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  • Bhagwati Tamang lays bricks in Jogimara, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal where Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided a variety of support to local villagers in the wake of a devastating 2015 earthquake. Tamang, an experienced mason, has helped the ACT Alliance train other carpenters and masons in the community so they'll be ready to help construct permanent housing once the Nepali government begins to disburse funds.
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  • Newly trained masons and carpenters pose with their new toolboxes at the end of an ACT Alliance-sponsored course in Dhawa, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal. In the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged the region, Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided a variety of support for villagers here, including preparing these workers to build new houses once the Nepali government disburses funds for construction.
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  • Bhagwati Tamang mixes mortar to use in laying bricks in Jogimara, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal where Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided a variety of support to local villagers in the wake of a devastating 2015 earthquake. Tamang, an experienced mason, has helped the ACT Alliance train other carpenters and masons in the community so they'll be ready to help construct permanent housing once the Nepali government begins to disburse funds.
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  • Bhagwati Tamang lays bricks in Jogimara, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal where Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided a variety of support to local villagers in the wake of a devastating 2015 earthquake. Tamang, an experienced mason, has helped the ACT Alliance train other carpenters and masons in the community so they'll be ready to help construct permanent housing once the Nepali government begins to disburse funds.
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  • Newly trained masons and carpenters receive their toolboxes at the end of an ACT Alliance-sponsored course in Dhawa, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal. In the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged the region, Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided a variety of support for villagers here, including preparing these workers to build new houses once the Nepali government disburses funds for construction.
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  • Bhagwati Tamang lays bricks in Jogimara, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal where Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided a variety of support to local villagers in the wake of a devastating 2015 earthquake. Tamang, an experienced mason, has helped the ACT Alliance train other carpenters and masons in the community so they'll be ready to help construct permanent housing once the Nepali government begins to disburse funds.
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  • Bhagwati Tamang lays bricks in Jogimara, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal where Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided a variety of support to local villagers in the wake of a devastating 2015 earthquake. Tamang, an experienced mason, has helped the ACT Alliance train other carpenters and masons in the community so they'll be ready to help construct permanent housing once the Nepali government begins to disburse funds.
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  • Bhagwati Tamang lays bricks in Jogimara, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal where Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided a variety of support to local villagers in the wake of a devastating 2015 earthquake. Tamang, an experienced mason, has helped the ACT Alliance train other carpenters and masons in the community so they'll be ready to help construct permanent housing once the Nepali government begins to disburse funds.
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  • Bhagwati Tamang lays bricks in Jogimara, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal where Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided a variety of support to local villagers in the wake of a devastating 2015 earthquake. Tamang, an experienced mason, has helped the ACT Alliance train other carpenters and masons in the community so they'll be ready to help construct permanent housing once the Nepali government begins to disburse funds.
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  • A woman holds a sign during a march celebrating International Women's Day on March 8, 2016, in Dhawa, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal. The sign reads, "Let's make the 106th Women's Day a success."
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  • Ashmita Lama studies in the doorway of her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu. She was the first girl from her village to pass the 10th grade exam, and is studying to be a hotel manager, saying she wants to earn lots of money and help build her community, while encouraging other girls to get an education. When the 2015 earthquake hit, her old home was destroyed. With support from United Methodist Women, Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh provided the family with a tent. Then UMCOR provided the metal roofing for what will eventually become their new home.
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  • Ashmita Lama studies in her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu. She was the first girl from her village to pass the 10th grade exam, and is studying to be a hotel manager, saying she wants to earn lots of money and help build her community, while encouraging other girls to get an education. When the 2015 earthquake hit, her old home was destroyed. With support from United Methodist Women, Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh provided the family with a tent. Then UMCOR provided the metal roofing for what will eventually become their new home.
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  • Ashmita Lama studies outside her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu. She was the first girl from her village to pass the 10th grade exam, and is studying to be a hotel manager, saying she wants to earn lots of money and help build her community, while encouraging other girls to get an education. When the 2015 earthquake hit, her old home was destroyed. With support from United Methodist Women, Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh provided the family with a tent. Then UMCOR provided the metal roofing for what will eventually become their new home.
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  • A woman washes her face in Chandragiri, Nepal. Since her home was destroyed in a 2015 earthquake, the woman lives in the makeshift shelter behind her.
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  • Draupati Rokaya (center), the general secretary of Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal), talks with Soni Lama at the young woman's home in Chandragiri, Nepal, as Lama's mother looks on. The 18-year old woman receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
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  • Soni Lama feeds goats at her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 18, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
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  • Soni Lama gathers feed for her goats near her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 18, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
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  • Anita Tamang works in her sister's tea shop in Chandragiri, Nepal. Tamang, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she is studying to be a social worker. Tamangmoved in with her sister when their parents died.
