Minimize indoor smoke pollution for women health

This reporting period July to November, 2024 in Nepal occurs rainy season in additional this year followed late rainy season retained till october. This has become historical in Nepal till date in october occured heavy rain fall for a week which caused heavy flooding resulting heavy landslide in hills of Nepal affecting more than 25 districts. The heavy flooding damaged fertile agriculture land and deposited sand in the croping field. Many roads and highways damaged and blocked for many days. Many houses and market damaged by flooding and landslide. More than 235 death and more than 5000 wounded. Many more missing. In such circumstances the country lost million and million of the nepali rupees. 

In spite of worst climatic situation MRC Nepal introduced off season vegetable production practices to the poor rural women in rural areas for generating attractive income from the selling of off season fresh vegetables products. The organization supported improved seeds, production materials bio fertilzer, technical backstopping support and skill enhancement capacity building training to the rural poor women who are GlobalGiving direct beneficiaries.

In this regards the poor beneficiaries are capable of meeting household kitchen requirement of vegetable daily and also receiving attractive income from the selling of vegetables. So that the technology address on livelihood improvement of poor and marginal people.The under nourished and mal nutritioned children and families secured balance diet through consumption of fresh vegetable all year round. Because vegetable are richest source of vitamin, protein, minerals and roughages. At the end the beneficiaries thank to MRC Nepal and GlobalGiving .

May to July, 2024 reporting period is the monsoon season in Nepal. During this time majority of people are engaged in agricultural farming where the people invest their time and farming for ensuring foods for all year round. This is specially for staple food crops. There is also equally important for growing off season vegetables production for ensuring kitchen needs and generating attractive income for maintaining their better livelihood. In this regards MRC Nepal provided off season vegetable production technology to the poor producers where high quality seed support, training , and technical backstopping support with the little financial suuport from GlobalGiving. Now, 80% of the crops are in establishment and growing phase and 20% are in harvesting and marketting phase. The 20% marketting phase bring attractive income from the sale of their vegetable products getting higher price in market.  So that all producers are very happy and encouraged to be actively involved in commercial vegetable farming which really transformed the psychological treatment from the shock of poor and vulnerability.

In this regards the poor peasant women said thank you to GlobalGiving and MRC Nepal for empowering our socio economic status.