Rural high school students use radio classes to keep up with their learning as schools in Nepal were closed with the covid-19 lockdown Closing all schools was one of the first steps the government took to control the coronavirus outbreak in Nepal in early March of 2020. This was quickly followed by a nationwide lockdown ...

As lockdown hits hard, easing loan interest rates and late payment fees may be the difference between scraping by and closing completely for small enterprises Armed with a spray, hand sanitizer and a mask, Sarmila Chaudhary opened her small clothing shop after three months going without business. She makes sure her customers are wearing masks ...

After the rapid assessment for a quick pulse check of the communities of STEM II participants, the project conducted a second round of assessment with a larger sample population to obtain a clearer idea of the situation at the field level. Entering the seventh week of the lockdown, this assessment was carried out with an ...

Introduction The In-school (IS) cohort is comprised of girls studying in STEM II’s 30 intervention schools. At baseline, the project started its interventions with girls studying in grades 8, 9 and 10. At midline, most of the grade-8 girls had succeeded to grade 9, those in grade 9 upgraded to grade 10, and the girls ...

Age Group # OOS Girls at Midline Age Group 1 12-14 years:  5 Age Group 2 15-17 years: 68 Age Group 3 18-23 years: 792 Age Group 4 24-32 years: 321 GEC Nepal | Year 2 Update Project: Supporting the Education of Marginalized Girls in Kailali Location: Kailali, April 2017 – December 2020 Date of ...

Based on the increasing number of cases of girls sexual and physical abuse in Nepal, and findings from the project baseline and midline reports indicating some incidents of harassments, the STEM II project (Supporting the Education of Marginalized Girls) intensively focused on building awareness about sexual and physical abuse and establishing both a community support ...

As the coronavirus emerged as a global threat, Mercy Corps Nepal began taking steps to ensure the safety of its staff and partners, ensure continuity of program activities and proactively engage with the government's effort to contain the spread of COVID 19.  Mercy Corps Nepal formed an internal taskforce on February 21st to adapt with the ...

STEM Jamboree 2019 was celebrated with much anticipated grandeur and fanfare on November 15, 2019 in Dhangadhi, Kailali. The annual event organized by STEM II (Supporting the education of Marginalized Girls), is marked to celebrate girls’ education. This year, the event featured a day long activities of cultural performances, exhibitions, fun activities. More than 600 ...

Rajani Chaudhary stands tall donning her traditional Tharu attire confidently addressing a Girls Education Challenge seminar full of government officials and donor agencies. It is difficult to believe she was working as a Kamlari (bonded laborer) not so long ago in Bardgodiya Municipality of Kailali. Chaudhary was born in a poor family with five sisters and a ...