Aug 27, 2024 | Chainpur Village, Education, Food, Income, Nepal, South Asia, Sustainable Development, Water, Wellness
From Being Teased to Praised “I was insulted and mocked by people when I started to plant dragon fruit; they thought it was just cactus that was found in jungles,” said Kaushal*, a Transformational Community Development (TCD) active member of the...
Jul 15, 2024 | Chainpur Village, Education, Food, Income, Nepal, South Asia, Sustainable Development, Water, Wellness
Watering the Withering Vine All the families in the community planted maize as a major crop this season since this is the time to cultivate corn. However, there was no rain for a long time, and the crops in the community started drying out. There was a communal...
May 6, 2024 | Chainpur Village, Food, Income, Nepal, South Asia, Sustainable Development, Water
We Found Water! I met with the Transformational Community Development (TCD) Income Generation members who had received seed money and raised their family income. I taught them to take ownership of the TCD program. Some of the farmers returned the seed money to the...
Apr 3, 2024 | Chainpur Village, Education, Income, Nepal, South Asia, Sustainable Development, Wellness
Community Ownership Expands Income Generation I am very excited to report the activities we have done through Transformational Community Development (TCD) this month. We are raising awareness among the community members by teaching the lessons of TCD to meet their...
Feb 7, 2024 | Chainpur Village, Education, Food, Income, Nepal, South Asia, Sustainable Development, Water, Wellness
A Community Transforming Together This month, I have taught community members about the use of clean and pure water for cooking, drinking, and bathing. The Transformational Community Development (TCD) Water Committee is taught to solve water problems within the...
Jan 18, 2024 | Chainpur Village, Education, Food, Income, Nepal, South Asia, Sustainable Development, Wellness
Facing Fear and Loss Together This month, I taught about safety measures the village could take before or during an earthquake. Community members were worried and frightened of earthquakes after the earthquake disasters in Rukum, Jajarkot, and West Nepal. We even...
