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Publications and Documents

FY21 annual report

FY20 annual report

Most recent IRS Form 990

Social Media

Follow ETC on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (@ETC_Nepal).

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).

 

 

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 2022:

Market day

Market day

This family is preparing to take some recently harvested produce to sell at their area market. Photo from April 2022

Market day

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Kitchen gardens are thriving

Kitchen gardens are thriving

This ETC women's group member is one of more than 1,000 who have received training and resources to grow kitchen gardens year-round. Photo from April 2022

Kitchen gardens are thriving

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Container gardens - practical for everyone

Container gardens - practical for everyone

Landless women may be able to borrow small plots from their women's group peers for kitchen gardens, but can also grow container gardens using readily available tubs, large plastic feed/rice bags, and even repurposed bottles! This is also great for flood-prone areas. Photo from March 2022

Container gardens - practical for everyone

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ECD classroom adopting best practices

ECD classroom adopting best practices

The early childhood development (pre-k/kindergarten) teacher here at Shivnagar Secondary School has participated in our training and is incorporating more creative activities into her students' days. Here they are drawing a still life and conversing among themselves. Photo from March 2022

ECD classroom adopting best practices

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Happy 112th International Women's Day!

Happy 112th International Women's Day!

Theme: "Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow." Photo from March 2022

Happy 112th International Women's Day!

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Pre-primary teacher training

Pre-primary teacher training

More than 20 pre-k/kindergarten teachers participated in three days of practical training sponsored by ETC. Photo from March 2022

Pre-primary teacher training

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ECD classroom

ECD classroom

The buildings are for the most part structurally sound, but there is great need for classroom materials, furniture, and teacher training. Photo from Feb. 2022

ECD classroom

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Market gardening: cauliflower

Market gardening: cauliflower

Four dozen ETC women's group members have already received training and supplies to start their own market gardening businesses. We'll offer this for more women in the months and years to come! Photo from Feb. 2022

Market gardening: cauliflower

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One of our three demonstration farms

One of our three demonstration farms

These venues offer a convenient location for practical, hands-on horticultural training. Photo from Feb. 2022

One of our three demonstration farms

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Say cheese!

Say cheese!

These young students at BP Saraswoti Basic School hammed it up for the camera! Photo from Jan. 2022

Say cheese!

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Outdoor class, Shehara Basic School

Outdoor class, Shehara Basic School

It's common practice for classes to meet outside when the weather is nice enough, and when it may in fact be chillier inside! Photo from Jan. 2022

Outdoor class, Shehara Basic School

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Toilet construction

Toilet construction

When the schools aren't open, ETC can still help by supporting the construction of new sanitary toilets. These lovely tiles are locally sourced and easy to keep clean. Photo from Jan. 2022

Toilet construction

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Income-generating activities

Income-generating activities

This ETC women's group member is among those who already have been able to sell excess produce (potatoes, in this case) at a local market! Photo from Jan. 2022

Income-generating activities

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    Market day

    Market day

    This family is preparing to take some recently harvested produce to sell at their area market. Photo from April 2022
    View More
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    Kitchen gardens are thriving

    Kitchen gardens are thriving

    This ETC women's group member is one of more than 1,000 who have received training and resources to grow kitchen gardens year-round. Photo from April 2022
    View More
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    >
    Container gardens - practical for everyone

    Container gardens - practical for everyone

    Landless women may be able to borrow small plots from their women's group peers for kitchen gardens, but can also grow container gardens using readily available tubs, large plastic feed/rice bags, and even repurposed bottles! This is also great for flood-prone areas. Photo from March 2022
    View More
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    ECD classroom adopting best practices

    ECD classroom adopting best practices

    The early childhood development (pre-k/kindergarten) teacher here at Shivnagar Secondary School has participated in our training and is incorporating more creative activities into her students' days. Here they are drawing a still life and conversing among themselves. Photo from March 2022
    View More
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    Happy 112th International Women's Day!

    Happy 112th International Women's Day!

