Community Voice

Bhimeshwar Multiple Cooperative Limited – creating economic opportunities

One of the key components of the Ratmate Livelihood Restoration Project (LRP), designed by MCA-Nepal to restore the livelihood of project-affected people at Ratmate, was setting up a cooperative to mobilize savings and credits to support agricultural activities and income-generating businesses for project-affected families.

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Aspirations become a reality for Kamal

Kamal Bahadur Saru Magar, a 44-year-old lives with his wife and two sons in Ratmate, Nuwakot. He began his journey as a breadwinner at a young age and faced several financial hardships early on in his life. Kamal migrated to work in a restaurant in […]

Bhim Maya, a weaver of her dreams

Bhim Maya Limbu, 53 lives with her family of five; her husband, son, daughter-in-law, and her two-year-old granddaughter at Dhansar village of Belkotgadhi Municipality, Nuwakot district. A former migrant worker in Kuwait, she sent home her savings to purchase a piece of land at Dhansar […]

Raju’s Journey From a migrant worker to an entrepreneur

Like every youth, Raju Shrestha, a 29-year-old resident of Khalte in Belkotgadhi Municipality of Nuwakot district, also has a dream to provide a quality life for his family of four- a wife, two daughters and a son. For the same reason, Raju took up a […]

Mamata, not only a homemaker but an entrepreneur too

Mrs. Mamata Lama, 23, is a homemaker and spends most of her time taking care of her family, including her 2-year-old daughter. Her family owned 1.7 Ropani of land at Ratmate, Belkotgadhi Municipality, Nuwakot which has been acquired by MCA-Nepal for the construction of the […]

Ram Pyari’s journey to be a vegetable producer

Like many local residents of Ratmate, Nuwakot, who were affected during the acquisition of land for Ratmate Substation, Mrs. Ram Pyari Rai and her family from Belkotgadhi-7 were sad when they heard that MCA-Nepal would acquire their land for the construction of an electricity […]

Binda Maya becoming a commercial vegetable farmer

Mrs. Binda Maya Lama of Nandutar, Belkotgadhi-7, Nuwakot was initially uncertain about her future when MCA-Nepal acquired 11 Anna (334.75 square meters) of her land for the construction of Ratmate Substation, but today she feels different. She sees it as bringing a positive change […]