Vocational skills are beneficial for any individual. They play an important role in the long-term as they help the industries, which in turn help in the economic development of the country. Vocational education is also important because it has a positive effect on business and attracts foreign investment…
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Kafalswora village is located in a hilly region of Kaski district, quite remote from the hub of Pokhara. The demographic dominance of the villages is Janajatis (primitive ethnic groups), so called ‘higher caste’ (Brahmin, Chhetri) and Dalits (member of the lowest caste) respectively. Kafalswora is the seventeenth village we are working on a Metallic Improved Cooking Stove (MICS) project with NRCS Kaski.
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Unica Foundation, along with the Nepal Red cross Society (NRCS) Kaski, had started a drinking water and sanitation project in Arnakot and Upper-Bengri in Baglung district since March 2011 to March 2013. The water supply system, including toilets, were constructed during the project. A total of 19 km of…
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A study suggests that 83% Nepalese live in rural areas. Out of that 75% use wood as fuel for cooking. And, about 80% from those are affected by household air population. World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that household air pollution causes non-communicable diseases including stroke…
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Every year about 45,000 children below the age of five years die in Nepal from sanitation related problems, which are attributed to inadequate supplies of water and/or its poor quality. Improving the quality of the water supply and sanitation has been shown to reduce the morbidity due to different diseases…
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A study suggests that 83% Nepalese live in rural areas. Out of that 75% use wood as fuel for cooking. And, about 80% from those are affected by household air population. World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that household air pollution causes non-communicable diseases including stroke…
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A study suggests that 83% Nepalese live in rural areas. Out of that 75% use wood as fuel for cooking. And, about 80% from those are affected by household air population. World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that household air pollution causes non-communicable diseases including stroke…
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Open fire has caused many health issues, especially for women who mostly spend time in the Kitchen in Nepal. In addition, excessive uses of firewood would invite environmental degradation and many natural calamities. So, Unica Foundation has been working together with the NRCS Kaski to implement…
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In the remote hills of Nepal, communities are faced with increasing pressure to generate agricultural income through unreliable access to water. Women and girls are taking the burden for collecting water for basic household needs from hard to reach sources. This situation forces men and children to migrate…
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Unica Foundation (UF) and the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), Kaski, have been collaborating on Metallic Improved Cooking Stoves (MICS) projects for a decade to alleviate the ecological and health challenges of rural communities in Kaski district in Nepal. As a continuation, another MICS project in…
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