    Theme: "Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow." Photo from March 2022
    View More
  • <
    >
    Pre-primary teacher training

    Pre-primary teacher training

    More than 20 pre-k/kindergarten teachers participated in three days of practical training sponsored by ETC. Photo from March 2022
    View More
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    >
    ECD classroom

    ECD classroom

    The buildings are for the most part structurally sound, but there is great need for classroom materials, furniture, and teacher training. Photo from Feb. 2022
    View More
  • <
    >
    Market gardening: cauliflower

    Market gardening: cauliflower

    Four dozen ETC women's group members have already received training and supplies to start their own market gardening businesses. We'll offer this for more women in the months and years to come! Photo from Feb. 2022
    View More
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    >
    One of our three demonstration farms

    One of our three demonstration farms

    These venues offer a convenient location for practical, hands-on horticultural training. Photo from Feb. 2022
    View More
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    >
    Say cheese!

    Say cheese!

    These young students at BP Saraswoti Basic School hammed it up for the camera! Photo from Jan. 2022
    View More
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    >
    Outdoor class, Shehara Basic School

    Outdoor class, Shehara Basic School

    It's common practice for classes to meet outside when the weather is nice enough, and when it may in fact be chillier inside! Photo from Jan. 2022
    View More
  • <
    >
    Toilet construction

    Toilet construction

    When the schools aren't open, ETC can still help by supporting the construction of new sanitary toilets. These lovely tiles are locally sourced and easy to keep clean. Photo from Jan. 2022
    View More
  • <
    >
    Income-generating activities

    Income-generating activities

    This ETC women's group member is among those who already have been able to sell excess produce (potatoes, in this case) at a local market! Photo from Jan. 2022
    View More

 

From 2021:

Morning assembly

Morning assembly

Morning assembly outside at Saraswoti Basic School, Ward 4, Ramdhuni Municipality. Photo from Dec. 2021

Morning assembly

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Seedling distribution

Seedling distribution

A Leader Farmer distributes vegetable seedlings to her women's group peers. Photo from Dec. 2021

Seedling distribution

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Demonstration farm prep

Demonstration farm prep

This demonstration farm will be the venue for many hands-on, practical agricultural training activities in years to com. Photo from Dec. 2021

Demonstration farm prep

View More
Market gardening training

Market gardening training

ETC has provided training and resources for 50 women to start market gardening enterprises, growing such crops as cabbage, cauliflower, ginger, onions, and garlic. Photo from Nov. 2021

Market gardening training

View More
Any available space can grow food!

Any available space can grow food!

Women whose families own little or no land can use any small, scattered spaces available to them to grow their kitchen gardens. Photo from Nov. 2021

Any available space can grow food!

View More
Prenatal health and nutrition support

Prenatal health and nutrition support

ETC is presently supporting 16 pregnant women by providing health information and nutritional support. We also encourage them to make good use of their local health posts. Photo from Nov. 2021

Prenatal health and nutrition support

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Ram Kanaka WG

Ram Kanaka WG

Members of Ram Kanaka Women's Group in Ward 9 of Ramdhuni Municipality at their group management training, Oct. 2021

Ram Kanaka WG

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Women's group management training

Women's group management training

All 44 women's groups have received, or will receive, training to help them continue to run the groups effectively and indefinitely. Photo from Oct. 2021

Women's group management training

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Kitchen garden status

Kitchen garden status

The recent (late, heavy) rains have damaged some of the plants, so we shall see how the harvest is, come November/early December. Photo from Oct. 2021

Kitchen garden status

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Schools are open again!

Schools are open again!

A Ramdhuni classroom, late Sept. 2021

Schools are open again!

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Schools are open again 2!

Schools are open again 2!

A primary school classroom in Ramdhuni, late Sept. 2021

Schools are open again 2!

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Agricultural resource distribution

Agricultural resource distribution

All 1,000+ of our women's group members receive seeds and tools for their kitchen gardens. Photo from Sept. 2021

Agricultural resource distribution

View More
Practical agricultural training

Practical agricultural training

Hands-on training ensures that the knowledge will be well understood and consistently used in the future. Photo from Sept. 2021

Practical agricultural training

View More
Group management training

Group management training

Our women's group members gain skills to help them manage the groups after ETC has moved on to work in other villages. Photo from Sept. 2021

Group management training

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Students studying together at home

Students studying together at home

They're working hard to keep up with their studies until they can go back to school, Aug. 2021

Students studying together at home

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Schools are still closed, but teachers are visiting students

Schools are still closed, but teachers are visiting students

Many teachers are going to children's homes to teach them in small groups, Aug. 2021

Schools are still closed, but teachers are visiting students

View More
Tree planting

Tree planting

We've distributed tree seedlings for planting at Ramdhuni Secondary School, Aug. 2021

Tree planting

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New women's groups receiving masks and soap

