Case Stories

Bye Bye, Uneasy Periods

Menuka Thapa, 14 Debaki Dharam Basic School Ward No. 3, Panchakanya Rural Municipality Nuwakot District “Whenever I had problems during periods, I wou...

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Tube-well, Serving well!

Ward No. 4, Bardagoriya Rural Municipality Kailali District Dhodharpur, a rural settlement having a population of around 400, is around seventy kilome...

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Light at the End of Tunnel

Devi Maya Shrestha, 34 Letang Municipality, Ward No. 2 Morang District In 2004, Devi Maya’s husband, an army man passed away while on duty. Five years...

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Portrait of a Coffee Grower

Dhan Kumari Rana, 48 Thanapati, Ruru Rural Municipality Ward No. 3 Gulmi District Dhan Kumari lives with her two sons and her father-in-law in Gulmi. ...

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Hard Cash for Hard Work

Harka Devi Rawat, 40 Ward No. 7, Chawala, Gaihragaun Rural Municipality, Doti District Harka Devi’s family consists of six members (husband, two daugh...

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Self-employed and Proud

Maya Gurung, 41 Ward No. 5, Madhuwan Municipality Bardiya District Maya’s family is land-poor. To earn a livelihood, her husband worked menial jobs in...

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Pig Farming Transforms Lives

Bhimmati Sherpuja Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality Ward No. 1, Myagdi District Bhimmati and her husband were daily wage laborers and supported their fami...

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Built Back Better

Dhungegada Basic School, Gorkha Municipality, Ward No. 4 Sthanika Basic School,  Arughat Rural Municipality, Ward No. 5 Gorkha District Gorkha, the ep...

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A Room to Read

Malikarjun Secondary School Malikarjun Rural Municipality Ward No. 3 Darchula District Malikarjun Secondary School is a learning space for 442 student...

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Rural School Gets a Makeover

Lamsung Secondary School Ward No. 2, Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality Myagdi District   Lamsung Secondary School located in Lulang, Ward No. 2, Dhau...

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Tiny Tots Learn Quicker

Ward No. 7, Soru Rural Municipality and Ward No. 10, Khatyad Rural Municipality Mugu District In a human, most habits are formed in early stages of li...

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Miss Diligent

Rupa Nepal, 21 Tarkeshwor  Municipality Ward No. 1 Kathmandu District Rupa was a sponsored child of Good Neighbors International Nepal from the fifth ...

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Brilliant Tinkerer

Bharat Budha, 16 Lamki Chuha Municipality Ward No. 1 Kailali District Bharat, a ninth grader at Saraswoti Secondary School, Kauwapur lives with his fa...

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Shy Boy Turns Into a Leader

Darshan Badaila, 16 Purbichauki Rural Municipality Ward No.7, Doti District Darshan was a shy kid and an average student. Unlike other outspoken and a...

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Just The Way He Was

Lalit Dhami, 12, is one of the well-behaved and regular eighth-graders at Malikarjun Higher Secondary School in Darchula District. He lives with his g...

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Free as a Bird

Sabita Pahari, 14, is a seventh grader at Kitini Higher Secondary School in Badikhel, Godawari Municipality.  Pahari, a regular student, class-topper,...

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It’s All In The Computers

Bhanodaya Secondary School, established in 1965, is located in Budhiganga Municipality, Bajura District. 566 girls and 453 boys of different ethniciti...

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A Big Girl Now

Mandira Khadka, 19, lives with her mother, elder brother, and sister in Godawari—a village on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Capital of Nepal. She is an ...

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Diamonds in The Rough

GNI Nepal started working in former Patharaiya Village Development Committee (VDC) in Kailali District in 2007 by sponsoring thirty children. Majority...

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We Can Work It Out

Ramesh (name changed), 10, lives with his mother in Purbichauki Rural Municipality, Doti District. He is a single child, a third grader at Bhawani Bas...

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All You Have to do is Dream

Bahadur Ram Tamata, 23, a permanent resident of Malikarjun Rural Municipality, Darchula District lives with his parents, a brother, and two sisters. F...

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All About Child Marriage

Nitesh Singh, 16, is a tenth grader at Bhawani Secondary School and chairs a child captain group working to end child marriage in his rural municipali...

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Bad Times, Good Times

Scarcity of drinking water has been a long-standing problem among the sixty households in Badikhel, Godawari Municipality.  In the past, they would co...

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A School Saved From Landslide

One hundred and forty students attend Shree Prabhat Basic School in Madi Rural Municipality, Kaski. This school is one of the thirty-two partner schoo...

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Nallu Declared an ODF VDC

Nallu, a scenic Village Development Committee (VDC) about 25 km far from Lagankhel Buspark lies in the southern part of Lalitpur District. There are 5...

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A Journey to Self-employment

Heera Khatri, 38 years old, lives in Ramnagar of Madhuban Municipality in an extended family consisting of her husband, two sons, daughter-in-law, and...

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The Times They Are a Changing

Almost all of the programs, be it at school or in the community, are planned and organized by grownups.  An adult trainer/facilitator/teacher takes ch...

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Self-employed and Successful

Bhim BK (32 years) lives in Meltoli village of Ladagada VDC, Doti District with his wife and three children– one son and two daughters. From the age o...

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Lele, a Successful ODF VDC

Lele is a scenic VDC in Lalitpur District. It takes around 45 minutes from Lagankhel– one of the main city centers in the district to reach there by a...

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A Stitch in Time Saves Life

Askiya Timalsina (10 years) is a sponsored child. She lives with her family in Sikharpa, Lele VDC. It’s a remote area in the southern part of Lalitpur...

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From Brain Tumor to Treatment

Nisha BK (seven years), a GNI Nepal sponsored child, is a resident of Myagdi District.  She is studying in class three at Shree Ramche Primary School....

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Good Change for Young Children

Melina Rokaya (4 years) lives with her parents in the remote village of Kanda in Bajura District. In 2015, at three years of age, her parents put her ...

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Hard Work Always Pays

Udaya Lama (23 years) is a resident of Ward No. 1, Tarkeshwor Municipality. He is a grade twelve student at Sangla Balkumari Higher Secondary School. ...

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Cooperative Empowers Women

Saemual Zero Hunger Community Project (SZHCP) was started in Ladagada VDC, Doti in 2011. The project planned to establish a cooperative which would be...

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A Dream Of Becoming An Athlete

I am Sima (13 years), studying in grade seven at Kalika Lower Secondary School in Tikapur VDC of Kaillai district. We are ex-bonded laborers and belon...

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Leading life towards success

My name is Reena Rokka (17 yrs) and I belong to Dalit (untouchable) community. I live with my parents, two younger sisters and one younger brother in ...

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Hira Gets A New Lease On Life

My name is Hira Devi Nepali (14 years). I live in Ruga-4, Mugu. I study in class seven at Shree Masta Lower Secondary School, Tharpa. Our economic con...

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