formed women's cooperative in Ward 8 meet in the cooperative office to go over the financials and other administrative topics. Based on past experience, we are confident that this cooperative will support local women's financial and social needs for many years to come! Photo from Dec. 2025 -
Snack preparation for income generation
These women were among the first to participate in our recent snack preparation training workshops. Led by a renowned chef in the region, this opportunity provided these women with the skills to earn extra money by catering meetings and events. Photo from Sept. 2025 -
Better housing for goats
Yam, a member of Shiba Women's Group (Ramdhuni-Ward 2), participated in a training to learn how to build a goat shed, using locally available materials. Her goats can now easily get off the ground and under cover (important during monsoon season!). Photo from August 2025 -
Balanced diet for farm animals
This lady and all the other participants in our livestock feed prep workshop have learned how to prepare a nutritionally balanced diet for the goats they raise. Photo from July 2025 -
School supplies distribution
Each spring, near the beginning of the Nepali school year, ETC and Save the Earth distribute useful school materials (including uniforms) to hundreds of children in our supported villages. Photo from June 2025 -
Vermicompost training
Farmers in Ramdhuni Municipality received training and support to build frames/pits for worm-based compost-making. Their gardens and veggie farms will benefit for years to come! Photo from May 2025 -
First cooperative exec committee meeting!
These are the executive committee members of the newly formed Paathivara Women Micro Enterprises Cooperative Ltd. in Ramdhuni Ward 2. We are confident that, as with many other cooperatives that ETC has helped form, this one will grow and thrive for years to come! -
Mushroom bag assembly
Mushroom cultivation is popular in rural Nepal - once the initial training and resource costs are covered, it's relatively quick and lucrative to grow mushrooms. ETC and Save the Earth provide the training and starter resources, such as spores, bags, and materials to build mushroom tunnels. -
Newly formed cooperative
This is one of four newly formed, ETC-supported women's cooperatives in Ramdhuni. As with all of the cooperatives ETC has helped launch, the members will have long-term access to mutual financial, educational, and social support.
From 2024:
Morning assembly
Health and sanitation training
Pre-primary teacher workshop
New toilets
New musical instruments
Distributing school supplies
Earth-friendly farming
Toilet construction work in progress
Sarita's kitchen garden
ECE teachers making classroom materials
International Women's Day 2024
A thriving market garden
Mushroom growing
Field trip! (Literally)
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Morning assembly
Morning assembly at Shankar Basic School in Ramdhuni Ward #2 -
Health and sanitation training
Women's group members attending a health and sanitation training in the local CLC (community learning center - launched a couple of years ago by ETC and Save the Earth!). Photo from October 2024 -
Pre-primary teacher workshop
Pre-primary (early childhood ed.) teachers made colorful educational materials for their classrooms. Photo from October 2024 -
New toilets
ETC and STE, in cooperation with Ramdhuni Municipality and local residents, have built dozens of new toilets at Ward 9 homes. Photo from August 2024 -
New musical instruments
Students at Sanischare School enjoy new musical instruments provided by ETC and STE. Photo from August 2024 -
Distributing school supplies
ETC and STE distribute hundreds of backpacks every year to our women's group members' children. Inside the backpacks are school supplies, uniforms, and even basic health and hygiene items like toothpaste. Photo from June 2024 -
Earth-friendly farming
ETC and STE train farmers to create their own pesticides and fertilizers. It's inexpensive, effective, and Earth-friendly! Photo from June 2024 -
Toilet construction work in progress
ETC, in partnership with Ramdhuni Municipality and the recipient families, is supporting the construction of 170 toilets at people's homes this year. Photo from May 2024 -
Sarita's kitchen garden
Sarita, a member of Milijuli Women's Group, is proud of her thriving kitchen garden! Photo from May 2024 -
ECE teachers making classroom materials
Early childhood education teachers make cheerful, colorful classroom educational materials and decorations. Photo from March 2024 -
International Women's Day 2024
Theme: "Invest in Women, Accelerate Progress." Pictured here, one of ETC's women's groups receiving a cash award for successful activities during the past year. Photo from March 2024 -
A thriving market garden
Sawitri Chaudhary's market gardening enterprise is looking great, even in winter! Photo from Jan. 2024 -
Mushroom growing
ETC has provided training and supplies for women's group members to begin growing mushrooms. These are relatively easy and quick to grow, are high in protein, and sell well. Photo from Jan. 2024 -
Field trip! (Literally)
Members of Golchok Women's Group in Ward 8 visited the farms and gardens of Titriban Women's Group (Ward 2) members. This kind of interaction helps members share knowledge and engage in problem-solving. Photo from Jan. 2024