New women's groups receiving masks and soap

ETC/Save the Earth continues to support COVID prevention in Ramdhuni Municipality, and in our wards, the population is taking it very seriously and wearing their masks, Aug. 2021

New women's groups receiving masks and soap

View More
Promoting mask usage

Promoting mask usage

In partnership with the municipality and other local organizations, ETC/Save the Earth is offering COVID prevention training and continues to distribute masks and soap, Aug. 2021

Promoting mask usage

View More
Fruit tree sapling distribution

Fruit tree sapling distribution

ETC distributed mango, lichee, and jackfruit tree saplings to members of four women's groups, July 2021

Fruit tree sapling distribution

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WG members attending ward meeting

WG members attending ward meeting

Members of ETC's women's groups attended a ward-level government meeting to share information about our activities, July 2021

WG members attending ward meeting

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A thriving kitchen garden

A thriving kitchen garden

An ETC women's group member in Ramdhuni shows her thriving kitchen garden, June 2021

A thriving kitchen garden

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Microcredit fund management

Microcredit fund management

Women's group members distributing their self-managed microcredit funds, June 2021

Microcredit fund management

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COVID prevention

COVID prevention

ETC and Save the Earth produced these illustrated COVID prevention posters; this one is on the outer gate of a school in Ramdhuni, May 2021

COVID prevention

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A WG with new supply of masks & soap

A WG with new supply of masks & soap

We are also providing basic information (e.g., about the importance of frequently washing masks and hands) at the beginning of the monthly women's group meetings, May 2021

A WG with new supply of masks & soap

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Seed money

Seed money

Once a women's group collects 10,000 rupees for its self-managed microcredit fund, that amount is being matched at 50__5_5_5__ by the local municipal government and 100__5_5_5__ by ETC. The money will help members start and grow their own small businesses. (May 2021)

Seed money

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More masks and soap distributed!

More masks and soap distributed!

In our ongoing efforts to keep the COVID positive rate as low as possible in Ramdhuni, ETC and Save the Earth distributed more soap and washable masks for all 500+ women's group members and their families, May 2021

More masks and soap distributed!

View More
Sahera Women's Group leader at seedling nursery

Sahera Women's Group leader at seedling nursery

This Korsani pepper seedling nursery is located on the property of a women's group member whose family has a bit of extra land that they can allow to be used in this way, for the ultimate benefit of the entire women's group, March 2021

Sahera Women's Group leader at seedling nursery

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Women's group members receive kitchen garden seedlings

Women's group members receive kitchen garden seedlings

The members of Devestan Women's Group are pictured here with some of the seedlings they'll be planting in their kitchen gardens, March 2021

Women's group members receive kitchen garden seedlings

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Materials distribution at school

Materials distribution at school

Members of ETC's staff and board distributing school supplies to students at Bhagwati Basic School, March 2021

Materials distribution at school

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Everyone loves new school supplies!

Everyone loves new school supplies!

Pictured here are some of the students at a Ramdhuni basic school with the notebooks that ETC has provided, March 2021

Everyone loves new school supplies!

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Weekly market

Weekly market

ETC women's group members will be able to sell their own produce in this market! (Photo from March 2021)

Weekly market

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Livestock training is beginning

Livestock training is beginning

ETC's Sustainable Agricultural Development Officer, Bisam Prasad Mahato, distributes chicks to aspiring women poultry farmers in Ramdhuni, March 2021

Livestock training is beginning

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Ducklings distributed to women farmers

Ducklings distributed to women farmers

Members of Hariali Women's Group received 10 ducklings and antibiotics to protect them while they're so little and vulnerable, March 2021

Ducklings distributed to women farmers

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Horticultural training has begun

Horticultural training has begun

ETC women's group members receive hands-on training to grow more and better food, year-round, in their kitchen gardens, Feb. 2021

Horticultural training has begun

View More
Leader Farmer of Karma Women's Group

Leader Farmer of Karma Women's Group

As the LF for her women's group, she will play a key role in helping her peers gain agricultural skills and resources. Photo from Feb. 2021

Leader Farmer of Karma Women's Group

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Ram Janaki School

Ram Janaki School

A classroom in Ram Janaki School, Ramdhuni Municipality, Feb. 2021

Ram Janaki School

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Women's group formation

Women's group formation

The woman chosen by her peers to be the secretary of this new women's group is learning to take meeting notes, Jan. 2021

