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From 2020 and 2021 (Sunsari):
Mask and soap recipients
2020 fashion!
Proper hygiene is important
Kitchen garden, Dec. 2020
Classroom, Dec. 2020
Women's group formation, Jan. 2021
Women's group formation
School water pump
Students in a Ramdhuni classroom
Ram Janaki School
Leader Farmer of Karma Women's Group
Horticultural training has begun
Weekly market
Livestock training is beginning
Ducklings distributed to women farmers
Materials distribution at school
Everyone loves new school supplies!
Sahera Women's Group leader at seedling nursery
Women's group members receive kitchen garden seedlings
Seed money
More masks and soap distributed!
A WG with new supply of masks & soap
COVID prevention
Microcredit fund management
A thriving kitchen garden
Fruit tree sapling distribution
WG members attending ward meeting
Zoom training
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Mask and soap recipients
ETC and Save the Earth distributed washable masks and a 3 months' supply of soap to 1,500 families in Ramdhuni, Sept. 2020 -
2020 fashion!
Children in Ramdhuni sporting their new masks -
Proper hygiene is important
Demonstrating best practices in hand-washing to children -
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. -
Classroom, Dec. 2020
This elementary school class in Ramdhuni Municipality is well-attended but can use some resources -
Women's group formation, Jan. 2021
As of mid-January 2021, ETC had formed 14 new women's groups in Sunsari, with more to come by month-end! -
Women's group formation
The woman chosen by her peers to be group secretary is learning to take meeting notes, Jan. 2021 -
School water pump
This water source at a Ramdhuni school is probably also used by other community members -
Students in a Ramdhuni classroom
Students in Ramdhuni's basic (elementary) schools will benefit from ETC's teacher training and classroom supply provision activities -
Ram Janaki School
A classroom in Ram Janaki School, Ramdhuni Municipality, Feb. 2021 -
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. -
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 -
Weekly market
ETC women's group members will be able to sell their own produce in this market! -
Livestock training is beginning
ETC's Sustainable Agricultural Development Officer, Bisam Prasad Mahato, distributes chicks to aspiring women poultry farmers in Ramdhuni, March 2021 -
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 -
Materials distribution at school
Members of ETC's staff and board distributing school supplies to students at Bhagwati Basic School, March 2021 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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. -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Microcredit fund management
Women's group members distributing their self-managed microcredit funds, June 2020 -
A thriving kitchen garden
An ETC women's group member in Ramdhuni shows her thriving kitchen garden, June 2020 -
Fruit tree sapling distribution
ETC distributed mango, lichee, and jackfruit tree saplings to members of four women's groups, July 2021 -
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 -
Zoom training
ETC staff members in Kathmandu and Sunsari use Zoom to hold meetings and training sessions, July 2021
From 2020 (Dolakha):
Durga Shrestha in her garden
Kiwi Pocket Zone!
Women's group members writing
Back to work after the lockdown!
KTM office staff
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Durga Shrestha in her garden
Ms. Shrestha, a member of ETC's Bhimsen Women's Group, has a thriving garden thanks to training and resources from ETC -
Kiwi Pocket Zone!
ETC has been coordinating with local governmental entities to form a “Kiwi Pocket Zone” (a collaborative kiwi farming project). in the area of Chaithali village in Lapilang VDC. This job-creating, sustainable project will begin at a size of 10 or more hectares, with growth potential. -
Women's group members writing
ETC's women's group members contribute original stories, poems, articles, etc. for publication and distribution both locally and to women's group sponsors worldwide. Many of these women were barely (if at all) literate before ETC came to their villages. -
Back to work after the lockdown!
Mira Rana and Laxmi Basukala in ETC's Kathmandu office, after the COVID-19 lockdown was partially lifted in mid-June. (The office has been cleaned and masks, hand sanitizer, etc. procured for ongoing health and safety.) -
KTM office staff
L to R: Anjoo Lata Singh, Sangeeta Shrestha, Mira Maiya Singh Rana, Laxmi Basukala, Chandi Prasad Shrestha, and Neela Malla