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  • Anita Tamang works in her sister's tea shop in Chandragiri, Nepal. Tamang, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she is studying to be a social worker. Tamangmoved in with her sister when their parents died.
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  • Soni Lama studies at her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 18, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
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  • Soni Lama gathers feed for her goats near her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 18, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
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  • Ashmita Lama poses in the doorway of her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu. She was the first girl from her village to pass the 10th grade exam, and is studying to be a hotel manager, saying she wants to earn lots of money and help build her community, while encouraging other girls to get an education. When the 2015 earthquake hit, her old home was destroyed. With support from United Methodist Women, Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh provided the family with a tent. Then UMCOR provided the metal roofing for what will eventually become their new home.
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  • Ashmita Lama poses in the doorway of her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu. She was the first girl from her village to pass the 10th grade exam, and is studying to be a hotel manager, saying she wants to earn lots of money and help build her community, while encouraging other girls to get an education. When the 2015 earthquake hit, her old home was destroyed. With support from United Methodist Women, Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh provided the family with a tent. ThenUMCOR provided the metal roofing for what will eventually become their new home.
    nepal-2016-jeffrey-ywca-324.JPG
  • Ashmita Lama studies in the doorway of her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu. She was the first girl from her village to pass the 10th grade exam, and is studying to be a hotel manager, saying she wants to earn lots of money and help build her community, while encouraging other girls to get an education. When the 2015 earthquake hit, her old home was destroyed. With support from United Methodist Women, Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh provided the family with a tent. Then UMCOR provided the metal roofing for what will eventually become their new home.
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  • Ashmita Lama studies outside her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu. She was the first girl from her village to pass the 10th grade exam, and is studying to be a hotel manager, saying she wants to earn lots of money and help build her community, while encouraging other girls to get an education. When the 2015 earthquake hit, her old home was destroyed. With support from United Methodist Women, Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh provided the family with a tent. Then UMCOR provided the metal roofing for what will eventually become their new home.
    nepal-2016-jeffrey-ywca-295.JPG
  • Ashmita Lama studies outside her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu. She was the first girl from her village to pass the 10th grade exam, and is studying to be a hotel manager, saying she wants to earn lots of money and help build her community, while encouraging other girls to get an education. When the 2015 earthquake hit, her old home was destroyed. With support from United Methodist Women, Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh provided the family with a tent. Then UMCOR provided the metal roofing for what will eventually become their new home.
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  • Draupati Rokaya (center), the general secretary of Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal), talks with Soni Lama at the young woman's home in Chandragiri, Nepal, as Lama's mother looks on. The 18-year old woman receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
    nepal-2016-jeffrey-ywca-243.JPG
  • Soni Lama studies at her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 18, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
    nepal-2016-jeffrey-ywca-207.JPG
  • Ashmita Lama studies outside her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu. She was the first girl from her village to pass the 10th grade exam, and is studying to be a hotel manager, saying she wants to earn lots of money and help build her community, while encouraging other girls to get an education. When the 2015 earthquake hit, her old home was destroyed. With support from United Methodist Women, Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh provided the family with a tent. Then UMCOR provided the metal roofing for what will eventually become their new home.
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  • Anita Tamang lives in Chandragiri, Nepal. Tamang, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she is studying to be a social worker. Tamangmoved in with her sister when their parents died.
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  • Soni Lama gathers feed for her goats near her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 18, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
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  • Soni Lama gathers feed for her goats near her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 18, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
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  • Soni Lama feeds goats at her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 18, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
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  • Ashmita Lama (right) poses in the doorway of her home in Chandragiri, Nepal, with her mother Kanchi and her sister Mandira.<br />
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Lama, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu. She was the first girl from her village to pass the 10th grade exam, and is studying to be a hotel manager, saying she wants to earn lots of money and help build her community, while encouraging other girls to get an education. <br />
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When the 2015 earthquake hit, her old home was destroyed. With support from United Methodist Women, Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh provided the family with a tent. Then UMCOR provided the metal roofing for what will eventually become their new home.
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  • Anita Tamang serves customers in her sister's tea shop in Chandragiri, Nepal. Tamang, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she is studying to be a social worker. Tamangmoved in with her sister when their parents died.
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  • Anita Tamang serves customers in her sister's tea shop in Chandragiri, Nepal. Tamang, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she is studying to be a social worker. Tamangmoved in with her sister when their parents died.
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  • Soni Lama studies at her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 18, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
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  • Soni Lama studies at her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 18, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
    nepal-2016-jeffrey-ywca-217.JPG
  • Soni Lama gathers feed for her goats near her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 18, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu, where she travels two and a half hours each way for her studies. She wants to be a cardiologist when older and serve poor communities like her own.
