Anju at the sewing machine

From school dropout to business woman - Anju's journey

Anju is 20-year-old woman from Malangawa in Nepal who belongs to a Dalit community. She dropped out of school at the age of 8 due to her families poverty. Today Anju runs a successful tailoring business. This is her story.

Youth Health Champion Manisha gives a demonstration on sanitary pads
Smriti Basnet

Meet our health champions: Manisha Kumari Jah

Meet Manisha, a 19 year old volunteer who has been working with VSO for three months as a Youth Health Champion, teaching young people about adolescent health in Nepal.

Aarati Patel

Meet our health champions: Aarati Patel

Meet Aarati, a health champion working on youth health rights in Nepal. Her work on the strengthening youth and adolescent health access and rights (SYAHAAR) project is helping youth and LGBTQ+ people to access sexual and reproductive health services.

Paro smiling at the camera
Suraj Shakya

The right climate to learn

Across the countries where VSO works, we see children and young people increasingly experience the effects of climate change. With climate change set to worsen, we know they are likely to experience more devastating consequences in their lifetimes.

Himalayan Permaculture Centre
Chris Evans

My permaculture journey: A sustainable approach to small-scale farming

VSO e-volunteer Chris Evans outlines how a tiny pilot permaculture scheme in Nepal successfully spread environmentally friendly farming practices and ideas in line with existing cultural traditions.

A VSO trained Big Sister with her Little Sister in Nepal
©VSO/Suraj Ratna Shakya

The heroines leading the way for girls' education in Nepal

Stories from the role models who are making a brighter future for girls' education in Nepal.

A VSO trained Big Sister with her Little Sister in Nepal
©VSO/Suraj Ratna Shakya

Leading the way for girls' education in Nepal

Stories from the role models who are making a brighter future for girls' education in Nepal.

Success? Have I made a difference?

Education volunteer Ann reflects on her time working in Nepal on a project to promote girls' education.