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Achham farmers no longer chase markets as traders reach remote villages

Achham, Sept. 28 -- Until a few years ago, farmers in Achham's remote villages faced a major hurdle even when they could produce crops and livestock: finding a market. Whether it was maize, ginger, t... Read More


In Achham, fewer children means fewer classrooms

Achham, Sept. 25 -- Until a few years ago, the Bhagawati Early Childhood Development Centre in Achham often reverberated with the laughter and chatter of children. Now it has fallen silent. The class... Read More


Congress to elect thousands of young faces to its ranks

Achham/kathmandu, Sept. 24 -- Krishna Thapa, 24, of Bajura went to India looking for work. He worked as a security guard in Delhi and Mumbai and took jobs washing cars and working in hotels. But he di... Read More


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