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Community to community cooperation in transboundary water management

River basin communities of both sides of Mahakali river, one of the transboundary rivers between Nepal and India, are now active to jointly solve common problems they face in their daily lives. Leading newspapers Nagarik Daily and Gorkhapatra reported in December 2018, “Communities living in river...

Strengthening local government’s collective action for inclusive transboundary water governance

An example of local-government and community collaboration initiated by TROSA and its partners contributing to ensuring rights and entitlements of the riverine communities living around the Mahakali river basin in Nepal. Dhangadi Declaration: Working with the local government Local governments play...

WEC members discussing on flood early warning communication

Reaching the unreached; through Community-based Flood Early Warning Systems in Mahakali basin

Introduction Mahakali a Himalayan catchment of Ghagra sub basin of the large Ganga Basin, originates from the Trans Himalayan region of Kalapani (>3600 m) and ultimately drains through the Terai plains of Uttar Pradesh. Numerous rivers and streams join the Mahakali from the higher, middle, lower...

Relief for landless to rebuild their houses

A certain section of landless people in Nepal are now entitled to reconstruction grant to rebuild their houses that were affectd by the earthquakes of 2015. They had been deprived from the reconstruction grant as they could not produce land ownership certificates. Oxfam in Nepal and its partners...

Bimala Tamang speaks up - Credit: Bed Prasad Dhakal/Oxfam

"Just because we don't have certificates you cannot ignore us"

How a rural woman leader challenges high level officials during a policy dialogue about Oxfam's policy paper Building Back Right...