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  • Ashmita Lama studies in her home in Chandragiri, Nepal. Lama, 19, receives a scholarship from Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh (the YWCA of Nepal) to go to school in Kathmandu. She was the first girl from her village to pass the 10th grade exam, and is studying to be a hotel manager, saying she wants to earn lots of money and help build her community, while encouraging other girls to get an education. When the 2015 earthquake hit, her old home was destroyed. With support from United Methodist Women, Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh provided the family with a tent. Then UMCOR provided the metal roofing for what will eventually become their new home.
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  • Bishari Maya Tamang clears the rubble of what was her house in the mountain village of Marpak, in Nepal's Dhading District. A 2015 earthquake leveled much of the village.
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  • Two residents clear rubble in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal, where a 2015 earthquake leveled much of the village.
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  • Rogita Adigari plows his field in the mountain village of Marpak, in Nepal's Dhading District.
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  • Rogita Adigari plows his field in the mountain village of Marpak, in Nepal's Dhading District.
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  • A girl carries her tooth brush stuck in her hair in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal.
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  • A terraced hillside in Marpak, Nepal.
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  • Women stack blocks in Sanogoan, Nepal, that they and their neighbors will use to build new homes. This Newar community was hard hit by the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, losing almost all their housing, but they've been helped by the ACT Alliance to rebuild their lives. The ACT Alliance has provided blankets, tents, and livelihood assistance, and is helping villagers form the tens of thousands of cement blocks they will need to construct permanent housing.
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  • Eighty-five year old earthquake survivor Sardha Shrestha lives in a tent in the village of Sanogoan, Nepal. People in this Newar community, hard hit by the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, have been helped by the ACT Alliance to rebuild their lives. The ACT Alliance has provided a variety of services here since the quake, including blankets, tents, and livelihood assistance, and is helping villagers form the tens of thousands of cement blocks they will need to construct permanent housing.
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  • Eighty-five year old earthquake survivor Sardha Shrestha lives in this tent in the village of Sanogoan, Nepal. People in this Newar community, hard hit by the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, have been helped by the ACT Alliance to rebuild their lives. The ACT Alliance has provided a variety of services here since the quake, including blankets, tents, and livelihood assistance, and is helping villagers form the tens of thousands of cement blocks they will need to construct permanent housing.
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  • Sangmo Tamang stands in the door of the transitional shelter where her family lives in the village of Goljung, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.
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  • Chiring Sangmo Tamang carries a load using a head strap in the village of Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.
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  • A view of Langtang, part of the Himalaya Mountains as seen from the village of Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.
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  • A Tamang woman uses a drop spindle in the village of Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.
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  • A family sits by the fire in their temporary shelter in the village of Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.<br />
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In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, the ACT Alliance helped people in this village with a variety of services, including blankets, shelter and livelihood assistance.
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  • Solman Tamang, 10, enjoys the warmth of his bed in a temporary shelter in the village of Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.<br />
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In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, the ACT Alliance helped people in this village with a variety of services, including blankets, shelter and livelihood assistance.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Tamang men in the village of Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.
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  • Tamang men in the village of Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.
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  • Mingmar Tamang, 10, carries her 11-month old sister Suchita in the village of Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.<br />
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In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, the ACT Alliance helped people in this village with a variety of services, including shelter and livelihood assistance.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • A girl carries a chicken through the village of Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.
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  • A woman carries a beam for her new house through the village of Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.<br />
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In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, the ACT Alliance helped people in this village with a variety of services, including shelter and livelihood assistance.
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  • Children line up to begin the day at the Shri Pashupati Praja Primary School in the village of Tanglichowk, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, the ACT Alliance helped people in this village with a variety of services, including latrines, emergency shelter, livelihood projects and school construction.
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  • A mother walks her children to school across a suspension bridge over the Trishuli River near the village of Buttar in the Gorkha District of Nepal.
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  • Kabita Chepang, 10, and Bipana Chepang, 7, emerge from the latrines at the Shri Pashupati Praja Primary School in the village of Tanglichowk, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, the ACT Alliance helped people in this village with a variety of services, including latrines, emergency shelter, livelihood projects and school construction. School latrines are an important component of keeping girls in school past puberty.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Ram Krishna Adhikari displays eggs laid by his chickens in Makaising, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal, where a church-sponsored humanitarian agency has provided a variety of support to local villagers--including income generating projects like Adhikari's chickens--in the wake of a 2015 earthquake.
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  • A woman fills a container with water at a community spigot in Makaising, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal that was hard hit by a devastating 2015 earthquake.
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  • A woman carries a water pot in Makaising, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal that was hit hard by a devastating 2015 earthquake.
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  • Mithe, a blacksmith in Dhawa, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal, works on a metal pot with assistance from his wife, Mankumari. In Nepal's caste system, blacksmiths are near the bottom, but helping them recover their livelihoods after a 2015 earthquake ravaged their community has been a priority for some aid agencies.
