Real stories of change, resilience, and empowerment from the communities we serve across Nepal.
After retiring from his teaching career, Til Bahadur Khadka discovered a new passion and a lucrative livelihood in organic vegetable farming, ultimately earning the title of 'Best Farmer' in his municipality with support from MRC Nepal and UNDP.
With technical and financial support from SGP-MRC Nepal and the local municipality, two dormant community homestays in Rupa Municipality were successfully revived, turning untapped potential into a sustainable source of income and community pride.
Left to raise two daughters alone after a tragic accident, Hathani Tharuni found herself grappling with poverty and landlessness. Today, a humble lease on a marginal riverbed has transformed her life from despair to dignified self-reliance.
From April 2012 to May 2014, MRC Nepal partnered with OFID to transform flood-affected, marginal lands into thriving agricultural hubs across Bara, Makwanpur, and Chitwan. The official field mission reviewed the profound socioeconomic impact.
Like many rural women in Haraiya, Pramila Devi Paswan once surrendered her land to fallow seasons over half the year, struggling daily to feed her 10 dependents on a single meager income. Today, she is a self-made agricultural entrepreneur.
For 45-year-old Bikramiya Chaudary, seasonal food scarcity meant forced labor outside her village. Today, armed with technical support and a vision, she has turned her family's marginal riverbank land into a thriving, high-yield vegetable farm.
Once relying on brewing local liquor to survive—a practice frowned upon by her community—44-year-old Nau Maya Gurung has repurposed her brewing drums to create organic biopesticides, transforming into an exemplary organic farmer.
At 38, Jaya Bahadur Syintan described himself as a 'landless, flood-affected victim with no family.' Grappling with severe, undiagnosed tuberculosis that drove him into deep poverty, MRC Nepal stepped in to help him reclaim his health and his future.
When her husband fell ill and returned from overseas, Bishnu Maya Shrestha was left struggling to support her two school-aged children. Discovering organic farming through a Farmer's Field School changed everything.
In the span of a few short months, Bhupendra Pulami Magar transformed 400 square meters of highly degraded riverbed land into a lucrative cucumber farm, shocking his community and rewriting his family's future.