WOMEN GROUPS AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY IN EAST NEPAL BRING CHANGE

Women groups in Sankuwasabha District have built schools, roads, temples, started a micro hydro project and helped to build outhouses in every households of their village. In another report, all of the 57 community forests in the Jhapa District, east Nepal, have invested in various infrastructure projects. Women now make decisions and user committees invest in construction of school buildings, irrigation dams and biogas installation. Some community forests even provide salary to school teachers.
October 16, 18

Himalayan Times, Kantipur