

Adopting a Climate Smart Approach in Home Gardens
“I used to walk 45 minutes down to fetch drinking water. It was impossible to grow any vegetable with the water we carried up spending up to 1.5 hours. We are six members in a family and utilized almost three buckets a day. Growing vegetables in this dry village was impossible during dry season. And in the rainy season we could grow just a few plants of squash, bottle gourd etc. With the use of wastewater, we are now growing vegetables up to nine months per year and using our


Women Begin Group Saving Activities in Supported Cooperative
Khurki Devi Bista is the female leader of a small group of 14 women who are all shareholders of the “Kothbairab Sana Kisan Cooperative” in Bajhang. The cooperative was established in 2015 with 28 members. RVWRMP started to support the Cooperative with specialized Cooperative trainings. The number of shareholders has now increased to 168; this includes 149 women and almost 30% of the shareholders are Dalits, members of the lowest caste in Nepalese society. When RVWRMP decided