BHARDEV, Nepal, Aug 25 (Reuters) - In a village a little over an hour's drive from Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, six women wearing yellow rubber gloves and surgical masks work in a shed, gently ...

Growing up in Jhapa, Sabita Giri often had to cross over to India with her family to buy daily goods and essentials. On one such trip, she overheard some people talking about how the bridge across the ...

Since its founding in 2007, Kopila Valley Children's Home has worked to ensure that children in Surkhet are safe, educated, and loved. Supported by BlinkNow Foundation and developed in close ...

Hupsekot Rural Municipality recently inaugurated a 10-bed coronavirus-dedicated hospital. Municipality chair Laxmi Pandey is at centre. All photos: LAXMI BASNET After the first elections under ...

EAST LONGMEADOW — Next month, Cheri Brady will wrap cash in a silky scarf — a kata — and present it to a village leader in Nepal. The moment will cap a long effort to help Tibetans restore a ...

(CNN)– Deep in the Himalayas, the night rolled in and a girl in a tiny hut lit a fire to keep warm. As she slept, the 15-year-old died of smoke inhalation. She was alone, separated from her community ...

Sudip Thakali now plans to change the roof of his family house from mud to blended cement concrete (BCC) to avoid water ...

Langtang, Nepal – On the morning of April 25, 2015, Nima Chhiring Tamang, 30, left his home in northern Nepal’s Langtang village to spend time with friends in the neighbouring village of Kyanjin Gompa ...

Kathmandu, June 16 -- She can bring life into the world. Yet, when life ends, she's deemed unfit to perform the very rites that honour it. A son and a daughter may be born from the same womb and ...