Photos and Publications
Publications and Documents
Special supplement: 2023 tour & trek + “When ‘Someday’ Arrives”
Fall 2023 newsletter and appeal
Spring 2023 newsletter and appeal
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).
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).
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 2024:
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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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
From 2023:
Market gardening
Hands-on creative activities
Selling vegetables at market
WG member's tea and food stand
ETC/STE staff
Goat insurance
Cooperative orientation training
Art workshop
Morning assembly
Monsoon season
Public health project completed!
ECE teachers made stuffed toys
Maternal health care
ETC supports public health initiatives
Business planning training
New playground equipment!
International Women's Day 2023
Tech school scholarships awarded
Mushroom cultivation
Extracurricular activities
Garden check-up
New classroom materials!
Market gardening
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Market gardening
Staff agricultural specialist Ram Narayan visits a women’s group member’s field in which tomatoes, mustard greens, and beans are growing well. Photo from Nov. 2023. -
Hands-on creative activities
Students enjoy making clay objects at Thule Mohar Basic School. Photo from Nov. 2023. -
Selling vegetables at market
Sundar Chaudhary and family can make a good profit selling the vegetables they raised at area markets. Photo from Oct. 2023. -
WG member's tea and food stand
This ETC women's group member has opened a village stand where she prepares and sells tea and food. Photo from Oct. 2023. -
ETC/STE staff
The knowledgeable and hard-working staff of ETC and Save the Earth! Photo from Oct. 2023. -
Goat insurance
Goats and pigs are highly valuable to the families we work with. The animals are tagged and insured (at no cost to the families) to help minimize risk. Photo from Sept. 2023. -
Cooperative orientation training
Each of our 44 women's groups will participate in a multi-day training to help prepare them for launching the four cooperatives in the coming year or so. Photo from Sept. 2023 -
Art workshop
Students enjoyed art instruction and produced many works of their own during a three-day extracurricular workshop held during school holidays. Photo from Aug. 2023 -
Morning assembly
Each school has a morning assembly during which attendance is taken, announcements are made, and students do a bit of stretching and singing before going to their respective classrooms. Photo from Aug. 2023 -
Monsoon season
It's monsoon season in Nepal. Photo from July 2023 -
Public health project completed!
In partnership with Ramdhuni Municipality and the recipient families, ETC has constructed 50 toilets at the homes of people who didn't already have them or whose existing toilets were in unusably poor condition. Photo from July 2023 -
ECE teachers made stuffed toys
Early childhood education teachers in some of ETC's supported classrooms made these adorable stuffed toys for their students. Photo from June 2023 -
Maternal health care
ETC and local health post personnel trained volunteers - including some of our own women's group members - to serve as maternal health care liaisons in their communities. Photo from May 2023 -
ETC supports public health initiatives
ETC partnered with local health post personnel to offer cervical cancer screenings for women in Ramdhuni. Photo from April 2023 -
Business planning training
An enthusiastic group of women participated in our recent business planning training sessions. Photo from March 2023 -
New playground equipment!
The new swings are very popular with the kids at one of ETC's supported schools in Ramdhuni! Photo from March 2023 -
International Women's Day 2023
Gathering in Ward 8, Ramdhuni Municipality for IWD 2023 (March 8th) -
Tech school scholarships awarded
We've recently awarded scholarships to these ten young men and women who will train to become engineers and agricultural technicians! Photo from February 2023 -
Mushroom cultivation
ETC and STE have provided training and resources (including tunnel construction materials) for cultivating mushrooms. These can be grown quickly, year-round, and are a good source of income. Photo from February 2023 -
Extracurricular activities
ETC promotes a variety of extracurricular activities, thus adding elements of fun and friendship-building to school! Photo from January 2023 -
Garden check-up
Our staff members visit women's group members' gardens regularly to offer useful advice and suggest resources. Photo from January 2023 -
New classroom materials!
Everyone loves using the new classroom materials provided by ETC and Save the Earth - they're fun AND educational! Photo from January 2023 -
Market gardening
Many of our women's group members, with our training and support, can grow enough food to sell at local and regional markets - increasing their household incomes by 25% or more in many cases. Photo from January 2023
From 2022:
New classroom materials!
Home visits for healthy livestock
Abundant and profitable garden
Goat!
Seedling nursery
Getting ready to sell crafts!
A peek inside a classroom
Group management training
Children's Day
Child clubs are up and running!
Organic pesticide production
Kitchen garden seed distribution
Classroom conditions
Studious girl
Poultry raising
Math and science teacher training
New CLC!
School supplies!