Women's group formation

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    Morning assembly

    Morning assembly

    Morning assembly outside at Saraswoti Basic School, Ward 4, Ramdhuni Municipality. Photo from Dec. 2021
    View More
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    Seedling distribution

    Seedling distribution

    A Leader Farmer distributes vegetable seedlings to her women's group peers. Photo from Dec. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Demonstration farm prep

    Demonstration farm prep

    This demonstration farm will be the venue for many hands-on, practical agricultural training activities in years to com. Photo from Dec. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Market gardening training

    Market gardening training

    ETC has provided training and resources for 50 women to start market gardening enterprises, growing such crops as cabbage, cauliflower, ginger, onions, and garlic. Photo from Nov. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Any available space can grow food!

    Any available space can grow food!

    Women whose families own little or no land can use any small, scattered spaces available to them to grow their kitchen gardens. Photo from Nov. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Prenatal health and nutrition support

    Prenatal health and nutrition support

    ETC is presently supporting 16 pregnant women by providing health information and nutritional support. We also encourage them to make good use of their local health posts. Photo from Nov. 2021
    View More
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    >
    Ram Kanaka WG

    Ram Kanaka WG

    Members of Ram Kanaka Women's Group in Ward 9 of Ramdhuni Municipality at their group management training, Oct. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Women's group management training

    Women's group management training

    All 44 women's groups have received, or will receive, training to help them continue to run the groups effectively and indefinitely. Photo from Oct. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Kitchen garden status

    Kitchen garden status

    The recent (late, heavy) rains have damaged some of the plants, so we shall see how the harvest is, come November/early December. Photo from Oct. 2021
    View More
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    >
    Schools are open again!

    Schools are open again!

    A Ramdhuni classroom, late Sept. 2021
    View More
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    Schools are open again 2!

    Schools are open again 2!

    A primary school classroom in Ramdhuni, late Sept. 2021
    View More
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    >
    Agricultural resource distribution

    Agricultural resource distribution

    All 1,000+ of our women's group members receive seeds and tools for their kitchen gardens. Photo from Sept. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Practical agricultural training

    Practical agricultural training

    Hands-on training ensures that the knowledge will be well understood and consistently used in the future. Photo from Sept. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Group management training

    Group management training

    Our women's group members gain skills to help them manage the groups after ETC has moved on to work in other villages. Photo from Sept. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Students studying together at home

    Students studying together at home

    They're working hard to keep up with their studies until they can go back to school, Aug. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Schools are still closed, but teachers are visiting students

    Schools are still closed, but teachers are visiting students

    Many teachers are going to children's homes to teach them in small groups, Aug. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Tree planting

    Tree planting

    We've distributed tree seedlings for planting at Ramdhuni Secondary School, Aug. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    New women's groups receiving masks and soap

    New women's groups receiving masks and soap

    ETC/Save the Earth continues to support COVID prevention in Ramdhuni Municipality, and in our wards, the population is taking it very seriously and wearing their masks, Aug. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Promoting mask usage

    Promoting mask usage

    In partnership with the municipality and other local organizations, ETC/Save the Earth is offering COVID prevention training and continues to distribute masks and soap, Aug. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Fruit tree sapling distribution

    Fruit tree sapling distribution

    ETC distributed mango, lichee, and jackfruit tree saplings to members of four women's groups, July 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    WG members attending ward meeting

    WG members attending ward meeting

    Members of ETC's women's groups attended a ward-level government meeting to share information about our activities, July 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    A thriving kitchen garden

    A thriving kitchen garden

    An ETC women's group member in Ramdhuni shows her thriving kitchen garden, June 2021
    View More
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    >
    Microcredit fund management

    Microcredit fund management

    Women's group members distributing their self-managed microcredit funds, June 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    COVID prevention

    COVID prevention

    ETC and Save the Earth produced these illustrated COVID prevention posters; this one is on the outer gate of a school in Ramdhuni, May 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    A WG with new supply of masks & soap

    A WG with new supply of masks & soap

    We are also providing basic information (e.g., about the importance of frequently washing masks and hands) at the beginning of the monthly women's group meetings, May 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Seed money

    Seed money

    Once a women's group collects 10,000 rupees for its self-managed microcredit fund, that amount is being matched at 50% by the local municipal government and 100% by ETC. The money will help members start and grow their own small businesses. (May 2021)
    View More
  • <
    >
    More masks and soap distributed!

