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Uma Koli - Credit: Swikriti Sharma/Oxfam

From outcast to entrepreneur

“I feel proud of how society has changed its treatment of a Dalit woman like me," says Uma Koli, a woman farmer who fought discrimination with sheer determination and a little help...

Nirmala Mahara now can play and work in the day and study at night - Anjil Adhikari

Well lit homes and irrigated fields in Seri

Nirmala Mahara did not get time to play with friends, since she had to complete her household tasks before dark, and study too. But things changed when a micro-hydro plant got contructed in her village.

Representatives from Nepal during a cultural event - Kami Images

Unlocking women’s potential from the grassroots up

Rural women leaders Narmada, Tika and Pampha get a chance to attend a SAARC meeting in Pakistan and Oxfam travels with them.

Oxfam volunteer Shekhou Khadka (23) works to off load latrines being delivered to the Tundikhel IDP camp in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is one of 500 volunteers trained to react in the event of an earthquake during the urban risk management program - Aubrey Wade/Oxfam

Oxfam helps close to half a million earthquake survivors

In the span of a year, Oxfam in Nepal and its local partners provided life saving support to close to half a million people across seven districts in the wake of the devastating 2015 earthquake. Oxfam works in seven of the 14 most affected districts: Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Nuwakot, Dhading...

The female friendly toilets in Khoplang, Gorkha - Credit: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

Oxfam supports adolescent girl students after earthquake

In Nepal countless adolescent girls stop going to school when they have their monthly period. Oxfam is supporting them with female friendly toilets.