Strengthening the Disaster Preparedness of Municipalities
In Nepal, we experience earthquakes, landslides, flooding, and drought, among other threats that often devastate people’s lives. Strengthening municipalities’ preparedness ensures they can provide a timely and effective response and assistance with recovery following a disaster. Part of ADRA’s PERCAV project includes working with municipalities to develop Disaster Preparedness and Response Plans (DPRP), including an […]
Joint Efforts to Combat the Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change is a global issue that affects various sectors in Nepal. Changing patterns in temperature, incidences of new insects and diseases, and decreasing soil fertility due to long droughts and erratic rainfall adversely affect human life. The impacts of climate change are not restricted by geographical territories and individual and joint efforts are indispensable […]
Weather Stations to Improve Farming
The impact of climate change is visible across many sectors; however, its effect is observed most prominently in the agriculture sector. Increasing average temperatures, erratic rainfall, flooding and soil erosion, irregular snowfall or rapid snow-melt, new pests, and the drying up of water sources are common impacts of climate change that adversely affect agricultural productivity. […]
Samundri’s Story
Samundri is 51 years old and lives in Mahottari in the Madhesh Province of Nepal. She tries to support her five children by farming a small piece of land near her home while her husband works as a laborer in another field. Unfortunately, this does not provide enough money for all their needs, and she […]
Women’s Health Conference Launch
We are pleased to announce the launch of the first Women’s Health Conference in Nepal, organized by the Nepal Government and development partners working in Nepal. We met last week to launch the conference and unveil the official website. At the event, ADRA Nepal presented the format and concept of the conference sharing the rationale […]
Tackling Violence through School GESI Training
Some young girls and boys experience violence and harassment in, around, and on the way to school. Unfortunately, recent reports have shown that gender based violence within Nepal has increased. With the right training, teachers can play an important role in preventing the expression of gender-based violence in the school setting. They can provide positive […]
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence & 31th International Day of Persons with Disability marked
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual campaign that begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs through International Human Rights Day on 10 December. This year, the 16 days campaign against Gender-Based Violence (GBVs) marked under the GOAL II and PERCAV at […]
Orientation on PSEAH organized
A two batch of orientation on Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (PSEAH) was organized from 12-15 November 2022 at Holeri Rolpa and Bhingri Pyuthan under the GOAL-II project with aiming of sensitizing and capacitated project staff and Women Human Right Defenders (WHRDs) on PSEAH. Total 77 (22 Male and 55 female) participants from Executive […]
Visit From ADRA Austria at LIRIC Project Area
Mr. Wagner Marcel (Director of ADRA Austria) and Mrs. Wagner Corinna (Marketing & PR) visited LIRIC project area to observe the progress of the project on 12-14 October 2022 followed by LIRIC project’s review and training on 16-18 October 2022. Both observed climate field school (CFS) plots on tomato and brinjal, irrigation schemes, drinking water […]
43th Social Service Day was marked at Rolpa and Pyuthan
As per the formal call of the Social Welfare Council (SWC), 43th Social Service Day was marked at Rolpa and Pyuthan on 22 September 2022 with handed over the agriculture materials and goats for contributing to starting up and upgrading their agriculture and livestock-based enterprises. The events were organized jointly in coordination with Swargadwari municipality […]