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Married at 14, a young mother in Nepal now has nowhere to go

Achham, Sept. 21 -- At 14, Naina (name changed) ran away from home to marry. Now, before turning 20, she is a mother of two daughters and facing pressure from her husband's family to end her marriage.... Read More


School students cut snack money to help Bhotekoshi flood victims

Nepal, Sept. 3 -- When members of the students-led child club at Shodasha Secondary School in Mangalsen Municipality-5, Achham, met on Monday to discuss the farewell of a retired head teacher, ninth-g... Read More


Youth networks take lead in tackling Chhaupadi and child marriage

Achham, Aug. 22 -- It has been a year since 15-year-old Dhurba Adhikari became president of the ward-level Child Network in Panchadeval Binayak Municipality-3. Soon after taking charge, the network dr... Read More


The journey for fodder is too often becoming a final one

Nepal, July 27 -- year-old Dammara Dhami had set out to do what countless women and girls in rural Nepal do every day: collect grass for livestock. A week ago, that routine chore turned fatal. Dhami,... Read More


Blind students in Achham battle distance, poverty and barriers to learning

Achham, July 7 -- year-old Lal Bahadur BK, from Rahaf in ward 1 of Turmakhand Rural Municipality in Achham, has been visually impaired since birth. Yet, even after entering his teenage years, he remai... Read More


At 14, she defied her family's plan to marry her late sister's husband

Achham, June 29 -- At 14, Susmita Nepali from ward 6 of Mellekh Rural Municipality in Achham, one of Nepal's most remote far western districts, should have been worrying about homework, school exams a... Read More