    More masks and soap distributed!

    In our ongoing efforts to keep the COVID positive rate as low as possible in Ramdhuni, ETC and Save the Earth distributed more soap and washable masks for all 500+ women's group members and their families, May 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Sahera Women's Group leader at seedling nursery

    Sahera Women's Group leader at seedling nursery

    This Korsani pepper seedling nursery is located on the property of a women's group member whose family has a bit of extra land that they can allow to be used in this way, for the ultimate benefit of the entire women's group, March 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Women's group members receive kitchen garden seedlings

    Women's group members receive kitchen garden seedlings

    The members of Devestan Women's Group are pictured here with some of the seedlings they'll be planting in their kitchen gardens, March 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Materials distribution at school

    Materials distribution at school

    Members of ETC's staff and board distributing school supplies to students at Bhagwati Basic School, March 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Everyone loves new school supplies!

    Everyone loves new school supplies!

    Pictured here are some of the students at a Ramdhuni basic school with the notebooks that ETC has provided, March 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Weekly market

    Weekly market

    ETC women's group members will be able to sell their own produce in this market! (Photo from March 2021)
    View More
  • <
    >
    Livestock training is beginning

    Livestock training is beginning

    ETC's Sustainable Agricultural Development Officer, Bisam Prasad Mahato, distributes chicks to aspiring women poultry farmers in Ramdhuni, March 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Ducklings distributed to women farmers

    Ducklings distributed to women farmers

    Members of Hariali Women's Group received 10 ducklings and antibiotics to protect them while they're so little and vulnerable, March 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Horticultural training has begun

    Horticultural training has begun

    ETC women's group members receive hands-on training to grow more and better food, year-round, in their kitchen gardens, Feb. 2021
    View More
  • <
    >
    Leader Farmer of Karma Women's Group

    Leader Farmer of Karma Women's Group

    As the LF for her women's group, she will play a key role in helping her peers gain agricultural skills and resources. Photo from Feb. 2021
    View More
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    Ram Janaki School

    Ram Janaki School

    A classroom in Ram Janaki School, Ramdhuni Municipality, Feb. 2021
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    Women's group formation

    Women's group formation

    The woman chosen by her peers to be the secretary of this new women's group is learning to take meeting notes, Jan. 2021
    View More

 

From 2020:

Mask and soap distribution

Mask and soap distribution

ETC and Save the Earth distributed washable masks and a 3 months' supply of soap to 1,500 families in Ramdhuni, Sept. 2020

Mask and soap distribution

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2020 fashion!

2020 fashion!

Children in Ramdhuni sporting their new masks, Oct. 2020

2020 fashion!

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Mask and soap distribution

Mask and soap distribution

A mother and child with their new supply of masks and soap, Sept. 2020

Mask and soap distribution

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Proper hygiene is important

Proper hygiene is important

Demonstrating best practices in hand-washing to children, Oct. 2020

Proper hygiene is important

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Kitchen garden, Dec. 2020

Kitchen garden, Dec. 2020

This is a kitchen garden in Ramdhuni Municipality. With ETC's resources and training, the family will be able to grow more food, year-round.

Kitchen garden, Dec. 2020

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Classroom, Dec. 2020

Classroom, Dec. 2020

This elementary school class in Ramdhuni Municipality is well-attended but can use some resources

Classroom, Dec. 2020

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    Mask and soap distribution

    Mask and soap distribution

    ETC and Save the Earth distributed washable masks and a 3 months' supply of soap to 1,500 families in Ramdhuni, Sept. 2020
    View More
  • <
    >
    2020 fashion!

    2020 fashion!

    Children in Ramdhuni sporting their new masks, Oct. 2020
    View More
  • <
    >
    Mask and soap distribution

    Mask and soap distribution

    A mother and child with their new supply of masks and soap, Sept. 2020
    View More
  • <
    >
    Proper hygiene is important

    Proper hygiene is important

    Demonstrating best practices in hand-washing to children, Oct. 2020
    View More
  • <
    >
    Kitchen garden, Dec. 2020

    Kitchen garden, Dec. 2020

    This is a kitchen garden in Ramdhuni Municipality. With ETC's resources and training, the family will be able to grow more food, year-round.
    View More
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    Classroom, Dec. 2020

    Classroom, Dec. 2020

    This elementary school class in Ramdhuni Municipality is well-attended but can use some resources
    View More

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