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  • Women march together in celebration of International Women's Day on March 8, 2016, in Dhawa, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal. <br />
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The banner reads, "106th International Women's Day" and "Implement the Constitution and Guarantee Women's Rights."
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  • A girl in Dhawa, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal.
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  • Holding a sign that reads, "Women join together," a woman rests after a march celebrating International Women's Day on March 8, 2016, in Dhawa, a village in the Gorkha District of Nepal.
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  • Pamfa Maya Pulami holds a water pot as she fetches water from a cistern in Salang, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal where Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided a variety of support to local villagers in the wake of a devastating 2015 earthquake. The village's water system was destroyed by the quake, forcing women to walk two hours or more to a nearby river to fetch water. Working with a local organization, the Forum for Awareness and Youth Activity, the ACT Alliance rebuilt the village's water system.
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  • A woman in Adamtar, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal.
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  • Sarita Majhi holds her one-year old daughter Sanira as she stands in front of what was once her home in Adamtar, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal. Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided food, shelter, livelihood, winterization assistance and a variety of other support to Majhi and other indigenous villagers here in the wake of a devastating 2015 earthquake. Majhi has had to face the earthquake and its aftermath alone, as her husband is working in Saudi Arabia. He stopped sending money home and told Majhi to quit calling him.
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  • Sarita Majhi prepares food in her temporary shelter in Adamtar, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal. Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided food, shelter, livelihood, winterization assistance and a variety of other support to Majhi and other indigenous villagers here in the wake of a devastating 2015 earthquake. Majhi has had to face the earthquake and its aftermath alone, as her husband is working in Saudi Arabia. He stopped sending money home and told Majhi to quit calling him.
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  • A man in Majhitar, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal.
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  • A woman carries a bag of grain across a suspension bridge at Majhitar, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal.
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  • Hari Maya Bhujel lives in Majhitar, a village in the Dhading District of Nepal.
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  • A boy reads aloud in a class in Pida, a village in Nepal's Dhading District where the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged much of Nepal. UMCOR constructed new classroom buildings to replace quake-damaged buildings. Villagers have yet to add the walls.
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  • A boy walks to school in Pida, a village in Nepal's Dhading District where the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged much of Nepal.
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  • A boy walks to school in Pida, a village in Nepal's Dhading District where the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged much of Nepal.
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  • Girls in class in Pida, a village in Nepal's Dhading District where the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged much of Nepal. Their classroom was built by UMCOR after the existing school building was severely damaged by the quake. Villagers have yet to construct the walls.
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  • Women in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal, show the results of water quality tests they carried out. By collecting and analyzing water from local water sources, they can identify problems which they can then organize to solve. The women are assisted in the process by a United Methodist missionary assigned to United Mission to Nepal.
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  • Women in the mountain village of Marpak, in Nepal's Dhading District, demonstrate a hand-washing system involving a suspended jerry which can be tipped by pressing on a board with your foot.
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  • Katherine Parker (right), a United Methodist missionary, reviews microbiology results with Sita Adahikari in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal. Parker works with rural women to collect and analyze local water samples.
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  • Katherine Parker (right), a United Methodist missionary, reviews microbiology results with a woman in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal. Parker works with rural women to collect and analyze local water samples.
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  • A woman in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal, shows the results of water quality tests she and other women in the community carried out. By collecting and analyzing water from local water sources, they can identify problems which they can then organize to solve. The women are assisted in the process by a United Methodist missionary assigned to United Mission to Nepal.
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  • Katherine Parker (right), a United Methodist missionary, helps women in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal, to collect and analyze local water samples.
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  • Sita Adahikari collects a water sample from a spring in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal. Women here organized to collect and analyze their water in order to improve their families' quality of life. Helping her is Katherine Parker, a United Methodist missionary, while her daughter Sanju looks on.
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  • Jyoti Shrestha is the assistant administrator for Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh, the YWCA of Nepal.
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  • A woman in Chandragiri, Nepal.
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  • Women sing during a workshop on small business skills sponsored by Nepal Mahila Bishwasi Sangh, the YWCA of Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • Rogita Adigari plows his field in the mountain village of Marpak, in Nepal's Dhading District.
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  • A woman walks across a field in the mountain village of Marpak, in Nepal's Dhading District.
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  • A woman holds her goats in the mountain village of Marpak, in Nepal's Dhading District.
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  • A woman poses with her elderly parents in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal.
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  • Lalbhadur Tamang, 87, lives in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal.
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  • Sormila Odeal washes clothing in front of her temporary shelter in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal, which was ravaged by the April 2015 earthquakes.
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  • Four-year old Shusmatanan lives in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal.
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  • A woman holds her chicken in the mountain village of Marpak, Nepal.
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  • A girl studies in a class in Pida, a village in Nepal's Dhading District where the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged much of Nepal.
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