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Girl talk: period

#765 ( 3-9 July 2015 )
Anjana Rajbhandary
More than 20% of girls miss school during their period finds a new study

Nepal’s quiet green revolution

#765 ( 3-9 July 2015 )
Sonia Awale
Mechanised farming and cooperatives are increasing productivity, empowering women and creating jobs

You eat what you sow

#765 ( 3-9 July 2015 )
Sahina Shrestha
Besides other hardships, earthquake survivors will have to deal with a rise in child undernourishment

Subcontracting kindness

#764 ( 26 June - 2 July 2015 )
Emily Troutman
Less than 1 per cent of global funding for earthquake relief will go directly to groups in Nepal

Carving out a niche

#764 ( 26 June - 2 July 2015 )
Sonia Awale
Rebuilding temples won’t just restore our heritage, but also create jobs by reviving the woodcarving industry

Two months old

#764 ( 26 June - 2 July 2015 )
Om Astha Rai
Babies born during the quake remind parents of the dreadful day, but also give them strength to face the future

The Gurkhas at Gallipoli

#763 ( 19-25 June 2015 )
David Seddon
This is the third part of a series of articles on the Gurkhas at Gallipoli, drawn from what will eventually be a book on Nepal, The Gurkhas and the Great War by David Seddon.

Friends in need

#763 ( 19-25 June 2015 )
Sahina Shrestha
Plans for disbursement of home rebuilding grants and loans face obstacles

Trekking in solitude

#763 ( 19-25 June 2015 )
Peregrine Frissell
A perfect time to trek for those who prefer isolation

Stories of Nepal

#763 ( 19-25 June 2015 )
Photographer Jaydev Paudel shares stories about everyday Nepalis fashioned after the popular ‘Humans of New York’

Lesson still to be learnt

#763 ( 19-25 June 2015 )
Sonia Awale
The earthquake is an opportunity to rebuild Nepal’s education system, not just fallen schools

Operation Mountain Express

#763 ( 19-25 June 2015 )
Kunda Dixit
It is a race against the rains to get relief to remote villages

Bureaucracy as usual

#762 ( 12-18 June 2015 )
Stéphane Huët
Confusion and obstruction delay delivery of urgent relief supplies to quake-hit areas

Animals also suffered

#762 ( 12-18 June 2015 )
Sonia Awale
An estimated 150,000 chicken, 8,000 water buffaloes and cows and 14,500 pigs and goats died in the quakes

Dog Mother

#762 ( 12-18 June 2015 )
Gyani Deula, a homeless temple-dweller known for her love and compassion towards stray dogs, passed away Sunday

A long wait

#762 ( 12-18 June 2015 )
Tsering Dolker Gurung
Survivors of Langtang want to go home, but when?

Monks and nuns to the rescue

#762 ( 12-18 June 2015 )
Karma Gurung
Thousands of monks and devotees were participating in the prayer ceremony at the Shechen Monastery in Boudha when the earthquake hit on 25 April

Rebuilding Hotel Paradise

#762 ( 12-18 June 2015 )
Kunda Dixit
25 April was a foreshock for the 12 May earthquake that destroyed Charikot

Sheltering women

#762 ( 12-18 June 2015 )
Sahina Shrestha
Most survivors in temporary shelters are women, and they are worried about privacy and security

Survival of the altruistic

#762 ( 12-18 June 2015 )
Anjana Rajbhandary
Studies show altruistic behaviour increases the production of the feel-good hormone oxytocin
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