Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Kalpana Bhusal – WNN MDG Stories (WNN/GPI) Kathmandu, NEPAL: It’s 7 a.m., and the morning bells are echoing throughout the Hindu temple of Dakshinkali. People crowd the temple area. While some worship the idol inside, others wait in a queue outside for their turn to visit the temple, located 20 kilometers south of Nepal’s capital, [...]
WNN MDG Stories (WNN/GDN) Kathmandu, NEPAL: Most of Nepal‘s agriculture is undertaken by women, but research tailored to their needs is lacking. “We need new technologies that can reduce the drudgery for them,” said Devendra Gauchan, agricultural economist and chief of the socioeconomics and agri-research policy division at the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (Narc). Agriculture supports the [...]
Agya Poudyal – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) Rural Achham, NEPAL: She was brought in an ambulance to one of the most rural hospitals in Nepal – the Bayalpata Hospital. Unconscious and badly bruised, she was a typical case of domestic violence. We accepted her into our hospital. But even before she had regained full consciousness [...]
Nima Kafle - WNN MDG Stories (WNN/GPI): Bhim Dutta NEPAL: Hariya Devi Bhatta, 72, wipes the tears from her eyes as she reflects on what another flood season has stolen from her. “Now there’s nothing left,” she says. “Everything is gone. The flood has wiped out our house and land.” Flooding occurs across the region throughout [...]
Kalpana Bhusal – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) KATHMANDU, NEPAL — The dialysis machine at Bir Hospital, the country’s oldest hospital, runs constantly. Chunni Deuja, 34, is lying on a bed with three other patients. Sometimes she wiggles uncomfortably in the tight space. Sometimes she moans aloud. Two needles peek out of a blood vessel near [...]