Engaging the parents
A fresh look
Indigenous craft production
Classroom materials for hands-on learning
Market day
Kitchen gardens are thriving
Container gardens - practical for everyone
ECD classroom adopting best practices
Happy 112th International Women's Day!
Pre-primary teacher training
ECD classroom
Market gardening: cauliflower
One of our three demonstration farms
Say cheese!
Outdoor class, Shehara Basic School
Toilet construction
Income-generating activities
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New classroom materials!
These early education teachers (at right, wearing pink) and some of their students are examining new puzzles, shape sorters, and other learning materials for their classroom. Photo from Dec. 2022 -
Home visits for healthy livestock
Our livestock specialist visits women's group members' homes to check up on the health and well-being of the animals, and to provide medicine and advice. Photo from Nov. 2022 -
Abundant and profitable garden
This women's group member, like many of her peers, has grown enough produce in her garden to sell the extra at market - an important addition to household income. Photo from Nov. 2022 -
Goat!
This lady and many others are raising goats, with the help of ETC and STE, for nutrition and income. Photo from Nov. 2022 -
Seedling nursery
The seedlings from this nursery (note the handy "pots"!) will be distributed to our women's group members who have started their own market gardening businesses. Photo from Oct. 2022 -
Getting ready to sell crafts!
This lady participated in our handcraft training in the spring, and is now able to make lovely baskets to sell at market for extra income. Photo from Oct. 2022 -
A peek inside a classroom
This classroom, like so many in our project area, can use furniture and educational materials - and ETC and Save the Earth are able and willing to help! Photo from Oct. 2022 -
Group management training
Women's group officers participate in a team-building exercise at one of our group management training sessions. Photo from Sept. 2022 -
Children's Day
These girls are enjoying the Children's Day 2022 celebration at their school! Photo from Sept. 2022 -
Child clubs are up and running!
ETC and Save the Earth help establish child clubs, through which a variety of fun and enriching extracurricular activities will take place. The clubs will be run by the students with a little help from their teachers. Photo from August 2022 -
Organic pesticide production
Our women's group members learn to produce and use organic pesticides. This improves their crop yields without damaging the environment! Photo from August 2022 -
Kitchen garden seed distribution
ETC and Save the Earth have recently finished distributing the latest round of seeds to our 1,000+ women's group members. As the monsoon season draws to a close, they'll be able to plant these seeds in their kitchen gardens and harvest the produce in a few months. Photo from August 2022 -
Classroom conditions
Many classrooms lack basic equipment and furniture. Thanks to our children's education and classroom sponsors, ETC and Save the Earth will improve the physical environment in Ramdhuni's schools during the coming years! Photo from August 2022 -
Studious girl
This young student is working hard! Now that schools are consistently open again, she and her classmates will all benefit from regular instruction and attendance. Photo from July 2022 -
Poultry raising
This ETC women's group member feeding her chicks has been supported by ETC and Save the Earth. Livestock raising is an excellent way to ensure food security and income generation. Photo from July 2022 -
Math and science teacher training
ETC supports best-practice-based teacher training for teachers at all levels - something they probably wouldn't otherwise have access to in rural Nepal. Photo from June 2022 -
New CLC!
These young ladies are already making good use of the new ETC-supported Community Learning Centre in Ward 8 of Ramdhuni Municipality. At the CLCs, one can find printed resources and space for studying and reading. Photo from June 2022 -
School supplies!
ETC and Save the Earth packed hundreds of backpacks full of useful school supplies, for distribution to our women's group members' children. Photo from May 2022 -
Engaging the parents
Parental involvement is so important to ensuring that kids are enrolled, attending, and truly learning. ETC and Save the Earth hold multiple events every year to encourage parents' active engagement. Photo from May 2022 -
A fresh look
During the spring break, ETC and Save the Earth provided paint and supplies, and parents provided the labor, to spruce up the village schools. Photo from May 2022 -
Indigenous craft production
Fifteen ETC women's group members are receiving training and marketing support to produce and sell indigenous crafts. This is a new and exciting income-generating opportunity for them! Photo from May 2022 -
Classroom materials for hands-on learning
ETC and Save the Earth distributed classroom materials (games, musical instruments, etc.) for use in Ramdhuni schools. Photo from May 2022 -
Market day
This family is preparing to take some recently harvested produce to sell at their area market. Photo from April 2022 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Happy 112th International Women's Day!
Theme: "Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow." Photo from March 2022 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
One of our three demonstration farms
These venues offer a convenient location for practical, hands-on horticultural training. Photo from Feb. 2022 -
Say cheese!
These young students at BP Saraswoti Basic School hammed it up for the camera! Photo from Jan. 2022 -
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 -
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 -
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