Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 in Rolpa and Pyuthan
Bringing women and other marginalized groups into technology results in more creative solutions and has greater potential for innovations that meet women’s needs and promote gender equality. “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.” Hence, the 113th International Women’s day […]
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. […]
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 […]
Landless, But not Hopeless
The ‘Local Initiative to Reduce Impact of Climate Change’ (LIRIC) project is being implemented in six local levels of the Mahottari and Dhanusha districts of Madhesh province, Nepal. A total of 87 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) were formed to implement projects in community, however the economic and social situation of each CSO is not equal. Some […]
Panel discussion on GESI organized
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) are important factors of empowerment and development of the community and initiatives to the processes by which people’s well-being changes. There need to explore and examine regularly the policy interest in GESI matters where analyzing social and gender relations and the policy work and practice to the promotion of […]
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 […]
