An LWF supported women’s cooperative against gender-based violence in Nepal
(LWI) - When neighbors attack her verbally, Rita Lama now presses the record button on her mobile phone. “The recording is evidence if I have to fight a case in…
LWF and Islamic Relief Worldwide train builders in quake-proof construction
(LWI) - Tashi Tamang is busy. The 30-year-old mason from Ramche in Nepal’s central Rasuwa district has just finished the two-storey building of Seti Bhume High…
A former house servant becomes an advocate against bonded labor
(LWI) It was a foggy November morning in Kailali district, western Nepal, when Basanti Chaudhary (32) received a phone call. Her brother-in-law told her that she had won the…
(LWI) Less than a year ago, 48-year-old Gapalmo Thokra and her husband Thsering Fincho Thokra (50), residents of Thangdur village in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, had to spend up to four hours every…
Incessant rainfalls and floods have caused death and destruction in Southern Nepal. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), 143 people have been killed, 43 injured and 30 have gone missing in…
“Result of increased recognition of the two organizations’ expertise and capacities”
In Nepal, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) World Service and Caritas Internationalis will closely collaborate in humanitarian and development work.…
Re-building Homes and Lives after Devastating 2015 Earthquake
(LWI) - Building her own home has been a dream for Kali Kamini, known in her Nepali village as ‘Grandma’ – and her dream became reality thanks to The Lutheran World Federation…
(LWI) – The floods which swept his crops away and wreaked havoc in his village took Ganga Bahadur Bhujel, 58, by surprise: “We never had a flood like this before. We took it for granted…
(LWI) - Goma Timalsina lives a dignified life thanks to her local women’s cooperative, which is supported by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Nepal. In the year since joining, the resident…
